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Old 07-03-2009, 03:01 AM   #6
dshinka
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I went from a 710 M my Junior year to an 800 my Senior year. I knew all the math I just made stupid mistakes. My dad bought me a book of 12 full-length practice tests and I went through half of the math ones. Sometimes I'd get all the questions right in one subsection but never all 3. I guess I lucked out...

I increased from a 570 W to a 600 W and a 630 V to a 660 V without studying, so I'd guess that taking 18 practice sections gave me a good 60-70 points on one section.

But yeah... STUDY!!!

My best friend went from a 1200-something her freshman year to a 1590 (out of 1600). Her parents wanted her to pop out a 1600 and she was forced to study a whole lot and retake the test several times.

That being said, you can study too much as there's a principle of diminishing returns since colleges care a lot about your GPA, essay and EC's and what you have to offer the world.
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