Jasoncheung

Hello, I'm a 12th grader and will be doing the sat in October. I have purchased a multitude of books including the Barron's sat, rocket review, all new Kaplan books etc.
Currently, I am scoring around 790 for math, 720 for cr and 790 for writing although these are from thekaplan practice test which I hear are harder.
Can anyone provide any useful tips to get that 2400? My weakest is cr but my writing score always depends on my essay score. I will also get the blue book
Thanks and bump...

cheerioswithmilk

Step one: burn the Kaplan books. They suck. Seriously.

If you can score that high for math and writing, then don't worry about them; practice to refine your skill, but you won't have to worry too much. For CR, direct hits has some good vocab. Other than that, only practice from BB will help.

Good luck!

flashandcrash

Reading passages, reading passages, reading passages. As much as you can practice.

Always remember to read the question carefully to make sure you know EXACTLY what they are asking. Try to figure out how you would answer it before looking at their answer choices. Lastly, remember that everything is in the text. No outside knowledge or information is allowed (don't assume anything). Those are my favorite tips for bumping CR up at the end.

Jasoncheung

I read the economist and Bloomberg businessweek everyday. I also read a plethora of literature such as othello, the importance of being earnest etc. I currently also have the rock review textbook, Barron's sat, Barron's 2400, blue book, McGraw hill 2013 sat and the Barron's hot words. Are they suffice for a 2400? Working like crazy, twelve hours a day studying sat for about two weeks already, planning to go till September.

Federico14

Like flashandcrash said, coming up with your own answer before choosing is a very very very very very very helpful tactic. With twelve hours a day of studying for over a month, you deserve it. Goodluck!

Jasoncheung

Sat is in November xD but studying is like ingrained in my nature

Omicron

If you're looking to go from 2300 to 2400, you need to focus on not making mistakes. Honestly, I don't know how much extra studying will help you at this point. With regards to the grammar questions, there are only so many rules of grammar that you need to follow, and with regards to the vocab, you're simply not going to be able to learn and memorize the specific words they'll test if you don't know them.

Also, let's take a look at your post. I promise I'm doing this to help, not to be nitpicky and rude. If you had just asked about generally improving your SAT score, I wouldn't write all this, but if you're looking for a perfect score, then you need to be very careful and deliberate with your grammar and structure.

Anyways, "I read a plethora of literature such as" is awkward sounding. First off, plethora describes an overabundance of sorts, which means a "plethora of literature" is used to describe an overly large collection of books. This means you can't "read" this large collection in the present tense. Using past tense ("I have read") would work. Continuing on, the use of "such as" is meant to provide examples of the previous statement. In this case, your sentence refers to "plethora" which means you need to give examples of plethoras, not specific books. Properly phrased, the sentence would read "I have read a plethora of literature, including Othello, Earnest, etc." Also, you meant to write "sufficient" instead of "suffice".

Anyways, best of luck. Make sure to be careful while taking the test.

Jasoncheung

Thanks xD just being bombastic xD

Jasoncheung

Ca you recommend any books to use? I have the Barron's sat, Barron's 2400, be etc.

Omicron

You're not going to like my answer, but I got my 2400 without studying. Can't really help you there, sorry. Remember though, quality over quantity; make sure you can get in the mind of the test writer and figure out exactly what each question is trying to test. Take time to look also at the wrong answers and figure out not only why they're wrong, but why somebody would pick that answer. Test writers aren't hoping to fail you, but they do want to know that you didn't just luck into an answer since there wasn't anything else close. If you're committed to studying for huge periods of time, I'd stop worrying about the timing so much and worry about the justification for each of your answers.

Jasoncheung

Please explain more of your strategy

Omicron

Free SAT Reading Practice Questions - Passage Based Reading is a pretty good example (and put out by the College Board, so that's even better). After you answer the questions correctly, you'll be told why that answer was correct and why the others were incorrect (which I assume is what the practice tests are doing as well). You need to be able to come up with all of that on your own. Note answer (c) for the first question: "although Mr. Pontellier's behavior is selfish and inconsiderate, it is not 'passionate' — in fact, the narrator states that Mr. Pontellier "talked in a monotonous, insistent way." Somebody might pick that answer because his behavior is somewhat irrational, but it says specifically in the passage that he's monotonous in speech. In these questions with two adjectives/adverbs in each answer, you'll most likely find two answers with neither correct, two answers with one correct, and one with both correct (A and E, B and C, and D respectively).

Jasoncheung

Thanks for your help omicron did you just walk into the test and get 2400? How is that possible...

rspence

@Jasoncheung I know people who have scored 2400 with no prep. It's definitely possible...

Varchy

My brother, got 2390 without studying, he regrets not studying lol