<p>Just need some insight.</p>
<p>Do you have any hobbies? They’re gone.</p>
<p>Leisurely browsing the internet? That’s gone too.</p>
<p>Happily sleep at 11:00? Now you sleep at 1:00</p>
<p>Managing all A’s? At best you’ll drop most your courses to an A- and/or B+ depending what courseload you take. Hopefully get lucky when its in a period of no serious tests/projects.</p>
<p>Well worth it though, 1900s to 2300 is the best feeling ever.</p>
<p>the poster above me is either lying or they went about it the wrong way.</p>
<p>i really hope they’re joking and didn’t actually do all that…it’s actually pretty easy. if you’re capable of scoring a 2200, then you’re capable of scoring a 2350. it just comes down to your mindset.</p>
<p>practice, practice, practice - you DO NOT NEED a private tutor, just take take that blue SAT book and use it wisely you do not have to have a drop your grades in your courses. you just have to manage your time GOOD LUCK</p>
<p>I power studied with in a period of 4 weeks when I got my act together. Anyone is capable of achieving any score, just as long you put enough time into it. To think that your score is hardcapped or that you can only improve this much in this amount of time only limits potential.</p>
<p>Sacrifice? You don’t have to sacrifice anything as long as you develop and practice a proper SAT strategy. The SAT is actually pretty easy. Most people think its hard though because they don’t research the exam and develop effective strategies. Practice is obviously important (as everyone above me noted), but you’ll never get 2300+ without developing good personal methodologies.</p>
<p>My personal experience: I got a 2320 on my first attempt and only studied during the two weeks prior to the exam. I put quite a bit of effort into my practicing, but I still managed to maintain my EC commitments and keep up my with schoolwork. I was taking 6 difficult AP’s and a college class that year; none of my grades dropped below an A. </p>
<p>tl;dr - The difficulty of the SAT is extremely over-stated. You’ll be fine if you have a good strategy.</p>
<p>I took 10 practice tests in about a week before I took the ACT in 10th grade. My score before the practice tests was 28, and my score on the real test was 33. By the time I took the SAT a year later I had gotten better naturally (mostly in math) and I got a 2340.</p>
<p>Reading everyone’s posts really gives me hope. I am taking the SAT on Saturday, I don’t expect to do exceptionally well. I am hoping I can break 2000, but that’s honestly a lofty goal. I took the online version of the practice test, and I made a 2000, even thoughts most of you, that may seem like a pathetic score, to me, it makes me happy, haha. I’ve also read the blue book, and I will probably take the some of the practice tests this week. My problem is time… I am a very slow test taker… VERY slow. Does anyone have any specific tips that I should work on this week? I think my biggest weakness is the passage based reading, and the grammar on the identifying sentence errors. Does anybody have any ideas on how I can help myself before the test on Saturday, I know it’s late notice, but anything is helpful! I just don’t want to make any
errors</p>
<p>Ha, you’re in the same boat as me; I’m also taking the test Saturday, and I made 2000 and 2020 on practice tests, but I’m not so sure I can break 2000. If there’s a question that you’ve been stuck on for more than 30ish seconds, skip it and move on. Then, at the end of the section, go back and think about it again. Usually, 1 wrong a section is enough to break 2000. For the CR, don’t infer too much; the right answers can usually be found in the passage without much inference. For grammar, go with what you think sounds right. If you can’t find anything wrong with the sentence, go with Choice E, but not after scrutinizing the sentence for at least a minute.</p>
<p>Correct me if im wrong but isnt one wrong a section like 2200?</p>
<p>It depends on the curve, but it’s still breaking 2000 which is AustinDD’s goal.</p>
<p>Getting 1wrong in each leads to a 2200??? Isn’t it still 800for cr and 800for writing if you get 11(or ten if your lucky ) for your essay ?</p>
<p>Eh, I worked my butt off and only got 1900, so the SAT’s look pretty grim to me, but yeah, just go mad on practice tests, that’s the best thing you can do.</p>
<p>In my experience you really don’t have to sacrifice everything. For me, I had to give up a couple weeks of my summer break to take an SAT prep course and after that I studied here and there independently. They tend to have variations of the same question/problem, so once you see the commonalities between the questions & answers it gets easier.</p>
<p>Strongly depends on how intelligent you are to start. Some people can get over a 2300 without studying. Then there’s people like me who spend 5 months and take 20+ practice tests to get there. So there’s a lot of variance out there. But I wouldn’t say that I had to sacrifice that much, because studying for the SAT was pretty efficient.</p>
<p>I don’t think SAT scores are strongly correlated with intelligence. While there is a correlation between IQ and SAT scores, IQ tests are pretty flawed so I don’t consider them a good measure of intelligence. </p>
<p>Taking standardized tests, like the SAT, is just a skill. As with any other skill, you can master the art of test-taking through consistent practice, regardless of your perceived intellect.</p>
<p>Yakisoba, thank you so much. It feels good to have someone in the same boat, haha. I hope I can break 2000, but like I said, it’s a lofty goal. I wish you the best of luck this weekend, and I hope that you reach whatever your goal is too! Good luck, and thanks again. Your info boosted my confidence some, because it simplified it. Sometimes, the simplest information is the most comforting. Anyways, good luck to you, and everyone else taking this test this weekend!</p>
<p>It depends from person to person. I got a 2130 when I took the SAT for the first time at the end of my sophomore year, with literally no preparation or studying whatsoever. I made a half-hearted attempt (maybe 10 hours total?) to study later that summer, and the following September, I pushed it up to a 2200 (though this improvement was so small that it probably fell into the statistical margin of error). </p>
<p>Then in my senior year, I studied about 20 hours total over 4 weeks, for the Math II SAT subject test. This was the only serious studying I’ve ever done for the SAT, and it increased my Math II SAT from around 690+ to a full 800. As a happy side effect, this studying also allowed me to improve at the math section of the normal SAT. The last time I took the SAT (last October), I finished with a score of 2270 (and a superscore of 2300).</p>
<p>In summary, I ended up increasing my SAT score about 170 points to a superscore of 2300, with only an relatively limited amount of studying. I guess the lesson that you can take from my personal story is that you get what you put into the process-- I admittedly never studied very hard for the SAT, and as a result, I only saw a relatively small improvement in my score. However, it was still enough to reach the supposedly coveted 2300. Nothing works for everyone-- each person has a different set of needs, and the “sacrifice” will be different for each person.</p>
<p>I’m taking the SAT in June and I’m begining the preparation. I think practice makes perfects. So as long as you put in enough efforts you will not regret at the end. 2300 is also my dream~~</p>