<p>My advice would be study for it on your own. Buy the blue book do all the tests and understand why you got every question wrong. Memorize vocab words (but don’t overdo it) and practice math problems and your math and CR score will go up. Search the SAt forum for some well know guides that will help. The 1st poster already listed a lot of the good ones. For writing, specifically, read the Sparknotes deadly 7 writing mistakes and just practice. I went from 570 to 710 on the actual test from practice. You can do it. My PSAT score was 178 junior year and my SAT score senior year after studying was 2130. It’s possible. You have to be dedicated and study SMART. My advice is for you not to take any other tests beside the blue book tests. When is your SAT date? Plan your study schedule based on that. My advice would be to take it in january or march to allow much time for you to study for it on you own. This is very important—Prep courses usually only get you to 1700-2000 (generally). If you want to really do well, your going to have to motivate yourself and study independently. Good luck :)</p>