<p>YEEEHHAAA!</p>
<p>Composite: 2350
Critical Reading: 760
Math: 800
Writing: 790
Multiple Choice: 90
Essay: 8</p>
<p>Studying: Took a $1000 private class course over the summer (while studying some materials online). I got a 1920 on the course’s first diagnostic test (even though i got a 1960 in 9th grade - I am a junior now), and a 2290 on the course’s 4th and final diagnostic test. I attribute the increase not primarily to the course itself (having a personal essay grader was pretty nice) but to the practice problems in the book, the practice and accountability (knowing you had to have the 2 hours of practice work done by the next day), and learning the ins and out of the test by practice. The practice book was great.</p>
<p>practice after the course - Taking practice test out of the Blue Book was very beneficial: <a href=“blue book sat - Google Search”>blue book sat - Google Search;
<p>Vocabulary - vocabulary.com is amazing! Its fun and addictive and teaches words in context: I learned like 400 SATs from this easily. You can search for custom SAT lists on there.
Math - How to get from the 650s/700 - 800? BlueBook practice tests + the 3 free online PWN THE SAT hard diagnostic math tests. Checking your work (making sure your answer answers the question and not just 1 part of the question) is critical. Most of my mistakes were careless mistakes. Also, learn the shortcuts: all sat math problems can be solved without a calculator in under a minute. You typically just have to find an intuitive shortcut.</p>
<p>SilverTurtle’s Guide in the CollegeConfidential forums was great too.
There are plenty of other amazing guide and section specific guides out there on CollegeConfidential and on the Internet.</p>
<p>You can improve your score by studying.</p>