I need major help in improving scores.

Samiriskoo
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:50:23 +0000

Hey CCers, this is my first thread made on here! (WOOT!)
My problem is, I’m an IB student and I honestly think I can score high on the SAT/ACT, due to the great amount of material learned in my IB & AP courses. However, I guess im just not a great standardized test taker? I know that these scores will not get me anywhere interesting in college, so I figured that I need to improve this summer, for the next available testing opportunity.

I would love to score around 600-670 for each subject, but it will take alot of hard work that I’m willing to do at this point.

Test Prep Books I Bought So Far:
Barron’s ACT 36 (read math, writing so far)
Collegeboard Blue Book (8 full tests i think?)
Dissecting the ACT 2.0 (I heard this was amazing, but I haven’t had time recently to work on this)
Kaplan’s SAT 2010

My Stats:
SAT:1690 530CR 530W 630M
ACT:23 23W 26M 25S 17R (OMG READING = ***!)
4.1 Weighted GPA I think 3.3 unweighted??
African American (100% Ethiopian! )
Co-Founder of our Fencing Team
Vice President of Business Professionals of America
Parliamentarian of Drama Club (Registered Thespian too!)
Acted in 3 Productions, one as a minor role

I would really love to go into FSU or USC Film Production or Acting, but I want to be able to have other college opportunities like UF and UCBerkeley, which I doubt I can be accepted to with these scores. I hear that people get into these BFA programs with very high SAT/ACT scores, which worries me.

What I’m asking exactly is, What should I do to earn a score around or above 2000/30? I know I can do it, but what technique would enable me to improve asap for my next test?

I believe that I can score a 2000+ or 30+ with hard work, I’ve gotten 5’s on APs and I got 6’s and 7’s on my mock IB tests for ITGS. If I can do that, I think I can score good on the SAT or ACT.

Thanks! :)