<p>How long did it take you all between when you first started studying (first practice test) and your 2400? Also how many practice tests did you complete? Do you believe that it is possible for someone to get a 2400 every time they try?</p>
<p>Freshman year (no preparation): 2270
Practice test 1 (last winter break): 2380
Practice test 2 (last winter break): 2400
Practice test 3 (last winter break): 2400
Junior year: 2400</p>
<p>(Additionally, I did one CR section and one Math section the night before.)</p>
<p>so you completed three practice test silverturtle? do you feel that taking it as a freshman helped over the long run?</p>
<p>Also didnt you take it as a 7th grader? Do you think that that helped to know what you basically needed to do (difficulty, question type, etc)?</p>
<p>Taking it as a freshman helped me psychologically in that it gave me a solid fallback score. I also took it as a seventh grader, but I don’t remember my score; this sitting also helped a bit in reducing the intimidation factor later on.</p>
<p>ok thanks.</p>
<p>Regarding perfect scores, it is true that some individuals will reliably score at the 2400-mark. However, it is very difficult to consistently score at that level without some sort of cognitive adaptation. That is, it is critical to have some sort of initial familiarization with the format of the test and knowledge of all relevant expectations. I began studying for the SAT this past September, but it took two months, eight complete practice tests (twelve Math sections), and two official takings until I truly felt that I had the self-confidence and experience with the test to repeatedly score at the 2400-level (which I eventually achieved at the December 5th administration). I believe that this may have been fully attributed to the fact that I simply had not been exposed to the test for a large period of time and had not had enough cumulative practice at the instances of my first two takings. Consequently, I had two scores in the mid-2300s (two practice tests after the first, four after the second).</p>
<p>So the basic implication of my own personal experience is that a complete familiarization with the SAT (or any assessment) is absolutely vital before one is truly able to maximize his or her performance.</p>
<p>I’m not like silverturtle, who studied lightly over a long period of time.</p>
<p>Soph: PSAT (no prep)
Junior: Started studying in the summer / PSAT / SAT</p>
<p>And between the summer after soph year to January, I studied hard. I did ~15 practice tests.</p>
<p>I’ve got to say…
^that is incredible that he only did 4 practice tests.</p>
<p>kind of find it hard to believe that in 9th grade with no prep –> 2270 and later only a couple tests to get 2400 while some of you other guys did lots and lots of practice tests and that stuff to get it.</p>
<p>if that’s completely true he must be an actual genius, seriously. it seems like only explanation for that…</p>
<p>I hate SATs…no matter how much you study, you either will get it or you won’t. It’s pretty hard to increase drastically no matter how much studying you do</p>
<p>First practice test (December of junior year): 2260
Second practice test (Same month): 2200ish
First real test (January): 2300
Second real test (October of senior year): 2400</p>
<p>I didn’t do a full-length practice test before my second time for some reason. Just reviewed things and did separate section practice. Oh, and I did a lot more than two practice tests before my first time, just can’t remember any other scores.</p>
<p>For me personally, I think I could get close to a perfect score with all the MC stuff, as I’ve become quite familiar with the test format. That essay… might be a different story ;)</p>
<p>Son took about 6 practice tests in the 8 weeks leading up to the test (all proctored under testing conditions to get used to that) - prior to that (other than PSAT exams and taking SATs in 8th grade), he only had worked on the essay (was writing 6 essays 3 months before the test and ended up with a 10). Practices were consistently in 2300s, with one 2400. Actual test was the first one that he didn’t get any questions wrong on.</p>
<p>I started studying in my first year of high school, which in my country is only two years ago (I’ve started my last year in high school, or at least I will when the year begins in March- but I’ll be entering college in the same year as the current American juniors).</p>
<p>At my school around once a semester they’d administer Practice Tests that were non-Blue Book released exams.</p>
<p>First (almost no preparation): 1940
Second: 2150
Third: 2250
Fourth: 2380</p>
<p>Actual SAT Exam
First (Dec. 2009): 2290
Second (Jan. 2010): 2400</p>
<p>Of course the Practice Tests weren’t the only tests I’d ever done in the sense that I had gone through nearly every book there is: Barron’s, Kaplan, Princeton, All of the Blue Books, McGraw Hill, Sparknotes, Gruber’s (some of it), etc. But the ones we did in school were proctored, while the ones done at home were obviously not.</p>
<p>Towards the end (few weeks before Jan. exam) I was able to score in the 300s most of the time. Except the last week, where my score dropped with every additional practice test I did (funny how that happens).</p>
<p>I guess it’s possible to get a 2400 every time you try- that is every practice test and every actual test you take- but in a never-say-never kind of way. You can not score a 2400 every time and still get a 2400 on the exam. I know I never got a 2400 on a practice test, mostly because I always got at least one question wrong in Math (if I was lucky!). :P</p>