<p>Im about to be a junior and i was wondering when i should start studying … Please and thank you 
p.s i want to go to University of miami … about what kind of score will i need to get ?</p>
<p>It varies a lot. Most people start preparing a few months in advance, others take the SAT cold.</p>
<p>The 25th/75th percentiles for U of Miami are (according to <a href=“University of Miami: Acceptance Rate, SAT/ACT Scores, GPA):%5B/url%5D”>University of Miami: Acceptance Rate, SAT/ACT Scores, GPA):</a></p>
<p>Reading: [600,690]
Math: [630,710]
Writing: [600,690]</p>
<p>whenever you want! I’m a to-be sophomore and I’ve downloaded every SAT app there is :P</p>
<p>I started preparing for reading/writing about a month in advance (they’re my weakest subjects). For math I did no preparation at all and got 800.</p>
<p>Basically, when to start also depends on how strong you are at those subjects. Even if you’re really strong at a certain subject, it always helps to know some tips and tricks.</p>
<p>Spence, how much practice do you think it would take to raise a reading score from 540 ish to a 650?</p>
<p>Quite a bit. Most of my preparation was in the reading section, and I only went from 550-570 to 610.</p>
<p>The best way to get around the reading section is to know the strategies for the passage sections. Instead of reading the whole passage then answering the questions, I usually read the questions that reference early parts (e.g. “line 4”) then read around there. When I’m through, I answer the “What is the main idea of the passage”-type questions.</p>
<p>There’s no easy way around the vocab section. If you don’t have a huge vocabulary, I suggest you start learning/reviewing Greek and Latin roots, then maybe use flashcards or something. I didn’t study much vocab (although it was quite decent to begin with).</p>
<p>So if i want some where close to a 1900 What should i do like what are the best prep books and stuff … not to be soo captain clueless</p>
<p>If youre going to take it in the fall you should start practicing now. </p>
<p>Get any practice book and just do practice questions. It’ll help you get used to the types of questions and you’ll be able to see patterns in the types of questions that you get wrong.</p>
<p>@Twiggy22 any practice book such as those from the Princeton Review or Barron’s works. Don’t know how good Kaplan is – a couple years ago my AP Calculus teacher gave us a practice exam from Kaplan, and we noted nearly a dozen errors, from repeated answer choices to not including the differential “dx” in an integral.</p>