<p>Recently, I started doing CB's practice test from the Blue Book, breaking down 1 day for a specific SAT section (math, CR, W). I have been met with great success! On my first SAT, I scored a 1690, but on the practice test I did, I scored between a 1790 and a 2030. It's truly amazing what getting used to the SAT and its questions can do. Truly amazing.</p>
<p>good for you</p>
<p>lol I just got a 2380 on a practice test, taking it all at once. I hate math stupid errors >: (</p>
<p>^Braggart :D</p>
<p>I couldn't resist, first time I've scored that high :P</p>
<p>Prepping for Math II and Lit has made CR and M jokes...</p>
<p>Yeah this happened to me too. I posted about my low scores in the beginning of the summer but my score has improved by 200 points in each section by taking a few practice tests.</p>
<p>TO the OP:
i sincerely recommend that u do full length tests...once u get the hang of the Questions.
Coz...i did exactly wat u are doing now...and continued to that until the test day...
never bothered to do a full test... (i dont like a mixture...so i preferred doing all SAT math, followed by CR..and so on) ...
And it didnt work... coz i just couldn't do as well on MY actual SAT as i did on my Ptests</p>
<p>so take it form me (just as it is)...no matter how many qs. u get wrong...just try doing full length tests...</p>
<p>I am beginning to think of the SAT as a 400m race....
u can't do it in parts....
unfortunately i m much better at 400 m races...</p>
<p>^dont listen to him.</p>
<p>if u have lots of time left, do sections bit by bit. why would u run a 400M race if ure breathless at 80M ~</p>
<p>Because the real test on that real Saturday morning is in fact a 400M race. Why would you practice for a 400M race by only running 80M at a time?</p>
<p>Take it as a whole !</p>
<p>You should begin by doing one "section" a day - either all M,CR, or W. Once you are comfortable doing this, start taking it all at once. That's the only way :)</p>
<p>But do you begin marathon preparation with a 26 mile run? No. It would be too much of an overload to be helpful.</p>
<p>Actually, you should be training the "sprints" and the "distance." If you don't practice the distance your long-term focus on the test can suffer.</p>
<p>I am going to do full-length practice tests, but I did the sections by themselves to get a feel of how well I have the potential of doing. I've been busy with schoolwork and such, so I was not able to get in a full-length practice test this week.</p>
<p>Focus on different sections at first, and then do longer sections when you do reasonably well on the sections. I think that helped my tutorees the most O_o</p>
<p>And by the way, I don't mean I did 1 of 10 sections at a time. I mean I did each subject on the SAT, as in 3 out of 10 sections or whatever there was. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, next week I'll probably do a full test. I just came out of the PSAT and I don't feel like doing another test today.</p>
<p>Do the full tests .If you don`t take all the sections at once,you would be extremely tired when taking the real test.</p>
<p>Well you can't really compare SAT prep to running. Because...</p>
<p>To train for a 5k, you absolutely must run more than 5k on training runs (at least 10k) Does that mean we should take 2 practice tests in one sitting to prepare for the SAT?</p>
<p>To train for a marathon, you rarely run around 26.2 miles on training runs. Does that mean we should never take full practice tests?</p>
<p>To train for the 400m, you never run more than 400m in practice. In fact, you focus primarily on 50s, 100s, 150s, 200s, etc in practice. Does that mean we should take 1/8 of a practice test one day, 1/4 another day, 1/2 another day?</p>
<p>I think the SAT is analagous to a marathon, not a sprint; considering it is 4-5 hours long.</p>
<p>Yes ,exactly !! And you must train for a marathon,not for a sprint.</p>