<p>I just took my first sat and scored a 2280. I know it’s a high score, but I honestly expected at least 2350. I scored a 232 on the psat (80 M, 72 CR, 80 W) this year (I’m a junior). I got a 800 M, 740 CR, and 740 W with a 10 essay on this sat. I’m planning to take the January sat to hopefully boost this score.</p>
<p>I’m looking for tips to improve my CR and W. I usually score in this CR range for practice, but I don’t know how to nail those couple hard questions. I think I got at least two vocab questions wrong on this sat, so probably one or two passage ones as well. I was shocked about my writing because I felt that an 800 would not be difficult. How should I improve these scores significantly in a month? Do you recommend a class because I have self-studied my way to this score so far.</p>
<p>I’m planning to try and get into an Ivy next year (Columbia, Penn, Princeton maybe?), so I really need this high score.</p>
<p>Congrats on all of your scores because it seems like you all achieved your goals.</p>
<p>@Potter16
Most colleges (if they superscore) should accept freshman scores if you send it along with them.</p>
<p>@dallascowboys1
After I was taught all the rules (by C2 tutoring: they have their own work packets for every type of SAT problem), I was able to score about a 700 consistently. After that, it was more hard practice. Rather boring, but practice makes perfect.</p>
<p>@dallascowboys1 You can either aim for a 11-12 essay (which I never achieved) or aim for a near/perfect multiple choice score with a 10 essay. I would say to just focus on the multiple choice and keep up what you are doing on the essay. The difference between your score and a perfect score is a tiny difference and can often be based on luck or just the test dates. To answer your question, practice until your score goes up. I know this is not the answer you may be looking for but it does work. Practice with real materials from College Board. </p>
<p>@thegrant Hmm that means 720 is probably 4 wrong. That seems like way too many careless mistakes. Do you think its worth it to try a hand scoring verification</p>
<p>@Srivikram personally I dont think it would be worth it, it may have been that you looked too far in to some questions( we all do sometimes lol) — 720 is still incredible! </p>
<p>I got a 2320 (CR800,M770,W750), but I think something went wrong with the writing section because I’ve usually gotten 800s on writing, and I got an 80 in writing on the PSAT.</p>
<p>Overall score: 2030
CR: 740
Math: 600
Writing: 690. Essay 8. Yikes. Usually I score 710+ with writing, this was a bad writing test for me. Always an 8 on these essays, though I’ve always scored 10+ in practice essays. Oh well, 25 minutes is not nearly enough time to write a decent essay, and I am in no way a terrible writer. The CR and math scores were around my usual practice CR and math scores, though.
Congrats to everyone who did well! Good job, guys! :)</p>
<p>could anyone please answer my previous post on how to boost my critical reading and writing from 740 each to 800 each? to repeat, I usually got 800s on writing in practice. I think I got 2 sentence completions wrong on the CR section of this test. Thank you so much to your answers in advance.</p>
<p>I did not receive any notification from the College Board that my scores are delayed. They just didn’t show up in the My SAT page when I logged in today or yesterday. I’m supposed to get some sort of message from the College Board regarding this, no?</p>
<p>I got 800s in both CR and Writing and I’m still shocked that I was able to do it. The last time I took it in freshman year, I got a 680 in CR and a 700 in writing.</p>
<p>Here’s the advice I can give you. For writing I would use silver turtles guide and Erica Meltzers grammar guide. It is key to know the grammar rules in order to succeed on the Writing section. I don’t know if you’re one of those people who tries to see if the sentences sound right, because I was and the College Board intentionally makes up sentences that don’t sound right but are grammatically correct. So definitely make sure you are ready with those.</p>
<p>CR is a different story altogether. I think doing well on that relies more on your mindset as opposed to actual “tricks.” I personally annotate the passage and read it through entirely before answering questions. Some people like to look at the questions and don’t read the whole passage, but you choose whichever method works for you. When I read, I basically get rid of any opinion I have of the passage. Instead, I pretend it’s a scavenger hunt to look for every answer possible. That makes it easier for me to find the answers as opposed to trying to come up with an answer. </p>
<p>That’s basically what helped me. I hope it is useful for you and sorry for the poor grammar lol. I’m typing this on my phone.</p>
<p>@Castigations Just saw that we got the same score. That’s pretty awesome! Good job man. If only I had your M score and you had my CR score. haha</p>
<p>@mfrye21
Lol I went up 230 points from October… Just for Inspiration I went up 600 POINTS since my first sitting.(Dec 2013) It’s possible to go up a lot. I scored a 1730 the first time…</p>
<p>December 6, 2014
SAT Test
Reading
730
Math
770
Writing
800
MC:76
Essay:11
Composite:2300
I got a 760 on CR in October so for overall Superscore of 2330… Thanks be to God!!
Thanks guys!!</p>
<p>I did a lot better on the real thing than any practice test… I think the nerves helped! My advice would be to stay positive and really hunt for those answers in CR. There’s this tactic called “predict before you peek”- you should think of what you would answer by yourself and then pick the answer choice that matches that! Best of luck!</p>
My advice would be to stay positive and really hunt for those answers in CR. There’s this tactic called “predict before you peek”- you should think of what you would answer by yourself and then pick the answer choice that matches that! Best of luck!</p>