<p>On the march 10 SAT I got a 650 writing with no study. However, after just a little review and doing a few practice sets in a Kaplan workbook, I took a blue book practice test and scored a 740! </p>
<p>Are gains like this normal? Or should was this just a freak accident?</p>
<p>Yeah it’s normal</p>
<p>Thanks! Do you think that shooting for an 800 is reasonable? Considering the 90 point gain after about an hour or two of study?</p>
<p>Yeah that seems plausible</p>
<p>740 to an 800 is reasonable.</p>
<p>Writing basically depends on who is grading your essay. Whatever collegeboard may say, my teacher is one of the graders, and talks about what a joke the process is.</p>
<p>writing multiple choice is the easiest to increase.</p>
<p>It is plausable, but I have met very few people who think that the Blue Book tests are a good indicator of actual score. Personally, I took practice tests online on collegeboard.com and actually scored several hundred points higher on the real thing.</p>
<p>Hmm comparing the actual, released tests to the Blue Book, the Writing Skills section is graded far more liberally in the Blue Book, so that may affect your score, but don’t stop working on that section. </p>
<p>Also remember that the essay is 1/3 of the Writing Skills score, so you need to write a kick-a$$ essay as well.</p>