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

[pikachux3]

Was that your first time taking an SAT?
Cause if it was- buy a '10 Real SATs' book & start pretending like youre taking the real thing over & over again.. it helps to get a real good idea of what the test is like (don't worry if theyre low.. it doesnt mean youre stupid, it means youre gullible) because the entire test is pretty much tricking you from beginning to end.
I don't have perfect SAT scores but if you don't have a lot of time nor money for a class then try finding a princeton review/kaplan/barron SAT prep book that has like 1000 vocab words & start studying them. it'll help you on the essay & for the reading/writing sections.
Also- it's okay to skip questions.. don't skip like 11 Qs per section but if you want to hit in the high 500s or 600s, skipping 2-3 Qs is ok. when you skip- it counts as a 0 for the question.. which is better cause if you get it wrong then it's -1/4 of a point.

Just curious- were the test taking conditions okay? Like was it too cold or too hot? Did you get sleepy & tired easily? These are all factors that you gotta prepare for~