<p>Title says it all. People who just focus in on one section of the SAT each time. Either taking it twice or three times(200-800-800 or just 200-800-200). Do you think this is a good strategy? Personally I don’t see what good it does other than the fact that you get to focus on one section to study on for a certain time period. And who knows what if you plan on doing all writing and the math sections have concepts you would’ve known… etc… etc…</p>
<p>I know someone who did 800-200-200 then 800-800-200 and he slept on the forementioned 200s. He got into MIT. Granted I’m not as smart as he is, what do you guys suggest and do you have any experience with this.</p>
<p>P.S. Yes i know that some colleges don’t take your highest SAT section score for all your SATs, but most of the top competitive colleges do.</p>
<p>Do you really want to do that? Try your best on all of them. Your friend must of had stellar ECs. The fact is, what kind of impression will it send to colleges when they see you slacked off on the other sections and used that kind of strategy? They will see those 1200 or 1800 scores and who knows they might just think you were lazy.</p>
<p>This supposed guy, who got into MIT using this technique…I’d be willing to bet that he could score 800-800-800 without too much trouble. Point is I don’t think it provides significant advantage in the big picture.</p>
<p>Besides I tend to agree with Torcher. Colleges can see all your scores. Whether they’ll pass judgment on you for trying to cut corners I’m not sure, but it’s probably not worth the risk.</p>
<p>Pretty sure no one actually does this strategy. Why? Because its illogical and most likely doesn’t work 99.9% of the time. If I was an adcom and I saw this, I would think that the student doesn’t have the capacity or the competency to stay focused for a whole 3 hours and 45 minutes.</p>
<p>he is obviously lying… how could he have a friend who slept through the sections and got a 200 when omitting questions would get you above 200? If this person doesn’t exist how could he get into MIT? obviously just another CC ■■■■■.</p>
<p>Jamesford is correct, it is actually pretty hard to score a 200.</p>
<p>Either way (200, 240, whatever), this strategy doesn’t seem too smart: although a college may still superscore, they will know exactly what you were doing and discount you compared to a 720-720-720 student, IMO.</p>
<p>Ok, obvs i didn’t mean 200 as in the score, but i meant it as you don’t try those other sections as hard as you do on that one section you prep mainly for. The example of sleeping the other sections was just a hyperbole of a situation. </p>
<p>What the essential question was: is it smart to just focus on one section of the SAT per test (study-wise)?</p>
<p>And yes while colleges do see every score, I highly doubt they completely see all the scores by hand. They have to have some sort of cut-off that situates and shows only the highest score (for the colleges that do elect to take the highest sections of your SAT). Certainly, this is not an excuse to slack off, which wasn’t the point. The point was, is it smart to just focus on one section at a time if you plan on attending a college that supports highest section score on their applications process.</p>
<p>P.S. If I were a ■■■■■ I probably would have made a chance-me post going "Hi i have a 100 gpa, 2400 SAT, 36 ACT, 800 on every SAT II, and I’m Native American. What are my chances of getting into this CUNY?</p>
Not sure what you mean by this, but if you mean that colleges don’t see your full score for every time you take the SAT (ignoring score choice), then that is false. If you got an 800/200/200 3 times and got the 800 in the 3 different sections, then the score reported to the college would not be the superscored 2400. It would be a 1200 on 3 different testing dates showing an 800/200/200 each time.</p>
<p>I meant that for the schools superscoring, they’re most likely having a computer auto generate your highest sections. Not saying all scores aren’t sent.</p>
<p>HIGHLY doubt it. You report your scores, and admissions officers read them. While applications are processed before the real admissions process, I believe it is to organize all the applications; not to enter SAT scores into a computer and have it automatically super score them. Thus, this strategy is bad.</p>
<p>I thought as of March of 2009 you had the choice to disclose the scores of your choosing, blocking colleges from seeing the others. In which case, this guy’s idea would work. </p>
<p>Assuming you’re the kind of adhd person who can only focus on one thing at a time, which hey if that’s what works and you feel like waiting several months to finally get your decent score… go for it.</p>