<p>I'm planning on retaking the sat in October. My last score was very average, this time I'm really making an attempt to remember what I reviewed( I forgot everything the last time) besides barons and college board, what are some great study books & methods?</p>
<p>If you passed with a 1900+ how did you study? Any tips?</p>
<p>Debby Okay, I scored a 2180 on my SAT, and got into my dream college this year!</p>
<p>I would certainly suggest taking an SAT prep course (I used TESTMASTERS.COM). </p>
<p>I really recommend taking Testmasters courses- either online or in a classroom at one of their branches- because the company guarantees a 300 or more point increase, and they really work with students to make sure that they achieve such increases. I took their 1 week Spring break course last year and went from an 1850 to a 2180…</p>
<p>I have to admit though that the course was pretty expensive, but you can get a discount with the promo code: 9691232182. Plus remember that once you get a good score on the SAT however much you have spent will all be worth it.</p>
<p>If this still is just too expensive for you try to just go through at least 4 practice tests from the collegeboard wb-2 untimed (to get a feel for the questions) and 2 timed, before your next SAT!</p>
<p>I feel like prep only helps if you actually don’t know how to do the math problems or certain english rules; if you’re simply running out of time or making careless mistakes, it won’t do much.
A few tips; first of all, if you can eliminate even one choice, guess. I forget the exact math but guessing randomly >>> leaving it blank, unless it’s like a vocab question that you can’t narrow down at all. Secondly, World War 2 and Shakespeare pretty much copy any topic they could possibly pull on you for the essay. Third, you can make up books/characters/stories; I said Bill Gates died and that the main character of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was named Billy. I don’t advise it, but if you’re actually running out of things to write about; don’t be scared. Just make sure it ties back to your thesis and is consistent (I got an 11 on my essay). I’d do this over a personal, but if you have another example, use that. This is a last ditch thing. Fill up both pages, even if you’re just bsing at the end! Length is important.
For math, it goes from easiest to hardest, but every question is worth the same. Move on if you don’t get it and come back later.
The free response questions work the same way; however, from my experience, the last one is never really “hard” in the sense that you need to know a lot of math. It’s just really tricky (i believe May was, “if x^y = 4096, what’s x-y,” with the trick answer obviously being 64, but the actual answer being 4095). Watch out.
There’s not much of a way to study for the grammar sections but just read a lot of books and you’ll be able to pick up what sounds wrong like it’s second nature. If anything, just read it aloud to yourself; is it something you would say to a teacher?</p>