<p>I’ve taken it two times</p>
<p>April: 30
Math 29
Reading 36
English 33
Science 25</p>
<p>June: 31
Math 31
Reading 32
English 31
Science 29</p>
<p>Writing: 9 (I am not too concerned about this score as the only school I am applying to that takes it is northwestern)</p>
<p>Superscore: 32</p>
<p>I really leveled out the second time I took it, I don’t really understand how I dropped 4 points in reading after getting a 36, I suppose it would be from the time away from my demanding AP English class. </p>
<p>Each time I take it I feel like there are only a few questions that I actually got wrong, but when the scores come in they are always a couple points under what I expect. That would mean I am probably making careless mistakes on the easy questions. How can I correct mistakes I don’t know I am making?</p>
<p>You need to make time to make sure you’re not making these mistakes. Even just 10 seconds per problem to double check your work or mental process can help quite a bit. Don’t hurry through the sections if you don’t have to and always go back to the weird sounding questions when you’ve finished the sections.</p>
<p>10 seconds does add up, and each time I finish the math section with about 1 1/2 minutes left. Usually questions about logs, conceptual math that only involves variables, or questions that involved formulas I don’t remember bog me down.</p>
<p>Skip the math questions you don’t know and make it to the end. Then, go back to the difficult ones. It is likely that you’ve been overthinking the question. Also, do some variable-only, basic trig, and log practice on your own if they always get you down. Watching some Kahn Academy videos and taking notes should help with getting these problems right, which will enable you to spend more time double checking.</p>
<p>For variable only questions, the easiest way to check them is to plug in numbers and solve it on the calculator instead of checking all your work.</p>