How to improve SAT score from 2110?

ETonly
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 02:14:05 +0000

So I started getting messages asking for it so I’ll just post my advice here.
To all of you who got around 700 on the writing section this is how to improve-

So the fact that you got a 700 means that you miss like 3 or 4 maximum on the writing section
This shows that you are familiar with the basic and repetitive grammar concepts on the tests .
But what youll notice is that in each test the writing section will have questions that are obviously a bit advanced and you haven’t seen them before. To do this you must ensure that you are firm in the usual concepts first ( you dont want to nail the hard ones and missing a silly one!) . To do that go through The Ultimate SAT Guide at least twice even if youve read it already. Some topics are kind of vague in the book , so use the youtube or a website like engvid.com . (You should also practice with real tests all along).

Reviewing those vague rare concepts ( like the “If conditional cases” for example ) is the key to going 50 points further. Through practicing real tests you’ll come to know the weird and rare concepts. When you see them google them and learn them

After you’ve completed this step , You have to go advanced.
Go to the library and borrow a good GMAT book . The GMAT has a sentence correction section with the exact format as the SAT writing section , but the grammar is harder! The SAT will usually have 2 or 3 questions that are the level of difficulty of the GMAT ( they do this to ensure that an 800 isnt easy thing for every one)

My Experience - I used The Ultimate SAT Guide for my first time and was unsure of like 4 or 5 questions and ended up missing 4 .

The 2nd time after doing what i told you above , I left the test hall sure of all of the answers but the one I missed. ( It was a silly medium question , I nailed all the hards)

Now about the Math-

What it takes To get an 800- 1.You need to be fast no matter how good you think you are ,
2. You need to have enough time during the actual test (at least 5 minutes) to go through some if not all of the questions in that section
3.You need to be really focused , the test is really long If you get a math section say after one and a half hours you’d be kind of tired and you’ll miss to see words in the question that make a world of difference(For example one grid in question on the actual test started with a,b and c are ALL integers , then in the asked a valued for b finally , there was one wrong solution that fitted for a and b but made c not an integer while one that was correct, I hope you get what I mean)

My Books recommendation -
If youre already at 700+ , you can aim at 800 , and to be able to get it , you should be able to finish the easy and medium questions correctly as fast as possible so that you have time for those one or two weird hard questions on each section that stand between you and that 800!
I believe that the only book that makes you do this is DR Chungs Book , it makes you gain speed and its tips make some medium questions doable in seconds.

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