How To Avoid Careless Errors

<p>Hello everyone! I just thought I’d stick to my word and let everyone know how things are working out just in case there is anyone who actually wants to know. Within the past few weeks, I have been able to raise my score about 300 points. I took a collegeboard practice test at my sat tutoring center yesterday and I got a 2400! Really, the main thing I did was just practice. I would come home from school everyday and spend 2 hours practicing for the SAT (did not get a lot of sleep). I would practice sections from the blue book, and whenever I made careless errors I would think of strategies to prevent those kind of mistakes. For math, I started using new methods that allowed me to find the right answer as well as eliminate all wrong choices if possible. For critical reading and writing, it turned out that a lot of the mistakes I made were not exactly careless, but it always seemed obvious once I knew I made a mistake because of hindsight bias. I practiced and practiced and practiced, and eventually I could just understand what the question wanted since the questions are often similar and repetitive. Thank you everyone for the help. I hope I do just as well on the real SAT this October, and I want to wish everyone else taking the test this October lots and lots of good luck!</p>