<p>Here is where I stand</p>
<p>Verbal: 700s in practice tests
Writing: high 700s in practice tests (considering i get a 12 and curve is generous as it is in the blue book
Math: 560-620ish (!)</p>
<p>I got the resources, books etc. how long do you think i need a day to schedule to hit my target of </p>
<p>Verbal : 740
Writing : 740
Math: 650</p>
<p>Writing now Ive been doing sections and tests, going over what I got wrong and practicing to increase accurary, I do have midterms and other stuff going on, so how much studying is sufficent and how much is overkill.</p>
<p>Thanks!@!</p>
<p>Just wat I needed, another reminder that jan sats is right around the corner… My scores are pretty much the same as yours, but Im not sure about cr. CR for me is like total luck, on one practice tests I’ll get 650-700ish and on the next i’ll get like 580-640. gah…, I feel the stress, lets just hope the cr on the jan sat isnt too hard…</p>
<p>if i were u i wouldnt owrry about cr / writing and beef up math…i’m sure most ppl would agree (mayb its just me) math is the eziest section to increase ur score…i used to score 660ish on math n after 2 weeks of studying (about 2-4 hours a day) i got a 780 on a practice test so…</p>
<p>how did you study, i guesse my problem is not having the patience to sit down and study through math, i’ve been taking practice tests then going over what I got wrong on practice tests, I got the Barron’s math workbook would it help to go through that from cover to cover in the weeks leading up to the test.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Yeah dudes…stop worrying! January is nothing…there are quite a few more opportunities to take the test afterward. I myself am not taking till April…I have taken it once just to see where I stand…800 CR, 800 W, 700 M…Why hurry into taking it in January when I can spend all the time till April working on math?</p>
<p>Yeah thats true I really should have waited but I figured since it doesnt matter how many times you take the SAT really, I might as well give myself as many opportunities to take it as possible, i might postpone until May or so</p>
<p>hmmm i dont use the barron’s math workbook so i wouldnt know. but the kaplan / grubers books has sections dat tell u wut the SAT tests u on (which is really arithmatic / lil bit of geometry and mostly critical thinking) imo its about familiarizing urself w/ shortcuts…i have to time urself in ur practice tests n then check ur answers…ne of the wrong answers u should check how they tell u 2 solve it (altho sumtimes their explanation sux) most of the times they give u helpful insight dat helps u on multiple problems. i.e. significance of (36^2)+2(36)(64)+(64)^2 is really 100^2. (a^2)+(2ab)+(b^2) =(a+b)^2</p>
<p>u should think of it dis way. if ur taking more than 30 seconds on the easy section / more than 2 minutes on the hard section per problem, u’ve got a situation and u should c y. also, if ur missing the same type of questions often, dats sumthin u should look @ also. </p>
<p>and importantly, a calculator is permitted but u should be able to do atleast 95% of the questions without…if u find urself using the calculator 2 often dats another factor…</p>
<p>i could go on forever. u have 2 find out wut ur weak point is (dat makes u score 600s and lower) and improve ur skills there</p>
<p>it DOES matter how many times you take it…you should take it a max of 3 times.</p>
<p>most colleges dont really care. They’re not gonna take the time to count how many times u took the SAT. All they do is circle your highest scores from all the testings and move on.</p>