<p>I'm going to buckle down this summer for the SAT in the fall, here's my current workbook plan:</p>
<p>Rocket Review - for CR and Math
Blue Book - for Practice Exams</p>
<p>What book should I add for writing practice (my greatness weakness)? In addition, should I purchase Barron's 2400 Book? Thank you! =)</p>
<p>That means you need to get 750 minimum on each section. Is that a realistic goal, or one that you really really want badly?</p>
<p>You need to learn enough words(thousands) to make sure you don't get vocab wrong, and practice passages by reading a lot to make your comprehension better. I would focus more on Math and CR though because a 1500/1600 will be what colleges look at(meaning they take your Math and CR), not the 2300(they might give you a pat on the back for Writing, but it's not momentous).</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^Actually a 750 in each section is a 2250 not a 2350. He needs like an 800 in one a 770 and a 780.</p>
<p>Well what are you scoring on the practice tests? Is 2350 really a realistic goal?</p>
<p>In another thread you mentioned that you had an 1860. To be honest, a 2350 is going to be hard to achieve going from an 1860. I think you should set your goals realistically. Shoot for a 50 point increase per section (+150 total). If you achieve that consistently on practice tests (CB, of course), then go for another 50pts per section. Don't jump in right away and expect reading a few prep books will get you a 2350 -- it won't. </p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>To IR09, I meant he could get a 740,800,800, and not get a 2350. I hate to be the guy to say this, but don't aim for a 2350 because a 2300 is hard enough. From an 1860, he should be aiming for 2100. I went from 1900 to 2040, and more practice could have pushed it up higher, but unless he is aiming for top colleges, all he really needs is a 2200.</p>
<p>From 1860 to 2350? I feel like an ass for saying this, but aim more realistically. Go for 2050+</p>
<p>2100 should be a good goal.
just be careful and take a lot of practie tests.
dont rush through anything.
remember.
there's only one answer per question.
pick the best one.</p>
<p>2200 is good enough already even for the best colleges in the nation.</p>
<p>Ah, sorry Rahoul. Simple miscommunication.</p>
<p>Seriously, anyone could get a 2400 with a lot of studying.
Don't lets these guys get you down, with "intense" studying, anything is possible.</p>
<p>Of course anyone could, in theory, get a 2400 with a lot of studying.</p>
<p>That's totally irrelevant to the fact that a 2200+ is already competitive and seirously I doubt a 2250ish is vastly different from a 2400 when it's a couple questions difference.</p>
<p>^It's quite different.</p>
<p>Omg, not another 15 page argument about the mere difference between a 2400 and 2390!! lol</p>
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^It's quite different.
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Seems like top universities don't take that "quite difference" into much consideration...</p>
<p>Can you explain a bit more? I concede I'm nowhere close to taking the SAT's so I can be wrong, but from what I hear a 2250 and 2400 isn't really different.</p>
<p>I'm shooting for a 2400, because my "hopes" turn out to be EXACTLY what I wanted</p>
<p>(ex...wanted 2100, got 2120 on SAT I, wanted 700, got 720 and 690, wanted 650, got 650, wanted 800 and 750 and predicted it a month before, got 800 and 750, wanted more than a 90 and got a 91 on physics regents, wanted 100 on a few regents and got it) SO YES! there is reason to have a 2400 as a goal.</p>
<p>but yes, I agree with like the second poster who said you have to think that you must get basically 800's in everything</p>
<p>"Can you explain a bit more? I concede I'm nowhere close to taking the SAT's so I can be wrong, but from what I hear a 2250 and 2400 isn't really different."</p>
<p>The acceptance rate for people with above 2300 is like twice that of students with 2200-2300 at Princeton. One-fourth of students with scores above 2300 are accepted. I bet that the percentage is higher for higher scores, i.e. 20% for 2300 and 35% for 2400 (or whatever...different number of applicants for each score). Harvard takes 50%, according to common "knowledge," of perfect SAT scorers. Yale purportedly takes about the same amount. It may be because of the scores, perhaps those with higher scores tend to be better all-around. But to say they are the same is not true. If anything, 2200 is just the score you need to not raise eyebrow.</p>
<p>"I'm shooting for a 2400, because my "hopes" turn out to be EXACTLY what I wanted"</p>
<p>That's more easily said than done, especially when one question wrong on math takes that away...</p>
<p>lol if your score improves more than 500p between 2 tests, your test will be examined if there's any cheat. :)) gl</p>
<p>Hey,
I'm new to CC so bare with me. I took the SAT I for the first time in a while in May and got a 2220 (720 M, 720 V, 780 W). With a little practice, do you think that a 2300+ is out of reach? Is it true that getting two more questions right on math (I had two wrong, two omitted) and verbal (5 wrong, 1 omitted) can increase my score by almost 100 points? My GPA isn't high, but I do go to one of hardest schools in the country, and I need to crack 2300 to have a shot at getting into Brown (my first choice school).</p>
<p>^, i think its possible lol. just a lil push would do</p>