<p>So my question is if I dedicate my self fully to the SAT for 16 days!</p>
<p>Like taking 2 practice tests a day for 16 days not going to school and working hard do you think I have done enough preparation?</p>
<p>I have a big collection of books</p>
<p>I already did like 5 practice tests at the past 3 months</p>
<p>Sure, you can do it. But why would you ever take 2 practice tests on the same day. At the most, take 1 each day, and then spend time going over all the answers. Only use official practice tests, and go through good books like Rocket Review, Grammatix, and Maximum SAT for strategies.</p>
<p>if you dont mind me asking, why are u not going to skool for 16 days?</p>
<p>I have half term here in my country!</p>
<p>2 weeks without school</p>
<p>You can prepare… but what are you shooting for? If you just look at a SAT book the night before, you are “preparing.” The answer to your question depends on what you are shooting for and where your at now.</p>
<p>If you are strong in either Math or Verbal already, better to use your limited prep time to focus on the weaknesses. Familiarity with the format a and question types, plus getting used to pacing yourself is already a big help.</p>
<p>Studying for the SAT doesn’t help that much. There, I said it. What! :P</p>
<p>Seriously… I genuinely feel that the only way to effectively study for the CR is to have been reading books for a long time. Lots of books. I’m a book-reading nerd and got 760, but I can’t imagine how I could have studied for it… it’s a lot of vocabulary and a lot of figuring out how to identify main ideas.</p>
<p>Everyone past the ninth grade knows the math on the SAT, I took it before I even took trig, forgot my calculator, and got a 730. Once again, it’s not all “plug-in-the-formula” stuff you learn in math class, there are a lot of spatial reasoning problems and the like. No higher math whatsoever, I don’t think there were many problems on anything harder than quadratic equations. The Pythagorean theorem is actually really big.</p>
<p>The writing is annoying, learn grammatical rules and try to use high-level diction in your essay, and provide both (preferably impressive-sounding fictional) autobiographical information as well as something on a larger scale when discussing your prompt. </p>
<p>Anyways, to be honest, I’m of the opinion that the SAT does genuinely measure your actual intelligence - in the areas that it tests on. That is, you’re not going to be able to raise your score a whole lot by studying.</p>
<p>emagdim, I disagree. I went from 670-680 CR to a 770 on the real thing. Practice helps a lot. Studying formulas for math won’t really increase your score (unless you are oblivious), but practicing will. Learning the grammar and practicing to learn the common patterns/errors on the writing can improve your score a LOT. How can something that tests a set of grammar rules test your innate intelligence anyway?</p>
<p>If anyone thinks there is no hope for us,please do not declare your idea in this thread,please.</p>
<p>HiLine, GoCollege.</p>
<p>I am going to do this in 12 days. I am confident I can score at least 650 on CR. By practising alot. One CCer even ask me why do I need 12 days when I can do this in seven.</p>
<p>There, that’s your morale booster. :)</p>
<p>What method did that person suggest? 
I’m rather worried.</p>
<p>Now I’m going to say something that some people may or may not agree with, but in my opinion the SAT isn’t really something to be prepared for per se. I think the test is meant to see what you’ve learned in school so everything you should know for the test should basically already be learned. I think you can study and look back over those things that you’ve learned of course. It never hurts to sort of jog your memory I guess.</p>
<p>You can study all you want - it will ony help so much. The key is to go over the questions you get wrong during the practice tests and learn why you got them wrong.</p>
<p>There is no reason to miss school over it. Are you a senior?</p>
<p>Unless you’re really smart, I don’t think you will achieve something big during such a short time. But, work hard still!</p>
<p>This is from 2005 jesus.</p>