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<p>i am interested in people’s score improvements from doing practice tests…</p>
<p>type your math and verbal
and ur improved scores like this for example</p>
<p>M: 600/740
V: 550/690</p>
<p>please also type in the amount of TIME IN WHICH you improVed and how much time each day u studied</p>
<p>M: average 680 / actual 690
V: average 610 / actual 700 (don’t ask me, haha)
W: average 670, essay: 9 out of 12 / actual 720, essay: 11 out of 12</p>
<p>My first ever New SAT diagnostic test (from Princeton Review about a year ago) went horribly… 1610. On the actual test, I scored a 2110. Anyhow, after that first diagnostic, I decided to sign up for Princeton Review courses. Honestly, I didn’t think the instruction was good, but some of their preparation materials were… to an extent. So I would say that I had about a year to improve, but honestly, excluding SAT prep class time, I barely studied… probably 8 hours total within the course of a year. From a personal perspective, I probably focused more on concentration than I did studying for the test. Sure, you need to know certain techniques for certain sections, but without a concentrated state, it is difficult to score well or at least up to your potential. In fact, due to my LACK of concentration on test day, I would say that I probably could have scored about 30 more points total if I had full concentration, but then again, full concentration is rarely achieved. Also, if you’re pretty good with time management on practice tests, don’t get too anxious the day before and day you take the SAT. If anything, I would only worry about the time on the essay section. All long through diagnostic tests (through the Princeton Review), I had more often than not written a full essay with about a minute left. When it came to the real SAT, I found myself lagging. Also, I’m sure you’re heard this a lot (as have I), but when it comes to the real test, skip a question if it takes you awhile. This was what probably lead to my demise in math… I had spent too much time on one problem that I ended up almost leaving three questions blank in a section. Right when the proctor called time, I just filled in “C” for all of the blank questions. Yeah… well, I think confidence and a relaxed state will help for the SAT. Honestly, I barely prepped outside of Princeton Review, but the diagnostic tests did allow me to have expectations of what the actual test would be like. Well… I think that I went off on a tangent in this post, but I hope it helps. So to recap, I probably studied 0.013513682 hours per day.</p>