<p>Took June SAT and got a 1400 520 cr, 370 Math , 510 writing.</p>
<p>The goal is a score of 2000. What study habits, plans, schedules, ideas do you suggest to get this score by October/November? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Generally speaking, an increase of 600 pts. is an impossible feat. To CB, an increase of 350 pts. is suspect of cheating, and an increase of 500 pts. is tantamount to an admission of such guilt. </p>
<p>Besides getting all of the right prep books (the BB, Rocket Review, and maybe Gruber’s), you need to completely revise your study habbits–or rather develop them. You need to be reading and doing math every day, and I don’t mean reading a magazine article and doing a few long division problems. Prep books will have a math section, but you want your total time every day alotted to just solving problems to be around an hour. If you’re struggling with algebra, just google “algebra problems” and do whatever problems you find. This time for solving problems should be in addition to regular prepping with prep books.</p>
<p>The same goes for reading. You need to be reading for at least an hour a day, if not two hours. Read both fiction and nonfiction, and read things that are challenging–though not necessarily beyond you. Again, this time alotted for reading is separate from that time you will alot to prepping from prep books. </p>
<p>I also suggest you take the SAT more than once more. If possible, take it in October and December, or October and November. It doesn’t matter that you’ll need to register for November before you see your October scores. Trust me, you’ll benefit from that extra month of studying. (The reason to take it in October is superscoring, not diagnosis. It’s possible that you’ll screw up a section in November that you do reasonably well on in October.)</p>
<p>A 600 point increase is only hard if he took his first SAT unprepared</p>
<p>he’ll do it. if ur committed, then ull make it. dont let others tell u its impossible. just study an hour or 2 a day.</p>
<p>Improving big without cheating is of course not cheating. What SAT prep needs is practice. </p>
<p>Get used to all the types of math problems. If your goal is 2000, you can afford to get 1 or 2 of the hard ones wrong. The rest, they are the same from test to test, only a few variations on a theme. See what stupid mistakes that you kick yourself for you make, and don’t do them.</p>
<p>For reading, you’re going to have to practice reading if you are a slow reader. Reading fast and precisely gives you so much more time to do the questions so practice reading magazines, books, practice tests. For the questions, i don’t know how to improve on them; when I do it, I get this feeling that this question is correct, so I don’t know how others do it. I guess that also takes practice.</p>
<p>lol. i dont know if it’s gona be possible for u.but i started off with 1430 in october 07. cr 420 , m 600, w 410.</p>
<p>this may i improved to 1800… next sat ,october,im aiming for 2100-2200…</p>
<p>ya usually, it takes a year to have dramatic changes like that. I had a 1460 in october. Went through school year and now i am in the 1800s, hoping for 2100-2200 by october 08.</p>
<p>dude is this guy ■■■■■■■■?</p>
<p>■■■■■■■■? who? not me. </p>
<p>well I should say a friend took the SATs and got that score and I’m interested in some more of your tips to improve, any routines? any specific excercises and study plans? thanks zhaos and godfatherbob for the good tips.</p>
<p>Learn all the math concepts and do all the math problems you can.</p>
<p>A 1400 indicates that you are lacking in many fundamental skills of the 3 subject areas. A more plausible feat would be to get 1800 by october, and then 2000s by the next test with a tremendous amount of time devoted to studying. It seems that your study regime, if you have one at all, needs to go through a serious reform if you want to up your score. A 600 point increase by oct is highly unlikely if you just study SAT books, but its definitely possible. Since i don’t know you, its hard to say whether somethings possible or not. Did you get that score because you didnt know the material? were you sick? Did you understand the material but just didn’t bother to answer the questions? Are you more confounded by the format of the SAT or the questions? Perhaps you might do alot better on the ACT. In any case, 600 points is alot, but i wish you the best.
Good luck !</p>
<p>Oh boy, you’re in for a joy ride 
First of all, you should buy yourself a basic SAT Prep book. For you, I recommend the Princeton Review; its great, its friendly, and informative. It’ll get the job done. Read out of this book everyday, and don’t read just for kicks, you need to read for understanding. Comprehend everything you read, and do all practice questions it gives you.
Second, do the SAT Collegeboard Question of the Day EVERYDAY. I cannot emphasize enough how great this is for you; a question by Collegeboard everyday, a question that could have the possibility of appearing on the test.
Third, you should focus in class more. Your main focus as far as studying goes should be in math, which is your weak point. </p>
<p>I hope with all this advice you can get a 2000, or at least a 1800. :)</p>