New SAT Score Bump from 1310 to 1450+?? Please Help

YoohooAddict
Thu, 04 Aug 2016 03:39:20 +0000

Hello, I need some tips on overall performance to bump my SAT score to 1450+
PSAT (Sophomore): 179/240 59/80 M, 68/80 W, 52/80 CR
PSAT (Junior): 1230/1520 690/760 M, 540/760 Verbal (34.5 M/38, 29/38 W, 25/38 R)
Crosstest Scores:Analysis in Science (26/38), Analysis in History/Social Studies (28/38)
Subscores: Command of Evidence (9/15), Words in Context (11/15), Expression of Ideas (10/15), Standard English Conventions (11/15), Heart of Algebra (15/15), Problem Solving and Data Analysis (11/15), Passport to Advanced Math (14/15)
SAT (Junior, May): 1310/1600 700 M, 610 Verbal (35/40 M, 32/40 W, 29/40 R):
Crosstest Scores: Analysis in Science (30/40), Analysis in History/Social Studies (30/40)
Subscores: Command of Evidence (9/15), Words in Context (15/15), Expression of Ideas (11/15), Standard English Conventions (13/15), Heart of Algebra (12/15), Problem Solving and Data Analysis (12/15), Passport to Advanced Math (15/15)
Essay: 17/24 Reading (6/8), Analysis (5/8), Writing (6/8)
On the SAT, I felt like the reading was much easier than it was on the PSAT, but I ran out of time and ended up guessing around 10 questions…got 16 wrong in total. For writing, I know I’m getting the questions with “delete the underlined portion” or “should the sentence be kept” and the questions that ask “where if placed does this sentence fit best”…
In general, I’ve always struggled with reading. I’ve read many posts on this forum about how to improve my reading scores, but nothing seems to help :(. For writing, I don’t know what’s happening to me, but the new writing seems more complex: 68 W to a 32 W on the new sat :(. Math, I’ve always loved, and it’s been increasing, but I need to know how to score 750+ to bump my score up. Please give me strategies, plans, books, etc. to help me achieve this goal.