scholastic aptitude test?

<p>glucose101: I'm already done with all my testing, etc.--just turned in most of my apps last week. I was just wondering, because the most studying I did for the SAT was the booklet they sent with my admission ticket that I looked through the night before to check the question format. Obviously a lot of people do more than this. I was just wondering if there was anyone else who hadn't studied. </p>

<p>The "logical" part of my brain just wouldn't accept studying for what was billed as an aptitude test.</p>

<p>it's not really seen as an aptitude test anymore. the initials don't even stand for it anymore. and after years of insisting that the SAT can't be studied for, CB started making prep books and such... wonderful.</p>

<p>I think you'll find in general an odd amount of people who didn't study and still achieved high scores, but this doesn't indicate that studying is unnecessary. It seems that many people think preparation will only take you so far, plus, in theory, you shouldn't need any prep at all. All the math, grammar, analysis, vocabulary, writing skills, etc. are at least learned by the 10th or 11th grade (except maybe the vocabulary) for a typical student. The grammar and most of the math much earlier.</p>

<p>You probably won't be learning much studying for the SAT, just boning up. If you don't need the review, studying is only going to raise your score so much.</p>

<p>"plus, in theory, you shouldn't need any prep at all"</p>

<p>Yeah.</p>

<p>Well, I'm the type who sometimes takes exams cold just for the hell of it, so who knows.</p>

<p>prepped for 4 weeks. 2390</p>

<p>I took PSAT in sophomore cold turkey got a 220.
Screwed up in junior year due to killer fever 213. Pretty ****ed cause i could have picked up a scholarship.</p>

<p>use the blue book and online course. great stuff.</p>

<p>I didn't do any actual studying, but I did retake the test once. 800/700/690 the first time and 800/750/800 the second time. And I had taken the PSAT in 10th and 11th grade. I'm not sure the practice did me too much good, my scores jumped around pretty randomly. In 10th grade I had 80/68/78 and in 11th that somehow switched to 72/76/80. For me, at least, doing well is a matter of focusing while taking the test.</p>

<p>I didn't do any studying; ended up with 800/730/690 my first time through (was horribly ill and fourteen), and 800/770/750 the second. I found it really was all about concentration during the test, although if you're easily thrown by trick questions or odd phrasing, practice is a good idea.</p>

<p>Didn't study either time..got 2050 and then 2140 (increase in all sections)..actually, the night before the 2nd test I did a practice math quiz in the blue book and it improved my math score 50 points..don't know if that really counts as "studying" haha.</p>

<p>I don't know how to study. That's gonna kill me in college, when I'll need to.</p>

<p>OMG you guys sound so smart.</p>

<p>Alright, gotta go tackle Blue Book and McGraw Hill's Conquering the SAT Math... : 0</p>

<p>first practice test---1850</p>

<p>after working through almost all practice tests in barrons, PR, blue book, took the test in october--> 800M 770CR 720WR</p>

<p>to sum up..........study.</p>

<p>What's up with the title of this thread? You make it sound as if "SAT" still stands for something.. it doesn't! The acronym was kept simply because everyone now knows what the "SAT" is; those letters arn't the abbreviations for a test of scholastic aptitude because, truthfully, the SAT isn't one.</p>

<p>First time I took it without studying, I got a 2040.
Math: 720
Writing: 690
Critical Reading: 630 (not a native speaker)</p>

<p>The first time I took it, I didn't study or prep at all and got a 1790...</p>

<p>Second time I studied SIGNIFICANTLY for math and subsequently got a composite score of 1990.</p>

<p>The third time, I studied a bit for CR... and got a 2140.</p>

<p>My Writing score, however, magically increased each time with no studying or effort. :-)</p>

<p>Ugh, now that I'm applying to colleges I really wish I would have studied at least a little for the SATs, but I didn't even flip through a review book once.</p>

<p>Took the PSAT junior year got a 210. (72 CR/67 M/71W) no studying at all
Took the SAT Jan of junior yr got a 2100 (710/680/710) again, no studying
Took the SAT May of junior yr got a 2070 (740/630/700) once again, zero studying</p>

<p>So overall my combined score is 1420 / 2130. Not horrible but I most likely would have done better esp with the math if I had studied a tiny bit</p>