| i know that the curve for math is much harsher than that of critical reading. I have a friend who got a 750 on math and all he had was 1 wrong and 1 omitted. However, from what i've seen on other threads, math is easier to improve than critical reading because it's all about figuring out patterns. The test gives you the same type of questions over and over again. If she takes practice tests, especially College Board ones, i think her math score will improve; however, she also needs to understand the material that is tested. She has to know what functions, parabolas, etc. are before she can recognize patterns in the test.
I think laserbase found reading easier to improve than math simply because he did much worse on reading than in math....so it's easier to go from a 550 to a 650 than it is to improve an already stellar math score.
My school offered an expensive Princeton Review SAT class that i opted not to sign up for; however, a lot of my friends did and they found it to be useless. Their scores ranged from 1600-1750ish (around 1100 something in the 1600 scale). From what I hear, all those classes do is teach you what is in their $20 books...but if she finds classrooms better than self-studying then she could find some benefit in it |