<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I would like everyone to share how they are dividing up their time on studying for the three different sections. Do you dedicate each day to a different sections, or something else? Thanks</p>
<p>Yea I'd like some advice on this too</p>
<p>I took the June 2007 SAT and got a 690 CR, 780 M, 640 W. I will take the October SAT and plan to score 2300+. I am not studying for Math because it would be pointless.</p>
<p>I set aside about 1-2 hours of studying per day. Anymore is really overkill and you don't absorb the information as well.</p>
<p>First off, I took 3 practice tests (w/o math) spread over a period of 3 days. This gave me a good understanding of what I getting incorrect on a repeat basis. It turned out author's intention/sentence completion and hard sentence ID errors were what I was weak in.</p>
<p>Then, I bought Barron's Critical Reading Workbook to really concentrate on CR. I took the diagnostic test and completed ALL of the sentence completion exercises (240 problems). At that point, I left the Barron's CR Workbook because I felt that BB CR passages would be much more accurate in how the testmakers think rather than Barron's CR passages. I find that CR passage questions are really dependent on what the testmakers believes is the right answer rather than what is the correct answer. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>Next, I moved to Barron's Writing Workbook. I took the Diagnostic test (w/o essay) and did surprisingly well. I only missed 2 questions out of 49. I went on to read their tips and strategies which were ok but I skipped their gigantic and rather pointless section on essay writing. I then completed all of the Barron's Practice Tests...usually missing about 10 or 11.</p>
<p>I switched to the BB and started taking Writing MC tests and usually missing around 6 or 7. Once I finish these tests, I will write the essays for them and have them graded online. I'll then do all the BB CR sections and complete all online practice tests. Finally, about one month before the test I will do some QAS packets so I know where I really am (I hate ranges).</p>
<p>I hoped I helped...sorry for the long post. Take it or leave it...I think I'm preparing for the SAT quite well.</p>
<p>Your study plan should entirely depend on your strengths/ weaknesses. I don't believe there is any general rule that would be advisable to follow very closely. I only studied for M (with a little CR on the side) and scored M 560 CR 720 W 800. For the next test, I studied only M, VERY intensely, and didn't look at either English section again. I scored M 620 CR 770 W 790. Someone else could have studied the reverse subjects and scored much better in M and lower in either English section.</p>
<p>However, if you decide that you need work on all three sections, I would not study the same one for longer than a couple of hours. Mix it up a bit. Figure out how much time you are willing to study. Find out the approximate ratio of how much time you want to spend on each section, and use it to find out (about) how many hours you will be studying for each section.</p>
<p>I took the test last October and again last January. I dedicated moe time to math and writing because CR was my strongest section. In general, I studied about 45 minutes every day seven days a week for a month and a half before the test. I took a practice test every week for 5 weeks (this helped me A LOT with pacing). I usually worked on two sections a day using the McGraw Hill book and the online SAT course (which is very easy compared to the book IMO).</p>
<p>I just purchased a Barron's 2400 book, and I'm going over that book since I don't really have a strength in any of the three. After that, I'll just be doing practice tests and practice tests, and if something is still lacking I might get the Barron's CR workbook.</p>
<p>Well I got many books from my Library..Barrons How to prepare, Barrons 2400 Barrons math work book and Barrons Critical reading (which i bought) and Grubers..I think i might just dedicate one day to each subject instead of trying to fit all in one..</p>