<p>Hi Guys,
I have been preparing for the SATs for several months now. I go to 1 on 1 SAT tutoring once a week. On top of that I try to (although I don;t always) do at least a little SAT work in every section. I have the Official College Board SAT book which I have been going through. It is very important for me to do well on the SATs, I have taken them before along with the PSAT this year and my Junior Year. I do pretty well on them. My SAT Teacher had me do a practice test and I got a little bit over a 2100 overall. What can I do to improve my score. Obviously I am sure that additional practicing sections would help, but is there anything else I could do that could help? Just trying to keep an open mind and honestly a little bit nervous.</p>
<p>read tough books for the CR section. it makes the reading sections on the tests look like nothing-i used to never read fiction but when i started to, CR seemed a lot easier</p>
<p>Not sure which section you need help on.</p>
<p>Former SATer here, 760 on CR (missed 3…missing 2 would’ve been 800 based on the released curve for that test -_-) and 800 on W and M. For CR, I wasn’t a fan of reading. So basically I did CR sections, did more CR sections, and did more CR sections all summer before the test. From every source: Blue book, PR 11 tests, McGrawHill, etc. that you can pull from the public library or online. Sure they have their differences, but I didn’t care, since they were just more opportunities to practice. I think I did something like 60+ CR sections over the summer…like whenever I had a spare 20 mins or so I did one. The reason I afforded to do this was because CR was my only trouble point, though.</p>
<p>Math is imo easier to study for. I luckily never had to study for math, but I’ve heard repeatedly the same stuff: practice. Which is the same as CR…</p>
<p>Writing: the key is to focus not on the essay but on the multiple choice. A perfect MC and 0 essay gives you a score of 670, which is pretty good actually. So just use the essay template (which I detest) and get a 9 or 10, which is usually sufficient for an 800 if you get all the MC right (which is what I did). For MC, just go over all the grammar rules once with like a wkbk or something (I suggest Barron’s), then practice your — off.</p>
<p>btw I’m not a fan of private tutors. I never had one since we never could afford SAT tutoring, which is probably why I don’t like them. In the end they just tell you to practice, which isn’t a terribly difficult concept to grasp…</p>
<p>tl;dr: Get off CC and go practice, practice, practice.</p>
<p>^ The person above is right about the practice part. It is essential. Reading books as T23Q2E suggested is also very important. However, I disagree with him on the ‘read difficult books’ part. I maintain that even the Harry Potter series could be entertaining yet efficient practice for the SAT. But one MUST do vocabulary lists and read texts that employ those words once in a while (referring back to the HP series here). If you know every single word in most of the fun fictions that we read, you have a very firm foundation. Just be sure to read a little bit of Hardy or similar ‘difficult’ books once in a while to perfect your skills. This was all that I did and I managed to secure 800 in CR. Can’t be much of a guide in W and M. The person above me would be better for that. Good Luck!</p>