<p>Does anyone have any tips for raising a 700 M to the upper 700's or even an 800? Typically math is my best subject, so I was somewhat suprised when math was my lowest score. All the wrong answers resulted from stupid mistakes, not holes in my math repetoire. I'm looking at some very tech-y schools, and am planning to retake in November next fall (October is SATII's). Are there any specific books or strategies that people reccomend? Thanks!</p>
<p>concentration , mind and thinking capacity</p>
<p>go through the ENTIRE test in about half the time.</p>
<p>with the other half of the time, go through the ENTIRE test again, completely re-working out each problem.</p>
<p>that should get you an 800.</p>
<p>Just read the questions carefuly. Ive got the same problem and it ****es me off everytime I mark my test because I always get stupid things wrong..
eg. a line is perpendicular to the y-axis and it passes through point (5, -3). What is the equation of the line?</p>
<p>I circled x=5!!! (answr is y= -3)</p>
<p>Somehow, in my head, I imagined the line to be ppdicular to the friggin x-axis.</p>
<p>First of all, are you losing many points because of careless errors? If you are, you need to discipline yourself to re-read questions and make sure you COMPLETELY understand the question, and constantly double-check your work (write your work down on the page). Be almost paranoid about making mistakes.</p>
<p>Second, one great book for improving math scores is Gruber's. The CR and Writing questions in the book are sometimes atrocious, but Gruber's is one of the best sources for tough math questions (besides the official CB exams, of course) that I have seen. Also buy the Official SAT Online Course from CB. It's about $70, but it will be worth every penny, since you get access to 6 other exams, many of which contain excellent math questions. Take your time working through those questions, and try to figure out the solutions all on your own (before turning to the official explanations), even if the problems take you 10 or more minutes each. If you still need more practice, check out Barron's Math SAT workbook; it has a comprehensive collection of questions for almost every imaginable topic on the SAT. It Is bound to raise your math score if you work through it fully and conscientiously.</p>
<p>I would not recommend trying to work through the math sections in half the time (and re-working questions afterwards). It is better to get the question right (and catch any potential errors) the first time, as opposed to rushing through all the questions and making an inordinate number of "reckless" errors. A better piece of advice would be to try to take almost all 25 minutes (or 20 minutes) working the questions ONCE. Only return to certain questions (which you will mark up as ones possibly requiring more attention) if you have a couple of minutes at the end of the section.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the advice so far... I'll try both the super-fast and fairly slow strategies to see what works for me. Just to clarify - I have a very solid foundation in math; I'm on an accelerated track and am considered one of the strongest math/science students at my school. It would be easier if I could say 'I don't know how to find the slope of a line' and take 10 minutes to figure it out, but all my problems arise from careless mistakes - mislabeling diagrams, solving for the wrong variable etc. Thanks again!</p>
<p>I've tried both super fast and fairly slow before, I got a 720 last time :(.</p>
<p>What I've found is that if you move super-fast, you risk not having time to return. Working it right the first time is always the bomb.</p>