<p>^Ouch! Although with the score he posted, I would agree.</p>
<p>I agree completely as well. He seems too lazy to be able to achieve something that difficult. Saying that he wants a 2400 with the least effort possible shows everyone exactly how far he will get in his efforts.</p>
<p>Topics been dead for a while, stop “resuscitating” it. Whoever posts after me won’t get a 2400.</p>
<p>Ha! I’ll get into plenty of ivy-league schools, thank you very much. And yea, I think I am 2400 material, but I’m not doing any of this to prove anyone wrong! LMAO… Then I would be validating everything that was just said</p>
<p>By the way, 2400’s across the board for anyone who posts after me</p>
<p>I would however, be glad to consider any constructive criticicm pertaining to study advice, study methods, books, techniques, etc.</p>
<p>I don’t need your help, actually, I already took the SAT. 
I’m pretty sure that ~2000 can’t easily jump 400 points, and the hardest 400 points at that.</p>
<p>Given the state of college admissions at this point, I would be careful about making such strong and bold claims.</p>
<p>Let me explain how I did it:</p>
<p>Seventh grade: Took the old SAT</p>
<p>Junior year: Got a private tutor. Did twelve hours over a month and a half with my tutor, and spent 2-3 hours doing homework and essays and such. The end.</p>
<p>don’t we ALL want/need a 2400?</p>
<p>Just a bundle of help</p>
<p>^ Well… I don’t think there is any other way to make 2400 except to study study study… There’s no simple way out of it.</p>
<p>Uh, OP, you realize that the only people who would be able to confidently give you a successful strategy are those who actually scored a 2400 themselves? There aren’t that many to begin with, not all of them will be on CC, not all of the ones on CC will see your post, not all of the ones on CC will choose to answer your post… </p>
<p>It’s not like this is a video game and someone can post a walkthrough or something. People have given you good advice, dude. The reason they’re not posting magical steps is because there is no set of concrete actions which can ensure you anything. You said you’ve been studying a lot, taking practice tests, and analyzing the results. That’s how everyone studies. Some people get 2400s after studying that way, some people don’t. If your question was how to raise your score in general, there are tons and tons of threads pertaining to that, with various tricks, tips, and suggestions. But you’re not going to get much feedback on this post because, like everyone’s said so far, specifically getting a perfect score is a tricky matter and to some extent dependent on luck. And believe it or not, there aren’t all that many ways to study, and how most people prepare is no different from how you’re preparing right now.</p>
<p>You would be much better off searching these forums for old threads on raising your score or getting a book like Barrons 2400 than waiting for people to provide you answers that they aren’t sure of themselves, because these definitive answers probably don’t exist. </p>
<p>Hopefully this thread will die now. -__-</p>
<p>Back when I was studying for the SAT people I also wanted a 2400. But everyone was like, “its a crapshoot. You have to get lucky.”</p>
<p>I didn’t believe them. So I practiced and practiced and practiced, every day. I memorized something like 2000 vocabulary words over the summer and took about a dozen practice tests. I did everything you could do to prepare. I told myself again and again and again to read every single question carefully, to not let a single word slip by me.</p>
<p>When I took the test… I was one question short of a 2400. It was a simple math question- “which of the following functions drops the most in this interval.” Unfortunately, I read it a little too quickly, and picked the one that increases the most. As a result I got a 2380 instead. The 20 points was the result of maybe a 5 second lapse in concentration, and when I went back to check my answers, it was such a simple question that I ignored it and focused on checking the harder questions. Likewise, on the PSAT, I was again one question short of 240. </p>
<p>The point I’m making is that it doesn’t matter how good you are, getting a 2400 really is a crapshoot. Fortunately, once you get to the level when 2400 is within reach, then 2350+ is a breeze, and to my knowledge, no college is going to see a real difference between a 2350 and a 2400.</p>
<p>But if I had to give any advice, just take a lot of practice tests, and make sure you don’t miss the easy questions. Really, once you get to the elite levels of test taking then 90% of hitting the 2400 depends on how you feel, how you respond to the questions, and to be honest, luck.</p>
<p>Good reponse. a 2350 is no different than a 2400. Colleges wont reject you just because your not perfect. </p>
<p>Now, with that said. STOP POSTING IN THIS THREAD, ITS DEAD, GONE.</p>
<p>PEACEOUT .</p>
<p>^It is different from a 2400. Just like 2300 is different from 2350, etc.</p>
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because i do.</p>
<p>sartorialiste, thanks for the nice post. I’ll look into score-raising strategies for now. If anyone wants to help me out with that, ie, provide some personal experience/techniques, that would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I’m shooting for a 2400, should I always leave 2 CR questions blank? [Because I regularly have a couple of ones I’m iffy on]</p>
<p>^IMO, you should answer all of them if possible. The mindset should be that you will be answering all the questions. Once you realize that that may jeopardize your score on a particular exam, then go to Plan B. But going into the test with the idea that you’re not going to answer everything is not a really good one to have, if you ask me.</p>
<p>I would like anyone who views this to snap your fingers until they are stale. Better yet, you can do it all by yourself!</p>
<p>Leaving CR questions blank is only a good idea if you’re running extremely low on time. Otherwise, you have no clue how iffy you are. You may think that an answer choice is iffy, but if you’ve eliminated all other choices then it’s the right answer, and leaving it blank just because you’re unsure would be a huge mistake. There are no CR questions for which you can’t eliminate at least one answer choice, making it mathematically in your favor to guess–though you should not even have to guess.</p>
<p>It’s a bad idea to “shoot for 2400,” though. Everybody comes across at least, I’d say, 10 problems on the SAT that make them say “oh crap” or “huh” and stall them. If you’re really the kind of person that can score 2400 , you’ll get most of these questions right. However, some questions you just have to let go–skip it and come back to it later or even skip it altogether. Usually you’ll only encounter 0-3 (provided you’re the kind of person who can score 2400) of these questions that you’ll have to skip, but if you’re “shooting for a 2400” the inclination, the very, very strong inclination, will be to not let it go–to keep trying even if it takes you 5 minutes, and thereby cost yourself the necessary time to answer the remaining questions correctly. (This especially happens in math). Choosing between getting a 780 in Math (letting it go) or getting a 650 (getting it right, but getting questions wrong later because you run out of time) should be, well. . . if you don’t know the answer to that, you’re probably not going to get above a 200 on the Math section, much less an 800.</p>
<p>Oh then in case, what is the second best SAT practice besides CB’s?</p>