What to do in 1 month

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<p>what should I do in one month to get to 800M (i think i made 3 errors in May SAT), 800W (1 error for sure, idk how many/if i made any others....hoping for minimum of a 10 essay) and ~740 CR....i have no clue what I got/might get in CR...will post later.</p>

<p>So, I have barrons 2400..i heard that this book is very good for the W section. Is this true? If so, should this book suffice (plus 4 more BB practice tests) to get 780+ W? Also, what can I do to basically 'guarantee' a >10 essay? </p>

<p>For Math, basically, I was really nervous the first time I took it in May...i think a conscientious effort and problem sets will help me get to 800 (and review some tougher concepts), so i don't need too much help here...just some suggestions and advice would be great+ tips.</p>

<p>For CR....the tough one for me. I get around 680-700. I miss about 3 SC, maybe 4 max. What can I do to make sure I get 19/19 SC (i will go over DH Vol.1 adn Vol 2. again to make sure I have words that havent been totally memorized ingrained. I will also do PR Hit Parade. Are those 2 enough for SC to get 19/19?</p>

<p>Also, how do I go about practicing for the CR passages? I have no clue what to do! How do I even practice CR...more practice tests? Learn strategies? I'm just lost here. </p>

<p>In conclusion...I'm looking for ~60 pts. higher in M (to get 800), maybe like 30 pts. in W to get to 800, and 60 pts. in CR to get to mid 700s. What can I do, and is this possible in a month. I have lots of baseball coming up, so a great 'outline/schedule' of how to tackle this would be great!</p>

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<p>really CC? You’re going to do this to me? T-T lol…no posts yet.</p>

<p>I need some help for CR…I am a very slow reader as well, so any techniques geared for slower readers (techniques that are effective) would be great!</p>

<p>Also, for those of you who score 770+ W, how can I consistently score this high? What practice or things should I do to basically consistently score this high with ease?</p>

<p>For Math, i think its just a matter of buckling down for me.</p>

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<p>For CR use this:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/750399-how-attack-sat-critical-reading-section-effectively.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/750399-how-attack-sat-critical-reading-section-effectively.html&lt;/a&gt;
Pay attention to main ideas also. Just use Direct Hits and look at how the sentences are worded.</p>

<p>I dont get 770+ in W so i can’t help, but do practice tests. There was a thread about how to get a 12 or 10 on the essay in 20 days, so look at that.</p>

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<p>^ I’m retaking only for my Math score since I’m expecting a 720-730 on that section for May. It’s my best section, and I can score an 800 if I friggen stop making careless mistakes. Any advice?</p>

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<p>@JoeyBay, that’s the method I’m using right now…I wanna know if there’s one that is quicker and more efficient that is great for a slow reader. </p>

<p>So, it there any other method that’s really good? Like a method that entails spending a lot of time with the questions + answer choices instead of the actual passage…?</p>

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<p>If you’re so close to an 800 on the Math Section, I would work on speed/accuracy.</p>

<p>If you haven’t already subscribed to the online course, do so, as your will get some more tests to practice with. Try to do all the problems in a shorter amount of time, and see what your level of accuracy is. If you know you’re able to do them all correctly in a shorter amount of time, you’ll feel more confident during the actual test.</p>

<p>Khanacademy.com is great for the SAT book (detailed explanation) but I don’t think you need it, as you’re aren’t looking to improve on your mechanics.</p>

<p>Just look at each problem carefully and re-check everything!!!</p>

<p>Best of luck:)</p>

<p>EDIT: Oh CR</p>

<p>Well go through more passages. Read some challenging lit so you get used to it. Try to find the tone of whatever you might be reading. I read the Washington Pos for an hour a day, and I think my score’s gone way up.</p>

<p>For W</p>

<p>Practice. Practice. Practice. I don’t really know any other method of improving.</p>

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<p>^wow, that’s interesting. So, just reading some good newspapers can boost your score? So, when you say your score has gone way up…from what score to what score? I would like to know how great an impact it makes because I’ll gladly devote time to just reading…but I don’t want to end up being disillusioned and only gain like 30 pts. from it. </p>

<p>You know what I mean?</p>

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<p>Well, there was a huge bump in my practice score. I’d read for about an hour a day, usually political stuff, and try to figure out what the author was trying to say and how they felt about the topic at hand. If there were two articles on the same topic, I’d try to figure how Author B would feel about different perspectives represented by Author A.</p>

<p>My practice scores before doing this were like in the 600-660 range
On my first SAT test I got a 670</p>

<p>After reading everyday for like a month and a half, my practice scores were up to about 700-730
The last test I took was in May, and the scores are yet to be released, but I am pretty confident that I raised a substantial amount.</p>

<p>Hope it helps:)
I’ll definitely post my scores once I get them.</p>

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<p>^ok, that would be great. So, did you just find a topic on a news site and then google the same topic to find a topic that was about the same thing?Then you did the comparison?</p>

<p>Could you perhaps send me a couple links to get me started and recognize what you mean? </p>

<p>Also, is there any advice for W? Is Barrons 2400 good for W? Oh, and how can I get my essay to >10? It’s at about 10-9.</p>

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<p>Well we’ve subscribed to the Washington Post, so it comes to my house everyday. Usually in A13 or something, there’s political articles about foreign countries, most of which revolve around issues in the Middle East, so comparison is pretty viable.</p>

<p>However, your online idea’s pretty awesome, never really thought of that. The New York Journal has some pretty intense articles as well, but I just find the Washington Post to be more interesting. </p>

<p>For the Post online, create an account and you can basically search the name of a country, sports team, or anything that you’re interested it, get two articles, and compare. It’s pretty interesting and a good way to use your time.</p>

<p>But remember! Always do passage practice to keep you “SAT game” up!</p>

<p>For W, the reading helps. Once you read more and more, awkward phrasing is just way more apparent. I think that it’s pretty first instinct to know what’s right and what’s wrong, but usually it’s an accuracy problem for most CC’ers. Remember to look over all W sections once or twice if time allots. </p>

<p>Get Barron’s Writting, those questions are very difficult. My writing score on practice tests went up 20 points, which isn’t that much, but when you get up there in the 750+ range, it makes a huge difference.</p>

<p>For essays, I tend to make up facts and personal experiences, because it’s just easier to write about something that fits perfectly in the scenario that think about what examples to use, which wastes valuable time. I’ve never done essay practice. I got an 11 on my first essay though. Making up stuff really helps, and as long as you’re not TOO off the grid, SAT readers won’t penalize you for your factual errors, and in most cases they aren’t even aware of them.</p>

<p>Hope that helps:)</p>

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<p>I think the problems I have in my essays are also because I try too hard to think of good evidence to fit with the prompt. Even when I can make up personal experiences that fits the prompt perfectly, I still try to use actual evidence from books instead. I think this is what took away a lot of my time since I didn’t finish my last sentence in my essay on the May SAT but I usually have like 5 minutes left on my essay to read over.</p>

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<p>@Thispakistanigir, could you PM me an essay you wrote (if you have the image saved)? I always thought that personal examples were bad to have, so I never ever used them. SO, i’d like to see the personal exmaple in action that yielded an 11 for you.</p>

<p>Also, for the W section, is it just a lot of practice problems to get a higher score?</p>