How high can you typically raise your scores?

learningbirdy
Thu, 02 Oct 2014 02:23:57 +0000

Update: I took a CR and Math practice test today from the blue book (? it’s the official SAT book and it’s blue, so I guess that’s what the blue book people talk about is). One of my review books gave some…different advice. It said to guess/guesstimate on your practice tests, clearly marked which ones you guess, and then calculate your score with the guesses and without. I guess the point is so that you can see if the way you got to your guesstimate was a legitimate way to get that answer, or if you really did just randomly guess. You then count the ones that you used the correct method for, and count those into your score? I didn’t do that last part because it seemed kind of weird to me, like if I really were taking the test and I wasn’t sure I wouldn’t put it down, so why count it when I’m doing practice tests? I think the point is more that you understand that’s the right way to do the problem.
Anyway, my reading with guessing was 700, reading without counting the ones I would have left blank on the real test was 730.
Math with guessing was 590, math without counting the ones that I would have left blank on the real test was 610.
The scores I got with guessing put me at 1290 which is literally the exact amount I need for the CR+M score.
The scores without guessing got me to 1340, which is great because it provides a little more wiggle room than getting the exact score I need (again this is for a state sponsored scholarship, so they don’t turn people away for getting just the minimum, just an fyi)

I mean honestly the state scholarship is the only reason I need these scores because with my current plan I’m going to have an AA by the time I graduate high school and will be filling out transfer apps as opposed to regular apps, but does anyone have any advice other than just reviewing what I missed today to get the score up a bit more so I can have a little bit more wiggle room, yknow? Is it okay to take a lot of practice tests leading up to the test? I have all T/R classes so I’m trying to study MWF and then of course on the weekend when I’m not doing class hw or AP, so should I be doing a practice CR and M test every MWF? (TBH I don’t care about the writing score at all, it doesn’t factor in to what I need and my ACT score will probably be better than the SAT overall score as I had more time to prepare for it, so I’m planning on using that for anything else that needs scores, and the SAT for the state scholarship)