<p>Hi everybody! I know there have probably been a thousand threads just like this one but...
I took the SAT yesterday and it really didn't go as well as I had hoped. After looking at these boards I realized how many questions I got wrong. Although I don't know my score yet, I'm quite certain I'll be taking the test again in October. My question is: how should I prepare this summer? I really don't know what to do anymore. I've taken every test in the CB Blue book and I got 2200+ and then 2300+ on the last three tests. I had a private Kaplan tutor and everything! I really thought I was ready but I don't know what happened yesterday. I really want at least 2250. I'm guessing (or hoping, rather) that my score from yesterday will be 2thousand something. So, all you high-scorers, I need your help! What books should I use this summer? What methods should I use? Thanks!</p>
<p>Sounds like test anxiety to me
Why don't you take the ACT instead?</p>
<p>How would taking the ACT help if his problem was anxiety?</p>
<p>Slightly different test. ..the test taker shouldn't bring any baggage from the SAT. This may help change the test taker's level of anxiety</p>
<p>In cognitive behavioral therapy it is called "reframing" an event--looking at something from a different point of view or taking a new tact as a means of coping</p>
<p>woah momofaKnight thats high level stuff u talkin bout there but it all makes sense dosent it.. i too think that its anxiety n nothing else.. mayb a short vacation or even a movie or something to calm ur nerves and how bout a movie or a football game or something that day b4 ur exam..</p>
<p>I was totally relaxed the night before. I just watched movies and stuff. I don't know if it was anxiety...my timing wasn't its best but I genuinely had a lot of trouble with the critical reading. I just found it very difficult. I'd really rather take the SAT than the ACT, but thank you for the suggestion. Oh, I should probably include that the areas I need to perfect my abilities in are math and critical reading. Writing isn't a problem.</p>
<p>i suggest you also buy the online course from CB. 6 more practice tests and explanations that the CB gives themselves so you will know how they think. if you already bought it then i dont know!</p>
<p>forgettable i see a lot of me in u..
even i hav difficulty wit math n cr n writing wsa relative good..
i had my first attempt in jan:680M,680CR,720W(11 ESSAY)
the one thing that everybody talk bout for CR and i too seem to think taht it works is to work on ur vocab.
it might seem dry to lean a list of words but i think it pays off...</p>
<p>Should I get the Barron's 2400 book or just keep doing practice tests?</p>
<p>I have the Barron's 2400 - I wouldn't say its better than the blue book / real SATs.</p>
<p>well revise ur weaker links and then do tests..</p>