<p>SLOW DOWN! Spend your time on the easy and medium questions – and then answer them! Let the hard ones go unless they fit specific tricks that you are confident you know. You can get to 600 leaving out the last quarter or so of each section.</p>
<p>The jump from 450 to 600, though not easy, is easier than say 600 to 670 because you get an immediate dividend just by using your time more wisely. </p>
<p>If you want more specifics, I have charts posted here:</p>
<p>But you really have to practice this approach to see it work. Otherwise, you won’t have the courage to do it this way on the real test. So get out the blue book, set a timer, sit down and take a test following this plan. The first time you try it, you will probably finish your planned zone with lots of time to spare. That’s because you have not learned to go slow. Every single question is a reading comprehension puzzle. You have to give yourself time to read every word and then play with the problem – making up numbers, using trial and error, drawing pictures…whatever it takes to come up with an answer. Do a whole test this way and see for yourself: using time more efficiently and ignoring the hardest questions is the easiest way to raise your score.</p>
<p>You have the right strategy to use Grubers. Just be sure that you REALLY understand why you missed any questions that you did (and could solve them correctly with different numbers the next time around). Two things to help you with that:</p>
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<li><p>If you don’t know for sure why you missed the ones you did, get someone who is good at math to help you review those. Maybe set up a time with a friend twice a week to go over any that you missed on practice exams.</p></li>
<li><p>Make flash cards for all concepts and key problem types you need to remember how to do. My D2 did this effectively (although her most used flashcard was on that said, “Don’t be a stupid rat”, and she put on hash marks each time she made a dumb mistake). Then study the flashcards when you have spare minutes. It really helps to write them in terms YOU understand (not just copying the math book).</p></li>
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<p>In addition to taking multiple practice tests, I found it helpful to write any math questions I got wrong in a notebook (as I go through the tests) and then to go back in a week or so and redo the problems that you should have taught urself after you got it wrong. In this way, you can make sure you know how to do those problems).
–I know from experience–got a 670 in M-- and you can too! Good luck!!</p>