<p>list your biggest improvment sat story it can also be psat such as soph yr psat 180 junior yr sat 210(thats not mine its just example) and how did u achieve it? books used?</p>
<p>PSAT. sophomore year: 184. junior year:222.
Took a couple of practice tests, including both the SAT and PSAT.</p>
<p>Wow, that is like a 400 point increase, and without a tutor. I hope your parents bought you a BMW 5 series of something of similar value.</p>
<p>I am a well-paid tutor and very few of my students have increased their score more than about 350 points.</p>
<p>My daughter got a a 1530 SAT as an 11 year old, and a 2020 as a 12 year old.</p>
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My friend’s 17, he goes to a course here, and he just managed a 1450. :)</p>
<p>Your daughter’s improvement is impressive indeed, but it’s much easier to go from 1500 to 1800 than from 2000-2300.
I am kind of more interested in reading about 300+ points improvements in higher score ranges, say 1900+.</p>
<p>Personally, I jumped 200 points ahead, from 1800 to a 2000. Books used::>PR cracking & Barron’s 22nd.</p>
<p>My verbal scores were always very high, but I raised my math score from 650 to 760 by taking practice sections (not entire tests, just the math sections) from the “blue book.” I’d taken a prep course before that, but I got a lower score after the course than I had before, so that was a huge waste of time and money.</p>
<p>1700(before the start of junior year)-> 2090(end of junior year june test)</p>
<p>did like 300 hours of prep. practice tests, exercises, etc. all self taught…</p>
<p>1900 (end of sophomore year) to 2340 (near end of junior year).</p>
<p>i concentrated ridiculously hard on the actual test.</p>
<p>We’ll see in June.</p>
<p>I got a 1990 on the SAT I in the spring of my junior year. In the fall of my senior year (Oct 2007), I managed to land a 2200. I credit the improvement to the College Board SAT book. I also felt much more relaxed the second time around while taking the actual test.</p>
<p>averageteen, I got 2000 in MArch, similar to your score!!
hopefully by Oct i’ll be able to land a 2200+ 
all you did was using the blue book?</p>
<p>Yes, kennyk616, all I did was use the Blue book! I was amazed at the score improvement! Trust me, you want that book.</p>
<p>177 - psat soph year
2120 - SAT Junior year
2240 - SAT Senior year.</p>
<p>Did all the prep books, Barrons 2400, Kaplan 2400, blue book. I also recommend reading british lit and economic journals.</p>
<p>my problem was all sentence completion though.
is blue book good enough for vocabs (sentence completion problems)?</p>
<p>Blue book is good enough for anything. Trust me man.</p>
<p>some more stories to boost up our confidence?
:P</p>
<p>PSAT sophmore year: 191
SAT senior year: 2340
I didn’t really do much prep (just some practice math sections from the blue book). I think my score just rose as I became more familiar with the test format. Also, I think I had a lot of test taking anxiety for the psat that went away as I became older.</p>
<p>I’m an international student</p>
<p>first practice test in gr10 : 1460
junior january sat : 1900
looking for 2150+ in october or december</p>
<p>I’m international too…
plz come up w/ more esteem-boosting stories! :P</p>
<p>I’m an international too… (ok, enough with that :))</p>
<p>@anyh: We’re on the same boat, by the way what’s your approach to 2150+?</p>