<p>I'm a long time reader, first time poster. Anyways, I'm a Junior and just got my PSAT results. They were a dissappointing 189 with a 67CR, 60M, and 62W. My guidance counselor said it was a good starting point, but I would like to know the best way to get each section up to at least a 700. She said that a 700 on each would best represent my GPA (Currently a 97 on a 100pt scale). I know that a big differenece between GPA and SAT score indicates that you go to an easy school, but my high school was ranked 270 in the country which isn't too bad and I had quite a few friends score better. I don't mean to be haughty, but most of my friends that scored significantly higher are not better than me at math or English. Math should have been my best since math/science have always been my best courses. I looked over the wrong answers and of the 8 I got wrong, I definitely feel I should have gotten at least 5 of those right, so something obviously isn't clicking between me and that test. Anyways, what's the best way to raise my scores to at least 700 each given my circumstances since this may have been a fluke score?</p>
<p>Best Prep for anybody would be PRACTICE. Simple.</p>
<p>Practice with real SATs and use Cracking the SAT (book) to figure out what's not clicking.</p>
<p>PRACTICE</p>
<p>I got a 175 on my PSAT. I saw, for the first time, that the test and I didn't click. I took loads of practice tests, since I knew I had learned all the answers for writing, math, and a lot of the critical reading (minus some vocab). That spring, I improved from a 54cr, 65m, 56w to a 660cr (didn't leave any blank this time), 710m, 600w. I prepped some more and in the fall scored: 670cr, 720m, 770w = 2160. A 410 point increase and I'm going to take the test again in Jan hoping to not make dumb mistakes on math and getting a couple more on cr to break 700. If your a good student, the best way to practice is to do it yourself and take practice tests to see what your doing wrong. You know most of the answers from school, you just have to be able to do it on a test.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I figured practice was best, just wanted to make sure there wasn't something special I should be doing and didn't know about. I have the Collegeboard blue book with 8 practice exams. I guess I'll also look into getting the Princeton review book to get some added perspective on the test.</p>