<p>I’m taking the SAT for the first time in December. I took a few practice tests and am scoring pretty consistently in the 770-800 range for CR, and 740-800 range for writing. However, my math scores hover around 600. I have basically the next two weeks, which are fairly easy for me school-wise (including Thanksgiving break) to nerd out and study for the math section. Does anyone have any tips? Would going through the math section of this ( <a href=“SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides”>SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides; ) be any good?</p>
<p>take the ACT math prac tests. Those help a lot…</p>
<p>I used Sparknotes to study the first time. I had been away from math for over 10 years, so there was a lot of useful information there for me to relearn. However, my score was a little too low and I had to take the test again. I started analyzing the questions and realized that Sparknotes had a lot of superfluous material that might have confused me the first time around. For example, I did not need to know the difference between an arithmetic and a geometric sequence, nor did I need formulas to find sequences. These vocab terms and formulas took up valuable time in my studying and on the test. I kept wanting to use a calculator to find the nth term, but once I analyzed all of the sequence questions in the Blue Book, I realized that there is a tricky pattern any time I need to find a term higher than the 6th term. A calculator and a formula would just mislead me. The second time I took the test, I got the score I needed (and then some).</p>
<p>I doubt Sparknotes will help you that much since you are already scoring a 600. I would recommend sorting the Blue Book questions by type (triangles, probability, sequences, etc.) and finding the patterns that you may be missing on the real test. A lot of work, I know, but it helped me.</p>