<p>Hello all, I've just been wondering... Is there an easy way to help me nail 2300's? I get frustrated when I occasionally score 2300's, and then fall back to 2200's.</p>
<p>Hey there! This is a little off-topic but if you don’t mind: What did you score on the first practice test you took seriously? Also, how long and hard have you been preparing?</p>
<p>Well, if you ask for my very very very first practice test, the score was 1950.
I’ve prepared a little over 6 months now. I’ve been studying for 6 hrs / day.</p>
<p>Woah!!! 6 hours a day?? You have discipline dude. I can’t sit at a table 6hrs/day for even a week, and I hope to break 2300 within 2.5 months… which probably isn’t happening since I’m only at 1950-2020 presently.</p>
<p>high 2200s is a score to be content with. move on.</p>
<p>And scoring a 2300 on a practice test does not necessarily indicate you will score similarly on the actual SAT. It’s impossible to fully recreate the actual testing scenario. You may cave under pressure and score much lower than you anticipate, or test adrenaline may make you score much higher than you predict. There’s no way to tell. If you’re scoring high 2200’s on your practice tests, then don’t worry: you’re in great shape.</p>
<p>^I actually did better on the actual test day. I only once got an 800 on my math practice tests and even then I had one error, and was averaging 760-780 on them. I got an 800 on the actual test. I did one section of writing in between tests, while helping a friend study, and got like 2 wrong. I got an 80 MC on the actual test. The only place I did worse than my practice tests was CR where I underperformed by like 40 points. But that was due to a bad call on my part (in the test, I took up a strategy I’d never tried in practice at home, which led to disastrous results and horrible time management). I think it was because I was never serious in my practice tests, as opposed to test day.
P.S: To add to that, I was really frustrated with my test center the day of the test because they didn’t accept my ID which clearly showed me and I had to wake my mother up for her to get me identification to a place a half hour from home, and everyone was like “Don’t get angry, you’ll just do horrible on the test, calm down.” Yeah, ok.</p>
<p>What is your score for each section?</p>
<p>Look at the specific type of questions you get wroung. Is there a trend? Study how to answer those questions. GL</p>
<p>^^^^ High-2200’s will never satisfy me 
^ Math 790-800
Critical Reading 690-750
Writing 720-770</p>
<p>Also, I’ve also wondered about this situation… If I were to score a 700+ on CR, would I be exempt from taking TOEFL? I am an Asian American.</p>
<p>A word of warning: jhs440 has linked to that book in EVERY SINGLE one of his posts. Plus, he joined today. Seems like pretty blatant advertising.</p>
<p>^ Yes, I agree.</p>
<p>^^^As I said in a previous post, link seems shady. </p>
<p>Anyway, high 2200s is such a terrible place to be, isn’t it? Plus, I’ll second those saying that a practice test won’t 100% predict what you’ll get. Could be significantly lower/higher, or pretty much the same.</p>
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Never mind. Said user’s post is now deleted.</p>
<p>^All of that user’s comments are, now.</p>
<p>^Yes, I noticed. He was most likely either suspended or banned as well.</p>
<p>Is my ignorance bliss? What happened to my post, may I reckon?</p>
<p>I only scored above 2300 on 1 out of 5 practice tests, and it was Kaplan (significantly easier than the actual thing, IMO). My first shot on the actual test in November 2009 was a 2230, then I retook in May 2010 with 1 practice test in between and scored a 2340. So really it’s hard to predict your score, and you might break into the 2300 range on your next test. 2200s on practice tests means you’re probably in pretty good shape anyways. </p>
<p>Good luck! :)</p>
<p>Feel lucky to be at 2200+ You’re very close to 2300-2400 only a few questions off may3 4-5 questions depending on the section. When you take the actual test it sometimes if not more than often comes down to luck.</p>