<p>I took the test in march and bombed it bc of nerves and really wasn’t prepared…I got a 1720 however when I’m at home doing practice tests from the blue book and others I always score 710 or higher on writing however math and CR are my weak spots…I’m retaking it in June PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE what should I do in order to atleast get a 2000? Is a month enough time help! So stressed</p>
<p>Step 1: relax. It’s very difficult to do your best when you’re so stressed. You’ve come to a place where there are lots of people eager to help you. Take a minute to decompress. :)</p>
<p>Step 2: try to identify the kinds of questions in CR and M that give you the most trouble. It’s not enough to sat “Math is really hard for me.” You want to be able to say something like “Right triangles are really hard for me.” Once you can be specific like that, you can focus your prep and see bigger results faster. On your recent practice tests, what kinds of questions did you struggle most with?</p>
<p>The probability, word problems that include combinations always get me</p>
<p>Those are some of the toughest questions, but they’re also really rare! I actually have some advice about probability here:
[PWN</a> the SAT: Keep probability questions as simple as you possibly can. Please.](<a href=“http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2011/04/keep-probability-questions-as-simple-as.html]PWN”>http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2011/04/keep-probability-questions-as-simple-as.html)</p>
<p>Because they’re so rare, though, those can’t be the only kind of question that you’re getting wrong. There are probably more points to be had elsewhere. What else gives you trouble?</p>
<p>well for the math some of the functions and translating word problems into terms of a variable or what not confuse me the most…for CR I just can’t get myself to study the vocab and for the passages especially for the dual ones I can’t develop a method that would save me time and get me most of the questions right…what should I do in order to help my score reach 2000 by june 4th ?</p>
<p>Well…a few things. </p>
<p>1) You’re going to have to force yourself to study things that aren’t fun…vocab is one of them. In general I’d rather see students develop a strong vocabulary the natural way by reading lots of challenging material for fun and for school, but if your test is only a month away you’re going to have to augment that natural process with some good old fashioned flashcarding. A lot of people on here like the Direct Hits books.</p>
<p>2) In reading comp, it’s important to REALLY believe that there’s only one right answer, and that it’s justified in the passage (often directly paraphrased). I work with a lot of kids who waffle too much on CR questions because they overthink them. If you feel like you’re bending the passage at all, you’re probably barking up the wrong tree. Get good at eliminating bad answers (which will be your best strategy sometimes) and also get good at spotting the right answers by recognizing where they came from in the passage. To do this, take a section or two untimed, and don’t stop working on them until you’re 100% positive about every answer. This will, hopefully, instill in you a better sense of the patterns that the answers on the test follow.</p>
<p>3) Practice the kinds of math questions you’re getting wrong until you aren’t missing them anymore. I’ll link you to a few more of my practice sets on functions to give you a head start, but you really need to be going through all the material you can get your hands on seeking out your weaknesses.
[PWN</a> the SAT: Plain-old (non-symbol) function questions](<a href=“http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2011/03/plain-old-non-symbol-function-questions.html]PWN”>http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2011/03/plain-old-non-symbol-function-questions.html)
[PWN</a> the SAT: Symbol Functions](<a href=“http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2011/03/symbol-functions.html]PWN”>http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2011/03/symbol-functions.html)</p>
<p>I don’t want to sugarcoat it: you’ve got your work cut out for you if you want to break a 2000. It can happen, but it will not happen easily. I (like many others on this forum) am eager to help with advice and the occasional pep talk, but most of this is going to be you, a pencil, a book, and a quiet room. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you!! I’m praying for atleast a 2000 bc I know I can do it.</p>