My SAT test-taking ability as it stands...ways to improve?

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<p>So, yeah, I needed some advice…
I’m a rising junior and I’m taking the PSAT this year (obviously)–and I’m planning on taking the SAT in December–if I’m ready by then—</p>

<p>I took a practice PSAT yesterday, and here’s what I got:
CR: 71 (I missed three vocab questions, and one passage question)
Math: 74 (two wrong and they were both stupid mistakes)
Writing: 71 ( 1 improving sentences wrong and 5 identifying sentence errors wrong)–I guess the writing section had a giant curve on that test</p>

<p>–which comes down to a 216—
Btw, if it matters, I got a 197 sophomore year (68 CR, 64 M, 65 W)
I basically need something around a 216 (maybe a tad higher…217?) to qualify for NMF in my state</p>

<p>What’s the best way for me to improve my scores from here? I was thinking either Barrons 2400 or PR 11 tests with College Board Stuff (BB, online course, and the 3 more PSATs I have)</p>

<p>I’ve read a ton of tips on CC for a while, so here’s what I’ve done:
-I know the SAT math is harder than PSAT math, so I’ve worked through parts of the Grubers Math Section
-I did a page or two --it got really boring–of sentence completions from Barrons
-I’ve memorized around 400 vocab words from Sparknotes 1000 since I suck at vocab
-I did one practice PSAT</p>

<p>So, after this long and lengthy description of my SAT/PSAT test taking ability…I was wondering what other books I should use along with my collegeboard stuff–PR 11 tests or Barrons 2400? I’d rather use whatever would prepare me better for the PSAT first since that’s only in Oct. and SAT could be even after December–any suggestions are always helpful. </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Btw, I haven’t done any tests out of the BB yet, or bought the online course (which I plan to)</p>

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<p>looks like u’re in good shape. maybe u need to do a lil more writing prep.</p>

<p>just be more careful in math, always read the question 2x, once for answering, and after getting the answer, read it again,make sure u dont solve for X when problem asks for y. math is so easy to get 80,if not,78,u got lucky there, my psat math was 2 wrong,1 omit = 70</p>

<p>do review some vocabs, they come in handy =p
looks like u just need a lil practice and watch out for the careless mistakes.
use BB for practice</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>