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Success! 700 point improvement on the SAT! Now how to improve more?
#1
With my constant hard work in my brutal 10 hour sat class. I went up to a 1920 as my highest score. (PSAT)
Math I am scoring High 600's and Mid 700's
CR most of the time stayed around 510 but these last few days I have been putting more focus on CR and now my score is a 600 (best). (note I do go over 3-5 minutes)
W i spent most of my time in this during my summer. My max is a 600 but what stops me on the SAT's is the last writing section.

Now CR I am going to be look over my 20 practice tests timing myself cutting down my time.
W I will be looking at all the types of errors and improving on recognizing them better and faster.

What are your suggestions for improving CR and W? SAT vocab?
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#2
The hell, SATs have changed tremendously since I took them...what's the highest score possible now (overall and for each individual)

I know 1920 is already like 200-300 points higher than the max score was when I took the thing.
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#3
Flonne Wrote:The hell, SATs have changed tremendously since I took them...what's the highest score possible now (overall and for each individual)

I know 1920 is already like 200-300 points higher than the max score was when I took the thing.
2400.

@OP

My latest was was 670 for CR, 610 for Math (I take my time in math, which isn't good for timed tests), and a 740 in Writing.
Total was 2020. Now that I'm a senior and have forgotten all my SAT prep, I said 2020 was good enough since i probably wont go any higher. That was my second time, the first time I got 1910. For the colleges I want to go to, I'm good to go. Maybe slightly lacking in math.

I don't know how you can raise your scores. I took classes which really helped, and also did some studying.
From what you've said, you can take it again, but your score might not raise much, or it might even lower.
I can't really help in CR, to me it's just about your reading and comprehension skills.You could study 1000 Vocab words and only three or four might appear. Writing can be improved by REALLY studying grammar. As for the essay, you should work on getting your stance across clearly and concisely and also having a strong stance with exceptional and varied supporting examples. You need to make sure your not only connecting examples to your stance, but also explaining why your examples work.
That's all I know.
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#4
The first time I took it, I got the big SAT book but someone stole it from one of my classes at school so I didn't get to study it and I got a 1600.
Self-study is nice, I hear the SAT classes are bomb and they really help you with the writing and critical reading aspect of the test. Second time around I only did slightly better, but for where I want to go I was fine with the first score I got.
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#5
Writing is straight up not as important as the critical reading and math sections; focus hard of those two.
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#6
Aynia Wrote:Writing is straight up not as important as the critical reading and math sections; focus hard of those two.

What are you talking about?
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#7
Unless things have drastically changed since last year, many schools choose not to weigh the SAT writing heavily; over the years it has undergone extreme scrutiny from various parties.

Just take a look at the statistics for student bodies at many top level colleges, you'll notice their SAT mid range is shown as a range out of 1600 rather than 2400.

I forgot to mention but good job to the original poster~
A 700 point gain is impressive. Good job!
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#8
I think a 19xx is good enough already o_o

Hell I got only an 1860... Though you could be like my friends and not be content with a little above average score and try for the 21xx instead. If anything just keep doing practice tests and learning2grammar (and read faster)
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Corn Wrote:What are you talking about?

exactly what he said, my school's (University of North Texas) SAT guidelines are based on Math + Critical Reading scores, which is a common practice
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