<p>So my highest practice score until today was an 1860 (650 M; 560 CR; 650 W), and I’ve been so stressed about getting it higher. </p>
<p>Last night and this morning, I took another practice giving myself no time limit (I probably went 10-20 minutes extra per section to really go through the questions) and I did the math sections last night, writing this morning, and CR in the afternoon. I ended up scoring a 2120 (720 M;710 CR; 690 W)!</p>
<p>I’m relieved to know that time/rushing through things is my weak point, but I can’t change how long I get to take the test. Does anyone have tips on testing agility and endurance?</p>
<p>I don’t know if this is exactly what you want to hear, but I think that if you keep practicing you should be able to work at a quicker pace. You could also give yourself time restraints that are longer than the official ones and then gradually cut down.</p>
<p>For endurance, make sure you eat food that release energy slowly during the 3 hours. Nuts are good snack. I swear I had to bake special muffin with nuts and whole grain for both of my kids. I’ve coached them for the SAT, they both went from 190+ sophomore year to 2300+junior year in one sitting, there was no need to repeat. Both had different weaknesses, one was weak in math and got 800 in the real SAT. One was weak in CR and W and came very close to perfect, so it can be done. Make sure you review your vocabularies(DH1&DH2), review your grammar(use Silverturtle’s link above), and review some of the math concepts that you missed or forgotten.
Take the practice test as close to the testing condition as possible, ie take the real BB test in the morning around 9-12. If you have time at night do some other tests, but don’t go through all the BB all at one. Use them as a reference. Keep practicing and you will get faster and get less wrong answers.</p>
<p>Try this: start by giving yourself an expanded time limit, say 32 minutes for the 25 minute sections. That way, you’ll still be on a limit, but it’ll be more than you need. Then, each week you take a practice test, drop the time by a minute until you’re at or under the time for each section.</p>