<p>Don’t you just do the best you can? If you’re shooting for a 2000, would you do anything differently than if you’re shooting for a 2200? If someone tells you you should “shoot for” a certain score, do they really just mean, “Cross your fingers”?</p>
<p>well, for practical reasons, it means for lower-scorers how many questions to skip</p>
<p>also, it’s good to have expectations. personally, my friend had NO idea what score she was going to get-her tutor was very big on “shoot for 2400”—and she honestly thought she had it. when she got a 1670 out of three sections, she was incredibly upset.</p>
<p>who knows, my friend…who knows…</p>
<p>Well, the whole shooting for bit is really, “what do I hope to get?”</p>
<p>If you shoot for a 2100, you will feel good if you get a 2150. If you’re shooting for a 2350 you’ll probably feel like crap if you get a 2150. And then you take it again.</p>
<p>If you set goals it motivates you and increases your sense of accomplishment once you reached or surpassed those goals. My goal was a 1400/2100, which I surpassed by a good amount the first time and even more the second time. That goal kept me going and it made me feel very good after.</p>
<p>ya but goals can also make you feel horrible even if your score is good. for example i was aiming for a 2250 and i got a 2140 and i was so depressed even though now i realize a 2140 is a good score</p>