<p>I’m a junior and haven’t taken the official SAT yet, but I’ve taken the PSAT and the Full Practice Test on CollegeBoard. My PSAT score was pretty dismal (1890, CR 700, W 590, M 610), but I hadn’t studied at all. After about a week of studying, I took the practice test under the same test-taking conditions and my score improved immensely (2090, CR 760, W 700 [10 Essay], M 630).</p>
<p>My other scores got a lot better, but my math score barely improved even though I studied math the most. I know a week isn’t a long time to study, but I can’t seem to improve at all and just don’t understand the concepts. I’ve been using the CollegeBoard Blue Book. What other resources can you suggest to improve my math score? I plan on taking the March SAT btw.</p>
<p>1 week and all of your scores improved. take one more full practice test to see where you stand: it eliminates factor of luck or stress during one sitting. and dont worry. just since other section improves a lot while your math means nothing. 1 week, +20 is darn good. other sections must have been due to you not understanding the format.</p>
<p>You want to complete as many official exams as possible. Take the time to review them afterwards. Official material is the way to go. If you run out of tests, PWN the SAT and Dr. Chung are good options. Both books are geared toward improving scores starting in your range.</p>
<p>Do 1-3 math sections a day, which isn’t too time-consuming. Start off with no time constraints and do each problem fully. Your goal should be to understand every problem and, if you get them wrong, looking at your mistakes and learning from them. At this point, your goal is not time but accuracy - you really want to spend time on each individual problem and try your best to get 100% of the questions correctly. </p>
<p>After a while, your accuracy should be improving per section. Switch to time constraints and cut off a minute from your total allotted time whenever you start to finish sections on time. Keep doing this until you’ve mastered the math sections to a comfortable extent. You should see difficult problems become easier and due to “time training”, you should not be freaking out over time. </p>
<p>Blue book and perhaps another book for more math sections (any will really do, Kaplans, Barrons) will suffice. After you hit the 700+ mark, the problem becomes focus, time, and careless mistakes rather than difficulty of problems. The SAT math is meant not to be difficult, but to be tricky and deceptive. Master the types of problems first, master the time, then master your accuracy. </p>
<p>Best of luck! While this type of studying doesn’t work for everyone, I found it helpful for me.</p>