I just took my first practice/diagnostic test... how much can I improve?

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<p>I just took the first test in my big blue book and I got a 2150-2120 depending on the essay (770 CR, 700 M, 680-650 W). I’m happy with my CR score and I know that it may be even better on some tests. For math, I finished things really early and just decided to keep going instead of checking. Every single error I made was a careless error from going too fast. Now I know that I can take almost twice as long on every problem, so careless errors shouldn’t be an issue anymore. I’ve read that for writing you get better with practice, so hopefully by the time I take the test I’ll be better.</p>

<p>Anyways, coming from this score as a baseline, is it feasible that I could score 2200+ or, even better, 2300+ on the January SAT? What would be the best way to work towards that without taking up whole days with a practice test?</p>

<p>I’m so new to the SAT I, and I have my sights set rather high as far as colleges go, so I’d like to make my studying as efficient as possible. Plus, it would obviously be great to only take the SAT once. Is a 100-200 point jump even feasible?</p>

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<p>Since you only made careless errors in math (like me!), and your CR is already near perfect, I would say probably 2300-2400. Writing is easy to improve if you have been speaking English for a couple of years, which I assume you have. You have nothing to worry about, that score is excellent for a diagnostic test.</p>

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<p>Your score is great. With some focused prep you should be able to add ~30 points to each section score other than CR.</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks, so either I go to a 2210 or 2300+. Either one seems great, but I actually think the higher one seems quite possible, considering I should be able to master writing with practice (I mean, English is my first language) and math was just a few careless errors which would have been eliminated if I wrote stuff out instead of doing mental math (which I had plenty of time to do). Also, this was my first experience EVER taking a whole SAT.</p>

<p>I’m feeling rather optimistic, thanks guys.</p>