What's the highest I can get my scores to be by May 2nd, realistically?

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<p>My math score on the PSAT AND two practice SATs was around 510-520 all 3 times. I have a prep book, using that, what is a realistic estimate of the highest I can get it? I want to get 650 or higher. </p>

<p>My reading was 720 on the PSAT, 750-760 on the practice SATs. Is 800 reachable? TIPS on how the cross that final hurdle, those final 50 points keeping me from a perfect score?</p>

<p>My writing was 650 on the PSAT, about 675 on the practice SATs. What’s the highest I can break. 800 impossible? Tips? </p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>Writing is just about knowing the five different grammar topics always tested: idioms, parallelism, subject-verb agreement, pronouns, and participles. CR I have no advice for (I got a 670…). The main key to math is reading. If you read carefully you will get an 800, provided that you already know all the different math concepts. Read “Up Your Score”. I used that and half of the blue book tests and got a 2250 (800M 670CR 780W).</p>

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<p>Was Up Your Score really worth it?</p>

<p>I heard it motivates you more than prepares you.</p>

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<p>In writing I always seem to mark questions as having a grammatical error when they didn’t. </p>

<p>The time constraints for the essay kill me.</p>

<p>For reading, I am consistently getting a raw score of 63 (3 wrong, minus 1 penalty point) on my practice tests. These tend to be problems where I overlook something obvious or I am unsure of a vocab word and second-guess myself. </p>

<p>Math… I need an overhaul.</p>

<p>Scores using the conversion methods on the College Board site.
Reading: 770
Writing: 670
Math: 540</p>

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<p>Okay your Math really needs work, so you can forget about everything else for the moment.
Post the questions from your last Math section that you missed and say why you missed them and I promise I can help you.</p>

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<p>Wow! how do you do that? Your math was the lowest, and CR was the highest!?</p>

<p>I recommend reviewing the areas you are having trouble with in math. You might find the following two sites helpful:
[SAT:</a> Improve SAT score with SparkNotes Test Prep: Assess skills online](<a href=“SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides”>SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides)
[SparkNotes:</a> SAT Power Tactics](<a href=“SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides”>SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides)</p>

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<p>Up Your Score has some good advice in it. Really, the way to get an 800 every time (unless you are having a bad day) is to pass two barriers: 1) the concept barrier and 2) the reading barrier. First you must know all the concepts and shortcuts for doing SAT math (which really isn’t much). The second part is reading the question carefully. For every math question, I wrote down what it was asking me for just so I knew to give the answer to x-5 instead of x. If you read carefully and are quick at regurgitating SAT math (which stays the same for every test basically) then you will get an 800 each time.</p>