<p>ok so im taking the sat in about a month, on my psat and practice sat tests ive been pretty constant, getting upper 2100s thru lower 2200s. Somehow on one practice I managed a 23 something, too bad it wasnt real. Anyway, what Im getting at is, when youre preping for the sat, ppl always say, study your weaknesses. Well, Im sure a lot of you are like me and are basically up to speed/ the same on all three sections. I cant figure out what I need to study .So what should I be doing to get those last 200 or so points? I mean, what is it im missing? Im leaning towards luck, haha. So any cheap tricks you guys might know to grab a few extra points? I know a bunch of you guys on here managed 2300s, howd you get past that little hump if I can call it that.</p>
<p>I have a really good math strategy that my friend taught me. Now, this only works well if youre already scoring well on math, like 700-ish, and you just want in the upper 700's. If youre scoring low on the math section, this wont work. What you do is you rush through the math section, answer each question really quickly, dont get hung up on any of them. Finish the section in 10-12 minutes, and then go back and do every problem again (its a lot easier if you never circle your answer in the test booklet). I took two practice tests and used this method, and when I went back the second time, I found I had made two errors. The same thing on the real SAT, two errors- I fixed them and got a 770 on math. One or two questions on the math section makes all the difference, and this method works if youre good at math but can't get those last points.</p>
<p>Personally, 1984 and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn have never failed me on an essay. The only annoying thing was writing out the damn title over and over..I wish I could have written "let x=The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" at the top, and referred to it as 'x' thereafter. I got a 10 on the essay and a 760 on writing, I'm pretty good with the grammar stuff- the biggest thing, I think, would be to make sure your singular/plurals are all in order. </p>
<p>For the verbal section, just read a bit then answer a question, then read a bit more. Dont read the whole passage in one go then attempt to answer all of the questions. You probably already know that though, having scored in the upper 2100 range.</p>
<p>Where's califoniakid? I know she got a really high SAT score.</p>
<p>That is by far the most useful post that you could have made.</p>
<p>Um...hi, I scored a 2370 (800 V, 800 M, 770 W) on the new SAT, so I can give you the strategies that worked for me:</p>
<p>My strategy to get a 12 on the essay was to fill up the whole two pages with a really small hand writing. I used four paragraphs: intro, literary support, historical support, conclusion. This seemed to work for me, and I never titled my essay (I don't think a title matters). </p>
<p>To get a high math score, you really need to practice on speed and accuracy. I would practice on going really fast through the easy and medium questions without any hesitation, making sure the answers were always correct. You need the rest of the time to work on the harder problems. So basically, go fast, but be accurate. (Kind of hard, I know). Even with this strategy, I was still able to check all of my answers at least once. </p>
<p>For Critical Reading, I left the main idea questions blank until the very end, when I had an idea of what the passage was about. I basically focused first on the questions that gave a line citation, so I could read a short bit at a time. Most often, Critical Reading does not require you to read the whole passage, which wastes time. This really worked for me, and I had anywhere from 4-6 minutes to check my work and to go back over the questions.</p>
<p>In terms of re-taking, I don't have any experience with that since I only took the SAT once. Good luck! I hope some of this may help you :).</p>
<p>thank you , this is really helpful since i am also around 2250s right now</p>
<p>californiakid, you should have retaken with that score.<br>
no, but really, the 2300 club told me to say hello.</p>
<p>ahhh you guys are so helpful haha. Miles- I actually do the reading things but Ill try the going extra fast on math on my next practice test. Amazing score californiakid thank you sooo much for your essay ideas, Ive been avoiding that for right now. but I seriously cannot think of literary and historical support that quickly. I guess my mind is filled with pointless entertainment trivia movies. And personal experience. I know theres nothing wrong with writing/making up personal experiences for your essay, but how do you guys feel about movies? Is that like a big no-no?</p>
<p>Oh and everyone says that if you have to guess, pick the shortest answer what do you guys think about that?</p>
<p>I dont typically guess, and regarding movies and personal experiences, i never wrote about either because i just think it would look like i need to broaden my horizons. Also i think that personal experience isnt a solid foundation for an argument (but a work of fiction is??). I just write about books, i didnt get a 12 on the essay, i got a 10. Maybe if i had thrown in something about the french revolution or spanish american war or something..</p>
<p>OK yeah, see I agree about the movie/personal thing being a little, well shallow sounding, but the time it takes me to think up good literary support is way too long. And Im afraid to use historical support because a I doubt I know anything I could ever use. And b I would probably spell the name wrong or heck, mix up facts, and that would suck. </p>
<p>So actually f does anyone have any other solid literature you could reference for lots of different topics. SO far weve got</p>
<p>1984 ( I love that book and could easily use it)
Huck Finn (read it like 4 years ago so Im a little iffy on that on)</p>
<p>Do you guys basically agree that anything weve had to read for English classes is probably a good bet?</p>
<p>I completely agree</p>
<p>It doesn't have to be a 5 paragraph essay?! YES!!!</p>
<p>What are some historical examples that I could integrate, and their contexts?</p>
<p>About the writing section, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is priceless for the essay. The novel has just about every theme imaginable, let alone and generic themes they ask about on the SAT writing section. The Crucible is also good to use for the essay. My strategy was, walk into the test knowing four books such as TKAM and you are set for the essay. This way you don't need to think nearly as much when planning and can work really hard on filling up all the space and writing neatly!</p>
<p>You guys don't have to think of support examples off the top of your head--just master two subjects: one book, one historical event. For me, I became the master of East of Eden and the Civil War. If you really know your subjects, you can easily find ways to use your sources as supports for your assertion. I did this, and it worked out for me (my friends did this also, and they said it helped them a lot).</p>
<p>I think I've master The Scarlet Letter, but I need a history example to master. Do you think Wikipedia will be enough to just look up the event?</p>
<p>keep in mind wikipedia isnt really official, i mean today i could go on wikipedia and edit it so that chillingsworth is dimmesdale's daughter.</p>
<p>Are you currently taking an AP History class? That's where most of my information came from.</p>
<p>I am not taking the APUSH class (there is none), but I'm taking the exam. I'm better at the MC part (no exposure to the essay portion).</p>
<p>hi you guys, can you share with me your experiences on verbal section...I read well but "fill in the blank" is really tough, really. Do you all have to learn by heart all the words and use flashcard? I spend 2 hours everyday to boost my vocabulary but it doesn't seem to be enough.
Please help me.</p>
<p>i personally didnt study any vocabulary, but people's vocabularies vary. sometimes a word just sounds like an adjective, if you know what i mean.</p>