<p>And what did you do to prepare for the SAT's?</p>
<p>2300, and I played ping pong and ate curry every day</p>
<p>2300: played tennis and golf, as well as hung out with friends.</p>
<p>800 M, 660 W, 610 R = 2070. Didn’t prepare at all for math, reviewed a few grammar rules, and took several reading practice tests.</p>
<p>Does this imply that preparation amt. vs. SAT section score has a negative correlation?</p>
<p>2410: Yes, I know what you’re thinking: “A 2410? How is that possible?” The SAT test makers actually gave my essay a 13 (this has never happened before) because of how brilliant of a writer I am. I’m basically the best, though. All I did to prepare was hang out with my friends, play table tennis, and weave baskets (underwater of course).</p>
<p>Seriously, though, after seeing two comments from ParthivNaresh and Und3rC0ver, it was hard not to laugh. Achieving a score so high (99th percentile) with such little preparation is incredibly rare. It’s just pretentious to say that you’ve achieved a score that high with no preparation whatsoever. Seriously, what the hell does eating “curry every day” have anything to do with preparing for the SAT? Well, I guess it did for ParthivNaresh.</p>
<p>So I’ll bring you back down to Earth. I received a 2030 on my SAT. Although I didn’t prepare scrupulously, I took a couple of practice tests, studied some vocabulary, and read a couple of guides on this very website. If you ask 90%, if not, more, of the people who experience a large jump in their SAT score, the answer will be in practice tests. Nothing will acquaint you with the test more than the practice tests that can be found in the SAT Blue Book. The format is practically identical to the SAT and the questions are similar too; they’re just asked in different ways. </p>
<p>I’m still working on my score. Although it’s really not that great, I don’t consider it to be a tremendously bad score. And similar to most people, I’m not a natural 2300+'er. I’m OK with that; you should be too. So if you can extrapolate a couple of key things from my message, extrapolate these things:</p>
<p>1) Take practice tests
2) Read guides on this website
3) Study vocabulary
4) Don’t feel inferior because the people on this website arrogantly flaunt their scores. To me, whether the two commenters above me achieved a 2300+ or not with no preparation, it’s rude to include trivial things in their explanation for why they made such great scores. It’s obvious that you needed help, and frankly, you didn’t get it. You got two people who wanted to flaunt their scores (unless eating curry and playing golf helps increase your SAT scores, in which case, apologies to the two of you above).</p>
<p>rspence, yes, technically, but any generalization one could make would get more accurate as more people posted in here - thus increasing the sample size - though less additionally accurate with each post.</p>
<p>For the record, I got a 2230 (710 M, 740 CR, 780 W) on my first try with some preparation, though only because my mom said that if I didn’t, she wouldn’t let me take the SAT (in Blahtopolis, Midwest, we only HAVE to take the ACT). I flipped through sections of a book and did an online course, though when no one was in the room I just went on Facebook and played “Tetris” instead.</p>
<p>I was surprised about my math : writing ratio; though I do consider myself more of a spatial/visual/artistic/verbal thinker than a computational/mathematical/empirical one, a trait which would seem to justify the ratio, I was concerned about this particular writing portion because of its dependence on clear-cut, logical thinking. Overall, though, I’m proud of myself and not ashamed for not having gotten 2300+, though I do plan to retake the SAT for superscoring purposes.</p>
<p>It looks like my input is cementing the backslash look that a graph of this info would have, haha. If it does indeed turn out, after many posts, that high scorers strongly tend to have prepared less thoroughly, fret not; the reason’ll probably be that, knowing their strong abilities, they did not feel they needed to prepare (or that preparing involves practice tests, which may generate low scores due to the difficulty of nearly all practice tests compared to real ones, which may create a sense of low self-esteem, which may precipitate poor performance on test day).</p>
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<li>Prepped like a madman and took over twenty practice tests.</li>
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<p>Joelax I was just trying to respond in kind to a thread that basically asked you to brag and was going to get the same replies as the billion other threads on the same subject. I actually took 4 practice tests and studied CR for a few days. And I Kindof am a standardized test person.</p>
<p>I never wrote the SAT, but my sister did:
1890, first time. Did one practice test (Collegeboard website)
2150, second time. Prepped a little more, four practice tests.
2400, third time. Prepped like crazy. Took a Kaplan course, SAT prep at school, four practice books, three hours of studying everyday for two months as well as vocabulary drills every alternative day. And she also collected practice tests from every person she knew.</p>
<p>That’s dedication! I love my sis. :)</p>
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<li>I studied vocab.</li>
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<p>2360.</p>
<p>Practice tests.</p>
<p>2240… Practice tests like no other, must have take at least 30.</p>
<p>I spent no time studying for the SAT because I was helping kids in Africa and found the cure for AIDS while there. I guess that could explain my pathetic SAT score - only a 2390. I am retaking it in October to make up for such a terrible score.</p>
<p>On a more serious note though, I got a 2320 - M 800 CR 750 W 770, and I worked hard to get that score.</p>
<p>On my second time taking the SAT I got 2320 (800 Math, 740 Reading, 780 Writing). The first time I had the exact same Math and Writing scores, but a 690 in Reading. I set a goal to raise my Reading 30 points to a 720. I worked on about 15 practice tests worth of reading sections, and rose it 50 points! Practice Practice Practice. It works!</p>
<p>2250 (800 M, 730 CR, 720 W)
The blue book is my friend. Also, majortests.com has some really challenging writing sections that got my MC up to snuff (ended up only getting two wrong… goddamn essay -_-). Also, I tried to do a practice test a week, as the test was the same week as midterms, so I had to prepare for both.
I really did see a big boost in my score though. The first time I took a practice SAT (no prep) I got a 1890. My PSAT score was a 201. Needless to say, I scored higher than expected.</p>
<p>2250 (720M-Failure as an asian, 730Cr-decent, 800W-my grammar sucks O_o)</p>
<p>@JoeLax1 - I’m not joking at all. Ping pong is a sport/activity that allows you to play and focus at the same time. It requires lightning quick reflexes bordering those possessed by Bruce Lee. It hones your astuteness and gives you single minded determination. This is the exact king of mentality that a 4 hour test will require from you. Curry is extremely spicy when properly prepared, and tests your resistance and tenacity, two traits that are imperative for any lengthy standardized test. When combined, they create a potent mix that no Princeton Review book or test prep coach can hope to match, much less surpass. I hope this convinces you of the potentially beneficial and majestic qualities of Curry.</p>
<p>p.s. I brought my score up from an 1880 to a 2300 by doing the above mentioned for 3 months with NO help from anybody else. I did use a test book to brush up on my knowledge, but on the whole, I thank the procedure listed above for getting me through it.</p>