Hi all!
I’m currently scoring in the 775-800 range on writing and the 790-800 range on CR. Sadly, I’m stuck in upper 500s/low 600s (580-610) for math. I’m hoping to get up to at least 620-630 by January 23rd, but that’s my cut off with the format change. Fairly obviously, I’m not planning on going into STEM, but I would like to apply to selective schools (Barnard College in New York City is my current top choice). For context, for most of the schools I’m looking at, I’m well above the 75th percentile in CR and writing, but below or at the 25th for math. I would be immensely appreciative of some insight and I will,answer or chance you back as promised!
Anyone?
Get to that 25th % and they should understand.
I’m just wondering how you managed a 775 Writing. 
For Barnard, you probably need to get to 650 or above in M for them to take you seriously as a candidate, I’m afraid. It’s very hard for top-25(ish) schools to seriously consider candidates below that threshold in either CR or M.
Can you get a math tutor? Those were my D1’s scores initially on math, too. I tutored her, and she managed a 670. You may not be able to teach yourself. Get someone good at math to go over the ones you miss on practice tests with you, and make study notes or flash cards on those.
@Hermit9 Thanks, I’m going to try! My official writing score was a 790, my other judgements are practice tests. A great AP Comp teacher and a substantial bit of luck I’m sure.
@intparent I had a tutor for a bit, but I didn’t find the service helpful enough for the steep price. I’m currently enrolled in an online prep course. I’m glad your daughter was able to bring her scores up, congrats on the successful tutoring. My only wish would be to have more time–I’m sure if I had the summer to study I could be scoring in the high 600s.
8-X Ah, I feared as much. I guess I can only hope and fervently study. @marvin100
Do you have a friend who is better at math who might help you, or a relative? I’m no professional tutor, and only took as far as Calculus in college, but was able to figure out what was going on from the explanations in the answer sections and explain it to my kid. Just trying to think of options for you. Or mark the questions you can’t figure out even with the answer info, and go over them with a math teacher at school?
Fingers crossed. @hermit9
I really appreciate the thought, but I simply don’t have the time at normal hours. I’m enrolled in a full schedule of APs and have ECs nearly every day after school. I do my best to look at videos online and solve the problems myself, but it’s often late into the night after I finish my actual homework that I end up doing lessons from my prep course. I don’t mean to harp on the matter, but I just wish the CollegeBoard wasn’t putting my class through this whole ordeal. @intparent
@rougesneakers I agree that 650 would be best. My daughter was admitted with 650, and had a CR of 800, W 750. But that was 2008. That said, there were kids who’d gotten in with lower scores. Missing ECs for a couple weeks or even doing Saturdays of 2-4 hours with a tutor might do it for you.
We worked on it on Sunday afternoons. It is the only time my kids had available.
@Hermit9 ha, just realized my error. The rare 775 was a typo 