drumsrock24

have taken the SATs already 4 times. I just received my Oct. scores and got a 580 on reading. I have gotten that same score the last 2 times I have taken them. I got a 800 on math and 650 on writing. I took them again solely for the purpose of improving my reading score.

Will I be able to get into the academy with a 580 in reading or do I really need to still improve it. I don't know that taking them for a 5th time is really going to help me improve my scores.

I don't know what to do... Any help/suggestions on where I should go from here ??

Thanks.

Max

Ann

The mean verbal SAT score is around 630. This is the class profile for the class of 2013:
http://admissions.usma.edu/moreInfo/Profile2013.pdf

Whether you receive an appointment or not often depends on the strength of your competition. Since you do not know how strong other candidate's files are, you should try and improve your score if you can.

How have you been preparing for the SAT?

drumsrock24

I have read and done practice tests from the college board and princeton review SAT books. I don't know how else to prepare.

majmattmason

No one on this forum has a crystal ball and make no predictions about your outcome. Having said that, those who do well at the academy are strong in math and science primarily. I have seen atrocious spelling and grammatical errors from academy cadets that would cause one to wonder if they have yet even mastered the english language. I would say you definitely have a good shot at it, solely based upon your SAT scores, but sure, if you can improve them to the mean of 630 that Ann mentioned, you would/should try to improve them. But they are not going to ignore your 580 with an 800 math score. You have a couple of months to try and get a better score, have you thought about a private session with Kaplan?

Ann

drumsrock - doing the College Board practice tests is the first step. Do you have the College Board Solutions Manual? If not you need to get it. The second step is to go over every answer and see why you got the answer correct or incorrect. Yes - you look at the correct answers too. Then apply the principles you learn to future questions.
Do you have a detailed printout of what questions you got incorrect on your SAT tests. That can also help you find out where you are having difficulty.
If you can afford a prep course that would be good, but you can certainly improve your scores using the above method if you are diligent about spending at least 30-45 minutes a day doing prep work.
Good luck!