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02-01-2007, 08:05 PM
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| SAT Biggest Improvement Stories
what was your biggest jump in score? how did u do it? how long did u prep? what was difference in studdying stratege? LIST UR SUCCESS STORIES | 
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02-02-2007, 12:05 AM
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| I don't really have any lol. I was just intrigued so I clicked this thread. | |
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02-02-2007, 03:25 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: University of Maryland Gender: Male
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| recent SAT - 10 * ninth grade PSAT = 600 points! | |
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02-02-2007, 04:23 PM
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| Psat Soph year- 180
Sat senior year 2200 !!!!!!!! | |
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02-02-2007, 04:27 PM
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| plz list how u did it | |
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02-02-2007, 04:43 PM
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Join Date: May 2006 Location: still looking
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| 1st SAT (CR 650 M650 W600) 1900 -- april
2nd SAT (CR 640 M800 W640) 2080 -- october
went up 150 points in math --- self studied an hour a day from june till october for the critical reading section almost exclusively i guess the first math one was a fluke, but a reasonably large amount self study (8hrs/week) can usually raise ur score significantly unless ur already in the 2250 - 2350 range. i recomend princeton review and the blue book cause the kaplan book is easier than the test | |
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02-02-2007, 04:57 PM
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| i jumped 150 points with NO extra work. I want being complacent, i have just lost most of my interest in going to college in the US and took it for the hell of it. I think the fact you are more relaxed, know what to expect and how to pace yourself second time really counts for a lot.
Just things like knowing how much food to bring, i can always spot the first time takers because they bring like a bottle of water, and those who know what an ordeal it is bring a whole lunch to ram down in the 5 minute breaks! | |
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02-02-2007, 06:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, Texas
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| jumped from a 1920 to a 2140 and 33 on the ACT. i did nothing other than be more relaxed and not care about it as much. | |
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02-02-2007, 11:44 PM
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| What's "the blue book"? | |
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02-03-2007, 12:43 AM
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| ^"The Official Study Guide for the new SAT" made by the college board. | |
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02-03-2007, 03:58 AM
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| SAT in eleventh grade: 2220.
SAT in twelfth grade: 2320.
Didn't do much prep, remembered to eat on test morning, and took enough ibuprofen to keep me going through illness. I've begun to suspect SAT scores of correlating pretty strongly to age -- all I really did between the two tests was get older, as I already knew all the material. | |
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02-15-2007, 09:44 PM
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| PSAT Sophomore Year: 166
SAT Junior Year: 1800
SAT Senior Year: 2230
Did practice tests over and over from Blue book and PR Book. | |
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02-15-2007, 10:28 PM
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| How often do people score worse on their 2nd sitting? | |
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02-15-2007, 10:29 PM
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| I have the biggest SAT deprovement (new word? lol) story!
SAT 1- 760M, 690CR, 660W (11 essay)
SAT 2- 770M, 690CR, 660W (10 essay)
SAT 3- 800M, 610CR, 630W (8 essay)
I studied for the third the most (mostly on reading and writing), then the second, and the first time I didn't study at all. I only wanted to go up in reading and writing, but the exact opposite happened. Oh well... | |
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02-15-2007, 10:36 PM
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| my sophomore psat was a 1070+580 writing, my junior psat was 1180+600 writing, then i studied from november to january pretty hard and when i took the real thing for the first time i got a 1320 + 700 writing....still need to improve on math however.... | |
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