<p>To 220ers, How long before the test should you prepare for PSAT/ SAT? Can you list your score also?</p>
<p>It completely depends on the person. Some people can pull off 220(0) with no prep whatsoever; others have to put in months and months of work. I only had time to take one full practice test but got a 223 PSAT.</p>
<p>I got my 220 with no study for the psat, but I’m studying extensively for the SAT </p>
<p>I think its all about your individual needs, if you feel you can do better than you currently are, than study, if you feel you have maxed out I suppose studying wont help too much</p>
<p>No, Im not talking about other people. I just wanna know about YOU. Thank you.
And btw, how did you prepare it?</p>
<p>I took a 2 day, 10 hour class that my mom signed me up for that didn’t teach me anything at all. I stopped paying attention when they started teaching mixed fractions using a picture of an SUV over a picture of a lawnmower.</p>
<p>So basically, don’t take the class your school offers for like 10 bucks, unless you don’t know the basics in terms of math, etc. If you are going to prep, the blue book is all you need. I did a little bit of practice out of there, and after the PSAT I did the SAT question of the day from like december -> june.</p>
<p>By the way my scores were 204 psat soph year, 225 psat junior year, 2210 march sat, 2360 june sat.</p>
<p>Prepped for a few months. Pulled 80/80/68 (M, CR, W).</p>
<p>2 weeks an hour a day… I got a 2200 800m 770w 630cr (misbubbled i think lol)</p>
<p>It’s all about recognizing patterns and similarities between tests. And obviously quality>quantity.</p>
<p>I don’t think the sat is easy but I think it can be outsmarted. </p>
<p>PS- I recommend the 12 essay in 10 day thread for writing. Math isn’t hard can be studied for… CR is about focus and practice </p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>No. But how many days BEFORE the test day do you study?</p>
<p>For me there was no set day that I really started. I guess you could say that I started when I took the PSAT in 10th grade, but I didn’t really study for the SAT. In 11th grade I took the PSAT again, and I studied on and off, very rarely (mainly because I didn’t really need to do much preparation), until I took the SAT in March, then I was done. I think in 11th grade I had like an 80 M, 73 W, 66 R. On the SAT I had an 800 M, 780 W, 680 R.</p>
<p>i got a 2190 with no prep whatsoever…i partied the night before and got 4 hours of sleep AND took it as a junior in january-which is pretty much the earliest possible one…the psat i did similar and slept over a friends house and came into the test late without a calculator and still got a 78/79 on the math and 70ishs on the others…</p>
<p>you cant really prep for sats/.either you know it or you dont, if you take honors classes you should do fine unless your a suckup and not naturally smart…
most of the verbal is common sense–im in one of the worst high schools in my state, and i still knew exactly what i was doing</p>
<p>dang Arachnotron, I heard Writing is the easiest to improve so you are a very good candidate for a 2400!</p>
<p>He’s in college already (although I think I remember reading that he signed up to take the SAT for fun lol - not sure if this is true, though)</p>
<p>oh yeah i should have seen the UVA '12 lol</p>
<p>it looks lik he got a 2340 so pretty good, but his math and cr went down and his w went way up</p>
<p>Wow jamfan you’re pretty freakin awesome!!11!1</p>
<p>I wish i could be as unprepared and cool as you.</p>
<p>I did practice tests throughout the summer after sophomore year, got a PSAT of 235 and an SAT of 2280 in October of my junior year. When I retook it in March I spent about two weeks doing only the critical reading sections and landed a 2330.</p>
<p>^^^ lol @ 50freefly</p>
<p>I’ve read posts about the best things to study to prepare for psat’s. This may be a stupid question, but when I purchased the back PSAT tests from CB, I assumed the answer keys would be part of the purchase. Apparently not according to my D. I can understand the benefits of practicing the old tests, but without the answers, how does a student know what their strengths and weaknesses are? Or, are the answer keys available separately? What am I missing here? Help please.</p>
<p>Use the BB only. It’s easy and fast.</p>
<p>Got a 202 on my PSAT sophomore year without studying. Started to consistently score 2200 ish on my BB tests after the first two practice tests. The key part is to review your answers comprehensively. Even go over the ones that you answered correctly (you will notice patterns).</p>
<p>It doesn’t take much time. Do one section a day and review. 15 minutes a day won’t kill you :). It’s not about how much time you spend, but what you do with the time. One of my friends went to a SAT class for a few months, but didn’t improve at all.</p>
<p>Just check the ones you got wrong and learn the concept. It’s a repetitive test.</p>
<p>You’re referring to Baron’s Books? BB?? Thanks!</p>
<p>No, BB = blue book (the official collegeboard SAT book from their site)</p>
<p>just do a few of those practice tests</p>