SAT Reasoning Test, score Options

[pandemonium]

so i took the sat reasoning test in june and i just saw my scores online and they were pretty bad i got:
Critical Reading: 400
Mathematics: 500
Writing: 390

im not good at writing essays, and my english affected my critical reading cuz i saw long words that i have never seen im my life (well since i know the english language)
im planning on taking it again senior year and i want to know what did you do to improve your scores?? besides the SAT question of the day, wich by the way it barely helped

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Critical Reading: 510 XD (don't laugh)
Math: 620
Writing 550 (Got a nine on my Essay)

HAHA you did bad. I'm just kidding. :P I got 1680 on my practice SAT test. Go to a SAT prep program it helps a lot. For the Math, you just have to apply what you've learned from Algebra and Geometry. But you just have to tweak it a little bit. It's all hidden in the problem. You have to read inbetween the lines. As for critical Reading, you just have to practice and practice. Keep memorizing words. Writing, is actually pretty easy. You have to make up a structure for the essay and memorize it. I go to Harvard Square. Their structure is like..

Many people believe that ________________ whereas others believe ____________________. By looking at the book __________ by __________ and at the life of ____________(some historical guy), we can see that _____________ is always the better choice(or whatever you're defending). _____________________(State your thesis) because ____________________(reason why)

That'd be your intro paragraph. I did that and I got a solid nine. I can get better though.. I just made stupid grammar mistakes because I was in such a rush. Well yeah, you just have to make the people sitting in their underwear grading essays think that you're smart. I'll post a thread about SAT essay structure that can give you a solid 9 or 10 later. It's quite easy. OH! And you can just bullshit the thing with fake books and fake historical people. Theres a rule that they can't grade you down for wrong facts. But TRY and stay away from people that everyone knows. For example, Robert Frost, J.R. Tolken, Edgar Allan Poe. You can make up names if you want. I personally think making things up is better. But you have to be good at it or they'll know you're BSing it and find other ways to secretly grade you down. The people on the SAT grade down for short essays too. My Writing teacher said just write bigger. AND MAKE YOUR INTRO SOUND GOOD! They always always always read the intro carefully and mostly skim through the rest of the Essay.

As for the Critical Reading vocab. Cover up all your answer choices first and decide whether the word is going to be positive or negative. Then, think of your own synonym. After you've done all that, look at your answer choices and then pick the word. You HAVE to do this or else you'll fall into their shitty little traps. I didn't do that first time so I got like a 1500 on the pre test. = = And for the long passages, what I do is read the intro and conclusion paragraph carefully. For the body paragraphs, read the first and last sentences. It's faster. And you get the main points, and you have more time to do the ones you need to look at the passage with.

Yeah, that's basically it. For Math, you just have to do a lot of SAT math problems to get the basic grasp on how to do it.


That's all! Good luck on your SATs

[venti-anemoi]

Many people believe that ________________ whereas others believe ____________________. By looking at the book __________ by __________ and at the life of ____________(some historical guy), we can see that _____________ is always the better choice(or whatever you're defending). _____________________(State your thesis) because ____________________(reason why)

I wish I knew this before I took it. :[