My SAT advice thread (Got my 2400 first try)

ClearVision
Sun, 23 May 2010 20:07:01 +0000

Hey!
I just got my scores back and I scored 2400 (first try). I kept on losing those simple points in the PSAT, but made up for it with the SAT.
I’ll write a thread on how I got the perfect score.

Math - Just know it. Review collegeboard blue book, and practice ALOT (5 or 6 test). I can’t really give advice for math It just comes to me. When you take the test just solve it how you would normally, when you get to those plug in problems go C,E,D,A,B… trust me it works most of the time.

Critical reading - Here I can give you advice. Start reading. not books… no not books. haha. Magazines: Times, Businessweek. Newspapers: New York Times, etc. THIS IS KEY. The short selections really prep you for the SAT reading and I believe this helped me the most. I have NEVER read a book for fun in all of highschool and my vocab and writing is amazing from just reading educated magizines and newspapers. When you get this down, practice practice. =) ALSO… Never second guess your self ever. First instinct all the way. I never checked any of my work and it was all right, I felt SEVERAL URGES to change answers, but I didn’t.

Writing - Essay should be fine if you do enough reading and pay attention in english class, although. Memorize the grammer books anything, you should be able to know what is correct grammer by reading and stuff. Anyway also do not second guess yourself in this section too.

I cannot admit that the SAT is easy, especially when you aim for a perfect score, but if you do the work you should be fine =).
GOOD LUCK - HOPE I HELPED!!!