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<p>Practice. That’s basically all there is to improving SAT scores, in my opinion. Get a couple of prep books and of course the Blue Book (official SAT practice test book)-- work through problems and get used to recognizing shortcuts in solving each problem or question. If you’re really serious you should try to do at least eight practice tests before the real thing. </p>
<p>Another thing that is kind of simple but REALLY helped me personally in time management: circle the answers on your test booklet and fill in the bubbles after one or two pages, not after each question. It may seem kind of trivial but it seriously helped me cut down on amount of time needed to complete each section.</p>
<p>For help on specific sections like essay writing and math, there’s been plenty of past threads on this forum about… (just search “sat math section” or something like that and you’ll find a lot of advice). This is a great thread for essays: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html</a></p>
<p>But as I said earlier, I think the most important thing to do if you want to improve your score is to just go through a couple prep books and do LOTS of practice tests.</p>