Hello all, I’m an upcoming Junior and took a SAT diagnostic test with hardly any prep and scored 1360 (670 reading & writing + 690 math). I’m aware this isn’t necessarily a good score, and I’d like to improve it significantly. My current goal is to get to the 1450 range, to eventually score in the 1500s. I’ve heard time and time again that the writing section is the easiest to improve and/or score perfectly on. Is this true? What would be the best way to raise my scores?
@Pawrrrrrr I’m no expert, but I would say it depends on your strengths and weaknesses. For writing, I view it simply as memorizing grammar rules and then applying it enough times so it becomes easy. Critical reading, for me, is personally the hardest but there are also strategies out there to improve that. Math is my strength, and a thorough review of concepts and enough practice should be good to raise your score by quite a bit too. There’s no magical formula to raising your scores, but the most important thing is to study the right way and improve upon what you can work on.
I’m going to start my prep on Khan Academy! Hopefully my SAT score will go up. If you make an account on Khan Academy and connect your Collegeboard account to it, they will tell you what you need to work harder on based on your scores. I just started trying it today! Anyone whom I’m asking about increasing my score is telling me Khan Academy. Do try that!
@akadream is right. I used khan academy to study for the math section and it was so helpful. I had a 660 on the PSAT (the score range was a little different though) and ended up with a 770 on the actual SAT. As for reading, I didn’t study for it, so I’m not sure what the best way to study for it would be.