<p>Please give your input on the following 2 methods of SAT prep I have come up with. I am going to use all 8 tests from the Blue Book plus TestMasters solution guide in the next month (4 weeks).</p>
<p>Method A:
Monday: 3 CR Sections then go over answers
Tuesday: 3 Math Sections then go over answers
Wednesday: 2 Writing Sections then go over answers
[COMPLETE TEST 1].
Thursday: 3 CR Sections then go over answers
Friday: 3 math sections then go over answers
Saturday: 2 Writing Sections then go over answers
[COMPLETE TEST 2].
Sunday: BREAK DAY!
[REPEAT FOR THE 3 MORE WEEKS AFTER THIS].</p>
<p>Method B:
Monday 3 CR Sections
Tuesday: 3 Math sections
Wednesday: 2 Writing Sections
[COMPLETE TEST 1].
Thursday: 3 CR Sections
Friday: 3 Math Sections
Saturday: 2 Writing Sections
[COMPLETE TEST 2].
Sunday: GO OVER ALL ANSWERS!
[REPEAT FOR 3 MORE WEEKS AFTER THIS].</p>
<p>My score right now is a 1690 (720M, 400CR, 570W). My biggest focus will be CR, because I need it up to a 550. Which method do you think will be more effective considering my scores? By the way I am a Junior. Please feel free to modify the above methods and give suggestions. Thanks.</p>
<p>Hm... I think it's better to go over the answers right after you take each section, so it'll be fresh in your mind why you chose each answer-- it'll seem more relevant. Do you really have time to do so many sections every night? I wish I had that much time on school nights...</p>
<p>Good luck... I kinda struggle with CR, too.</p>
<p>yeah Method A would be the better option. Plus, I don't think you'd be focused for like 10hrs (on a sunday!) checking over your work because you'd be practically doing the tests again (like reading the passages again to freshen up your memory and stuff).. and checking answers rigorously will take a lot of time too.</p>
<p>Dude, just take each test exactly how you'd do it for the real thing. Take the whole practice test, then go back and review answers. It's a waste of the precious few official practice tests to go section by section, IMO. But if that's what you want, go right ahead I guess! Good luck whatever you do.</p>
<p>And to boost your CR score: I'd recommend spending a lot of time reading reading reading. The newspaper, journals, good magazines, books, etc. That's how I got 800 CR/800 2Literature</p>
<p>I would recommend taking the whole test in its entirety to simulate the conditions of the actual test. You need to get used to taking a grueling, 4-hour test. Also, after taking every test, go over the questions you answered incorrectly right away.
As for critical reading, jimbob1225 has given great advice (read!). I brought my PSAT score from a 500 to an SAT score of 750 by reading the New York Times for an hour everyday and memorizng vocab. Memorizing vocab is helpful in answering sentence completions, and passage-based reading questions(passage-based reading questions are only tough because of the complex vocabulary they are worded with). Good luck with your studying.</p>
<p>Yeah, but it's really tough to find time to take the entire test at once. I'll probably try to do that for some of them, but for some of them I'll take them in pieces.</p>
<p>I think I am going to work through the blue book using Method A for the first month. Then the next month I will take the online tests from CB course under timed conditions. The problem I have with the SAT is more about understanding the passages more quickly. With a 400 CR, I feel like the sentence structures ETS throws at you are cryptic.</p>