<p>hi im going to be a sophmore. When should i start taking sat classes and start practicing. I want to do really good.</p>
<p>practicng: now.
class: preferably a class that ends right before your planned SAT date.</p>
<p>i'm taking sat math prep classes right now and it ends a week before the october SAT.</p>
<p>I leave the classes for the weeks before the test and study on my own before that.</p>
<p>Don't do any classes unless they give you the blue book and online course for free, as mine did. </p>
<p>Otherwise spend half the price for a class on those aforementioned materials and improve 4x as much.</p>
<p>Class...I have never met anyone who said a class helped. Especially for those smart kids who already pretty much know what they are doing.</p>
<p>But definitely start practicing now! Never too early to take some practice tests...plus the PSAT is pretty important,and if you start prepping now for the SAT, you will do really well come Junior year (it can get you some hefty scholarships and NOT just to your state school).</p>
<p>thanks everyone...i guess ill start practicing now then!</p>
<p>Classes are way overrated. They are mostly for average students who want to go from like a 1600 to an 1800. If you are an above average student, like most of CC haha, then get the blue book and/or CB online course. Those are the most realistic practice tests because they come from the testmakers. Taking practice tests will improve your score.</p>
<p>According to everyone I know: Classes aren't that helpfull.
Expensive and a waste of time but it wouldn't hurt to try one wit ha good rep.</p>
<p>My class was a waste of time aside from the fact that they gave us the blue book and a couple of vocab lists. Seriously, they would give us a practice test with the answers attached, then spend half the next class reading the letters of the answers aloud, and then say, "Sorry we didn't have enough time for all of your questions." The math teacher was insane and at one point told us there was no easy way to solve the problem, we had to use the quadratic formula, after puzzling over it for awhile, and then I told him how to do it in a couple of seconds. The cr/writing teacher could not comprehend the fact that I wanted to use a book related to economics on my essay, and no, I did not read it for school, and no, I did not take an economics class. But it does seem to work for some people, so I don't know.</p>
<p>class is not a waste of time for me.</p>
<p>i'm a retard at math (590 in june), so the classes really help. i'm not taking a generic sat class, either. my class takes real tests from many sources including the real SATs, and then teaches us concepts for the other half of the class. my teacher is a real math nut.</p>
<p>a class like that is perfect for me since it focuses only on math since i don't need any help on my cr and writing scores.</p>
<p>YOU SHOULD TAKE CLASSES AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE!
The more practice the better. Be sure to get a wide variety of tutors and prep programs to make sure you will get all teh perspectives on how to tackle the test. You are off to a late start. Many people start in 8th or 9th grade. I was foolish enough to only use 6 weeks and I did not get the score I wanted... T_T</p>
<p>do it in junior year</p>
<p>My advice would be (as long as you're above Algebra II) and have covered the grammar, would be to take it early-- January test. I wish I had done this. It will allow you enough time for retakes in April or May, and you can take SAT II's and have enough time for retakes. Also, you can have a lot of time between retakes to improve your score. I started in April, and only had a couple weeks to prepare for the May test. I know people who didn't start until the May test and now have to choose whether they want to retake their SAT or SATII in October for early decision by deciding which one is less worse.</p>
<p>^^ good advice, but for junior, not sophomore year.</p>
<p>I concur. with what admanrich said</p>