SAT Improvement?

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<p>So I have just gotten my results for my SAT diagnostic test. This was the first time I had ever taken the test, and lets just say that based on these scores, the Ivies are the furthest possible thing from my mind. Im feeling pretty discouraged by this diagnostic, but I have three more practice tests to take before the actual exam, coupled of course with some prep and studying. I would like to know the average amount that most people have increased on each practice test they have taken and how their diagnostic exam and their score on test day differed.
Please tell me that there is some hope…
Is a three hundred point increase from my diagnostic to test day even possible???</p>

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<p>It’s entirely possible. In the first practice SAT I ever took, I got straight 660s. In the other three tests (kaplan prep course), I got 2100. When I took the SAT in real for march, I got a 2210, already a 230 point increase. By self studying for two months before October, I increased by another couple hundred, bringing my final increase from my first ever SAT test to a grand total of 420 points.</p>

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<p>often times diagnostic tests are made harder than the others so that you show improvement and think the course is good. I improved over 500 points from a diagnostic test to the final test in a 2 week course, in part because I improved, and in part because the first test I took was harder, so dont worry too much</p>

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<p>A 300 point increase is not impossible or even improbable. It all depends on how you study and practice the SAT. I started at a 203 on my first official sophomore PSAT. I then didn’t look at any SAT materials until last summer and I improved enough to score a 2360 on the Oct. 9 SAT. If you need some help I have recently posted a Critical Reading Guide that may be of use to you. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1024138-how-i-got-800-sat-critical-reading-story-guide.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1024138-how-i-got-800-sat-critical-reading-story-guide.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>My PSAT score sophomore year was 177. My first full length practice test ended up around 1850. After one full length test every week during summer, my scores averaged high 2000s/low 2100s. This past October I got 2200 on the real SAT. </p>

<p>In short, if you really try, a 300-400 point increase is totally possible.</p>

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<p>thanks so much, um do u have any tips for the math section…thats definitely my weakest area…</p>

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<p>I jumped a whooping 790 points (140-2190) from soph PSAT to senior Oct SAT. All i did was practice and review.</p>

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<p>I went from a 156 psat sophomore year to 2000, and i’m expecting a 2100+ on the SAT this weekend</p>