<p>I tutor the SAT.</p>
<p>I have a student who went up a combined 220 points on <em>just</em> writing and verbal in two months: Oct. to Dec.</p>
<p>He already had a 790 on math.</p>
<p>Memorizing words will help you <em>a ton</em>.</p>
<p>I am an SAT test tutor. I help kids raise scores 100-200 points per section all the time; it's my full-time job. Words aren't the whole story, but they make a huge difference.</p>
<p>I recommend Princeton Review Word Smart (although I use my own list in classes). I hear that McGraw-Hill SAT I words are also excellent.</p>
<p>Soph PSAT: 209(0)
Junior PSAT: 235(0)
April SAT: 2210
June SAT: 2380 (yes!)</p>
<p>Oct SAT: 2070(650CR/760M/660W)
Jan SAT: 2340(760/800/780)</p>
<p>3 months ago: 1570
Now: 2110</p>
<p>wow is this thread still alive??
i was winning at one point with my 1070->1510</p>
<p>hazelhorb hahahah</p>
<p>of course that was from 7th grade to 11th grade lol</p>
<p>1330->1440</p>
<p>PSAT Soph: 1210 [470 v 740 m]
PSAT Junior: 1360 [560 v 800 m]
Dec 04: 1400 [600 v 800 m]
Feb 05: 1300 [550 v 750 m]
Oct 05: 1390 [600 v 790 m]</p>
<p>Damn new test, had they not changed the format of the test I def would have done better b/w 1st and 2nd tests, but oh well.</p>
<p>Russian immigrant 1050 in 10th grade 1440 in 12th grade</p>
<p>well tonyt why do you care, you're going to harvard anyway</p>
<p>1370 in oct '05 to 1600 in dec '05. =)</p>
<p>PSAT
Soph- 183 ('04)
Junior- 213 ('05)
+30 Points...... not that the PSAT matters</p>
<p>PSAT: 1760
SAT: 1840</p>
<p>So +80. Not the most dramatic, but it's an improvement...</p>