Advice to reach 2400?

Viiolet
Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:31:20 +0000

Hello! For my SAT I received a total score of 2230. While I am content with my first SAT score, I would like to increase it to around 2350-2400. Here is a breakdown of my score:

CR: 800
Math: 730
Writing: 700 Essay:11

Surprisingly I got an 800 for CR as that had been my weakest section. But I think for the test I took, the vocabulary was easy for me and the passages held my interest enough to answer the questions well. It could have been luck or I was well prepared.

I am generally a strong math student, but I find there are always a few math questions that I have no idea how to solve. Or, I make careless mistakes.

My main problem for writing is I find myself second guessing myself all the time (especially when I think there is “no error”). I know the major rules, but not completely. Also, my lack of confidence really ruins my score so I just need a lot of practice. I mean practice is really the main solution for improving an SAT score.

I probably have a couple of months until I will take the SAT again, so do any of you guys have advice on books to buy or websites to go to? I have already done all the Blue Book practice tests and I have Barron’s SAT review book but I have only done a few things from it. I really want to improve in Math and Writing as well as maintain my CR score.

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