<p>I have heard several friends and even CCers say that writing and math are the easiest sections of the SAT to improve on. If this is true then lucky for me! I scored an 800 on CR but a modest 640 and 650 on math and writing respectively. How should I improve on these sections? I'd rather not ask my parents to pay for a tutor, so what are some good strategies to help with these two?</p>
<p>Note* I am a huge reader (which is what helped with CR) so I thought that the writing would be a breeze. Unfortunately, this didn't prove to be the case, yet I still feel that writing should be easy for me to improve on. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Writing and math are definitely the easier, with writing being the easiest. Critical reading tends to be the hardest to improve because it requires a strong foundation, something which is developed over a lifetime from reading lots of books. Math on the other hand, can be reviewed quickly in a matter of days and writing even quicker because there are very few rules of grammar that are tested. So yes, you’re in luck if you scored a 800 on the hardest section already.</p>
<p>As for books, first things first, I recommend reading silvertutle’s guide first as it boosted my writing score by ~100 points instantly. I don’t think you need any specific writing books because the practice tests from BB brought my writing score from ~750 to 780-800. For math, identify what was the main cause of your wrong answers. Was it not knowing the material? If so, I recommend getting Gruber’s Complete SAT book (or something along those lines), which has a comprehensive review of all the math you need to know for the SAT I. If the wrong answers were primarily due to careless mistakes, I recommend just using the BB for that and learning to be more and more accurate (and not waste time though) with each passing practice test.</p>
<p>But I don’t think you’ll have a problem. If you get both math and writing to 750+, you’ll be resting comfortably in the 2300’s.</p>
<p>what kind of books would you recommend to improve the writing section? and what did you mean by there is only a couple of grammar rules that they test you on the grammar section? what are they??</p>
<p>there are only about 7-10 rule they test you on in the grammar section and once you practice them you won’t have trouble. I spent 4 hours practicing those rules with the blue book and raised my writing score by 100 points (also got a 2 point on the essay). Also, if you are not scoring an 11 or 12 on the essay the read the writing a 12 Essay in 10 days. Focus on the stuff the writer says on transitions, intro, and etc. you can use your own examples you can insert. like i always use apush, ap bio as two of my examples.</p>
<p>I don’t usually advocate sites but for math and writing reasonprep’s free bootcamp series for me into the high 700s-800 range. It’s also free so it can’t hurt. Idk about you, but it was a great refresher and made math incredibly easy.</p>
<p>No doubt Writing is the easiest. I’ve always been naturally good at writing, so I didn’t have to study much. But going over grammar rules in AP Lang really helped. After I read The Elements of Style (absolutely nothing to do with the SAT, but definitely the best book for learning English grammar), I didn’t even need to study and I was pulling 800s. It’s very simple once you get the hang of it, and if you can find little grammar tricks/shortcuts to help you get the questions instead of trying to remember all the rules and why something is right, then it’s insanely easy.</p>
<p>Math was harder for me, but after reading PWN the SAT and taking just a few practice tests, it became really easy. I raised my score 150 points in less than a month of practice – up to a 790. The only question I missed was a ridiculously easy one that I made a careless mistake on, something PWN the SAT has a whole section devoted to.</p>