<p>@jasoninny
Who exactly are you addressing in your post?
At any rate, an increase is very likely for anyone given that they study correctly and have the right mindset. Especially CCers, who seem more driven than the usual students. And no, they won’t say you cheated until proven otherwise. I believe it’s “innocent until proven guilty”, and not “guilty until proven innocent.” Unless they can prove you cheated, or at least heighten the possibility that you did, then they won’t do anything.</p>
<p>They will initiate an investigation.</p>
<p>Im addressing my post at 50 billion previous posters who asked if it is possible to take a 1900’s to a 2300’s.</p>
<p>Silverturtle-Kudos to you for putting together this fantastic guide. I wanted to share a couple of things from my own testing experiences. As I have posted in the past, the Direct Hits books were a huge help to me on the critical reading section. I also went to [Direct</a> Hits SAT Preparation](<a href=“http://www.directhitseducation.com%5DDirect”>http://www.directhitseducation.com) website that is printed on the back of the books and discovered that the same author that wrote the DH books had also written some AP books. I used the AP US History Crash Course book and it was awesome. I used it during the last half of the year and it really helped my grade and just found out I got a five on the AP. You should check it out.</p>
<p>Larry Krieger is the man.</p>
<p>^True. Most of his books are well researched, well written, and very effective.</p>
<p>For those of you strong test takers who might perhaps achieve 2300ish with no prep, how do you go about efficiently using your time to up your score? I am trying to help S2 choose a few helpful things to do this summer to increase his chances of a 2400. My question is did you spend much time working through entire exams? Or did you just focus on the most difficult questions to see if you could come across something you were unsure of? I’m just interested in hearing what approaches worked for people.</p>
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I usually bring a gun when I go fighting bears just in case I lose.</p>
<p>Qgroup, my son didn’t take the SAT, but he did get a perfect 36 on the ACT. My son practiced by taking 3 actual former ACT tests. The SAT has at least 10 former SAT tests that can be taken; if your son is shooting for a 2400, have him take enough SAT practice tests that he gets a 2400 on them at least twice and close to 2400 on the others in-between. To some extent, taking these tests is an endurance contest, and it’s harder to not make a mistake, even a simple one, when working almost continuously for several hours than when just cherry-picking the “hard” problems.</p>
<p>Thanks LoremIpusum, that’s a good point regarding endurance.</p>
<p>umm i have a Barron’s SAT prep book and BB. I already used up all the BB tests, so I was wondering if I should just take the barron’s tests too even though it is a bit inaccurate</p>
<p>Jimmy, I found that there were too big plateaus. I almost instantly improved to the high 2200’s (2260-2280) and stayed there for a couple months, then I plugged away at it and plateaued again in the low 2300’s (2320-2360) before I finally started getting 2380-2400 every time. Complete, timed practice tests.</p>
<p>Silverturtle, I was just wondering what you scored on the blue book practice tests before your 2400?</p>
<p>@chocolatechipsss, I do not generally recommend outside sources (except for intensive math review or vocabulary).</p>
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<p>Are you going to take AP Chemistry? If you have taken pre-calculus, you should have the appropriate background to succeed on Math Level 2. Try some practice tests (Sparknotes or Princeton Review) and try to improve. If you feel that your class has for some reason not prepared you sufficiently, try reviewing or learning the concepts at Sparknotes.com.</p>
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<p>For information questions that do not have line references, I either remember it or know where to look because I have at least skimmed the entire passage. For tone and main idea questions as well, I can figure them out because I have read the entire passage (though the unmarked sections will have been read more quickly).</p>
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<p>In that case, I would say no. The difference between 760 and 800, while not non-existent, is minor.</p>
<p>@jasonInNy</p>
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<p>No. They will investigate the matter and in the absence of further evidence of cheating, will do nothing.</p>
<p>Also, while being realistic and mindful of the general tendency of scores to not significantly increase upon retaking are important, large score increases do happen. They are especially common among CCers who prepare effectively. You must keep in mind that the vast majority of retesters do not prepare or prepare ineffectively.</p>
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Very true, I improved 500 points between my sophomore and junior year PSAT after reading some threads on CC</p>
<p>Silverturtle, did you receive your scores in IL today?</p>
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<p>What scores? If you are referring to AP scores, no. I have already called, though.</p>
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<p>My last two tests were 2400.</p>
<p>^Oh sorry; yes I was referring to AP scores. Just wondering if anyone else in IL had received them in the mail as I have not.</p>