<p>If you wanna score really high (2200+, probably much higher) and have say 6 months to the test, do this:</p>
<p>1/2 Learn vocabulary (ideally 30,000+ words). WHY? Well simply because:</p>
<p>a/ You’ll understand the texts in the CR sections much faster and better! Yes, you have to read them quite carefully… for hell do not skim… I manage to rapid-read a typical CR text now with almost full comprehension thanks to the vocabulary in just about 2 min, if not less => more right questions!</p>
<p>b/ a/ also applies to questions. Yes, you have to understand a question before being able to answer it!</p>
<p>c/ You have a good chance to answer pure vocabulary questions right.</p>
<p>2/2 Practice like **** and PAY NO ATTENTION at all to strategies (your mission is not to apply a strategy correctly but to answer that question quickly quickly quickly … … …).</p>
<p>P.S. At my first attempt I scored a 1930 (about a year ago). A year after (prepping), I scored a 2340 (11 on essay).</p>
<p>Peace Brunei!</p>
<p>i agree, vocab is EXTREMELY important…and if ur prepping and u dont have much time till the test, just do vocab…ull honestly raise ur score by 40-50 points doing last minute vocab</p>
<p>just wondering… but what college did you get into with that score? how do you think colleges interpreted the change in scores?</p>
<p>Hi annie, I got into Princeton and Columbia (English major), and rejected by Harvard and Lehigh (!).</p>
<p>I’m from Holland btw</p>
<p>last year I applied to the same schools and was rejected by all (with old score). SATs are not important at all… they’re FUNDAMENTAL!</p>
<p>How did you get into Princeton and Columbia but not Lehigh?</p>
<p>SATs are extremely important. A good score is basically a necessity to get into those schools.</p>
<p>But I don’t understand why so many people put such an emphasis on vocabulary. I’ve probably not understood only 2-3 words in all the tests I took over the years and my scores were still pretty bad.</p>
<p>I think understanding what they want from you by taking an endless amount of practice tests is more important. No analytical capacities needed.</p>
<p>Even if you’re not that good at vocab, get good at determining the meaning of words in context. That’s all I did, i didn’t know a ton of the words but still got a 760V.</p>
<p>sure but the more vocab you know the less guessing and infering you must make and hence you spare your mental capabilities for the math sections for example</p>
<p>I am not naturally good at figuring out meanings to vocabulary words. I didn’t have 6 months to practice. All I did was read my school assingments as well as books for pleasure, and then look up any word I didn’t know. Every day for 1 month I also looked up an additional word. I got a 770. </p>
<p>You don’t need to know 30,000+ words. If you have 6 months, 1 or 2 words a day is fine. Look up any word you don’t know and read a lot, and in SAT practice tests, look up any word you don’t know as they’re more likely to appear again as some may think. Most of the vocabulary words are pretty basic, only 2-3 per section are difficult. Meaning only 6-12 in the whole test are very difficult. Meaning you would be learning 30,000+ words for 6-12 questions, and some possible passage questions. IMO, it’s not worth that much effort, but it’s worthy of preparation.</p>
<p>I also don’t think that a person has a finite “mental capability” that they use up every time they guess. Any person can keep their concentration in tact if they’re careful.</p>