October 2013 SAT Plan

Test Preparation
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<p>Hey CC! I write to you, to ask you what you think about my preparation plan for the October SAT. Right now, I am in for math I am in the 650-700 range and 500-600 range for Critical Reading, and my scores do not seem to be improving that much ( I got 1580 on the January SAT with 550M, 580W, 450CR with no prep ). I know the tactics and stuff. My goal is at least 750 on Math and 650 on Critical Reading. I want to go for engineering, and the schools that I am interested in do not care about writing. I will prep slightly for it. I will be using 3 sources; College board ( book and online ), Princeton Review 2013 book with 11 test and Sparknotes for vocabulary.</p>

<p>Here is my plan:</p>

<p>Monday: 2 sections of critical reading + 25 words
Tuesday: 2 sections of math + 25 words
Wednesday: 2 sections of writing + 25 words
Thursday: 2 sections of critical reading + 25 words
Friday: 2 sections of math + 25 words
Saturday/Sunday: Go over all the memorized words & take a full practice test every two weeks. </p>

<p>What do you guys think? My biggest weakness is CR. Should I do 1 section extra of CR everyday?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>if you’re biggest weakness if CR I would suggest reading articles and analyzing them. Also take some time to actually go over each and every question you got worng and make sure you know why. It’s very hard just to practice CR you need to be a able to comprehend text first and then tackle their questions (p.s. I HATE CR!)</p>

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<p>No offence but… ur making a study plan, not a gym workout plan :stuck_out_tongue: and even if you didnt study, that jump seems kind of high, not to discourage you bcuz it is possible if you work hard enough. My suggestion would be simply to read a chapter a day of a book and take out the sections one by one. For ex. After you finish Math move on to CR and onto writing. Then practice practice practice. At least thats wat works for me</p>

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<p>Personally, I never studied any vocab for the SAT and I did just fine (770 CR). Studying vocab is definitely overrated in studying for standardized tests in my opinion.
Just know your basic latin roots and you can pretty much guess out the word, or just read a few classic books to get familiar with some vocab or reading/writing in general.</p>

<p>In my own experience, I make study schedules like this all the time and never actually do what I list off at all.</p>

<p>At the very least, take all of the practice tests in the CB blue book and check the ones that you got wrong, and even the ones you got right that were tricky; that was a godsend and it’s really all you need for the SAT.</p>

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<p>Use grubers for vocab. That gave me a perfect score on the vocab in cr.</p>