<p>Qwilde, I find that incredibly encouraging. I’ve only taken the SAT once, as a seventh grader, and got a 590 on the math section. Since then, I’ve taken an ungodly number of practice tests, and I don’t seem to be improving much. I just cannot break 700 for whatever reason, even though my academic performance or whatever seems to imply this shouldn’t be the case. Of course, all of those were kind of half-hearted efforts-- I didn’t check my answers, just set down the test and started grading it after I finished each section. Your explanation gives me hope that I can maybe improve after I actually, um, study.</p>