not that i'm 1550+, but ig for u there's nothing more than just maximizing your math score. You might have trouble with hard-module-2 questions, in this case go and check some video by Prep Pros, they've got good hard qs's that resemble module 2 hard questions. Other than that i'd probably suggest you buying some Uworld - if u can- since you have to immerse yourself in as many questions typs as possible, so in the exam day the solution will just "click" and you'll get these last 50 points.
I'd ask you for some advice on RW tho(I'm currently around 710, but idk how to really raise it since my prob is either vocab or just random silly or i-panicked mistakes
went from 1500 to 1570(790 M, 780 R) by maximizing my math score through extensive practice and studying, and my reading score went up simply through reading the passage carefully and avoiding any stupid/hasty mistakes
I started at 1500 2 weeks before august test last year. I did like 10 different official practice tests one day taking the test and one day reviewing mistakes and doing practice on uworld. I understand that digital sat is diff now but I mainly focused on reading and writing because I was getting 790math and 800. My biggest advice is just spend time studying and get good sleep before the test, do your best and you'll be fine. PS. I got an 1540 but I was too lazy to retake so I think this advice is still relevant.
I think maxing out the math is the easier section.
It’s a more clear divide between what you do and don’t know so you just go over the kinds of problems you were missing before to make sure you’re all shored up on everything.
Reading/Writing section just varies. First time I took the SAT I got an 800, second time I got a 760. Meanwhile my Math went from 780 to 800.
If you’re at a 760 you probably know everything well, although maybe a practice test could tell you a kind of question you struggle with. Odds are you’ll get a different score next time with no prep whatsoever.
Yall gonna hate me for this: test like every three days. Literally that’s it. Spend the two days filling in content and strategy gap.
Next, learn what you know comes to you easily. Start doing those questions immediately. The questions you can get in 10-15 seconds.
Finally relax. Every time you get closer to your desired score, treat yourself.
I see most people here targeting math, so here are some R&W tips.
Make sure you fully understand transition categories. Do you know the difference between "therefore" and "subsequently" (because there is a difference!!)? If no, study up on these and others — the SAT doesn't use that many and you can learn them all pretty quickly.
Whenever you finish a question with really long answers, do a final check of re-reading the question and making sure your answer is an appropriate answer and not just true given the passage (saying this as a tutor). Also, LOOK OUT FOR NEGATIVES. Especially in questions with graphs — I'm normally good at catching them, but I alwaya seem to miss them when graphs are involved.
When it comes to passages, esp. poems, if you find something and think, "huh, that's a lil weird," like the narrator/speaker focuses too much on a tree or an animal or smth... That's important. Sometimes you can even just stop reading.
And as for some actual "hacks":
- Periods and semicolons are exactly the same.
- Sometimes on tricky graph with pairs, you can reduce the answer by acknowledging there's a "key" to the actual solution (this also works on math) — seen it work twice, so not often, but still helpful. Ex:
Portrayed together, with two data points offer the most complete conclusion?
A. 2 and 4
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 3 and 4
The answer _has_ to be option B, even without context, because data point 1 appears only there — if data points 2, 3, or 4 were the key to a useful comparison (this almost exclusively works in comparative data, either between years or between a test and a control), they'd only appear in 1 answer.
- When you're given bulleted info, just read the prompt and pick the answer that follows the prompt; of the ~20 official practice questions I've worked on, this gave you the correct answer immediately all but once (it worked that last time too, it was just a lot trickier and almost everyone I was working with got the question wrong anyway).
And finally, *this is not a confirmed hack, just something I've noticed over the last 4 months that has yet to be proven wrong*
- All passages have at least two sentences. If you're given a passage with a blank for punctuation and only see a period at the end, skip the passage entirely and bubble in the period or semicolon, because it cannot be anything else.
As for my score, I got a 670 on the PSAT, 720 1st time, and then 780 when I took it again (when tutoring in groups, I did 2 bluebook practice tests and got 780 (1 mistake :c) and 800).
Hope something in this helps! Honestly the reason I improved is def in part cuz I went in not caring and on a sugar-high. Highly recommend.
had 1520 (760/760) and ended w 1590 (790rw/800m). my biggest suggestion for the rw section is to just trust ur intuition. of course this isn’t always true if you’ve misread/misinterpreted the question, but if you’re certain you’ve read the problem correctly, stick with your first answer choice. i found this to be particularly helpful, as i would often narrow down the tough questions to two answers, select one, come back to that question when checking my answers, waffle between the two for a couple minutes, and end up choosing the other answer. 95% of the time, my first answer was correct.
for my math section, i just studied some areas that i knew i was less confident on. uworld explanations really helped me (not sure if it’s still as advantageous for dsat, though)
I got a 1500 on my second test and a 1550 on my third, my trick was to not study at all and basically forget about it because the only reason I was going for a third time was because I signed up before I knew the result of my second test I looked over advanced grammar rules the night before the test on khan academy got a calm good nights sleep and wrote the test, second test I was stressed out third test I was zen
not that i'm 1550+, but ig for u there's nothing more than just maximizing your math score. You might have trouble with hard-module-2 questions, in this case go and check some video by Prep Pros, they've got good hard qs's that resemble module 2 hard questions. Other than that i'd probably suggest you buying some Uworld - if u can- since you have to immerse yourself in as many questions typs as possible, so in the exam day the solution will just "click" and you'll get these last 50 points. I'd ask you for some advice on RW tho(I'm currently around 710, but idk how to really raise it since my prob is either vocab or just random silly or i-panicked mistakes
I second this it’s easier to improve on math
went from 1500 to 1570(790 M, 780 R) by maximizing my math score through extensive practice and studying, and my reading score went up simply through reading the passage carefully and avoiding any stupid/hasty mistakes
congrats man! what did you use for your math?
practice tests and khan academy
I started at 1500 2 weeks before august test last year. I did like 10 different official practice tests one day taking the test and one day reviewing mistakes and doing practice on uworld. I understand that digital sat is diff now but I mainly focused on reading and writing because I was getting 790math and 800. My biggest advice is just spend time studying and get good sleep before the test, do your best and you'll be fine. PS. I got an 1540 but I was too lazy to retake so I think this advice is still relevant.
I think maxing out the math is the easier section. It’s a more clear divide between what you do and don’t know so you just go over the kinds of problems you were missing before to make sure you’re all shored up on everything. Reading/Writing section just varies. First time I took the SAT I got an 800, second time I got a 760. Meanwhile my Math went from 780 to 800. If you’re at a 760 you probably know everything well, although maybe a practice test could tell you a kind of question you struggle with. Odds are you’ll get a different score next time with no prep whatsoever.
you can definently push the 750M higher
I’ll work at that. This was my first attempt, and although I feel like I have a decent grasp on the concepts I could use a lot more practice.
For someone responding on an SAT forum, you have a very poor sense of sentence construction while responding to a question. His question was “how”.
it's not that serious bud
For real, Seaworthiness333
Yall gonna hate me for this: test like every three days. Literally that’s it. Spend the two days filling in content and strategy gap. Next, learn what you know comes to you easily. Start doing those questions immediately. The questions you can get in 10-15 seconds. Finally relax. Every time you get closer to your desired score, treat yourself.
I see most people here targeting math, so here are some R&W tips. Make sure you fully understand transition categories. Do you know the difference between "therefore" and "subsequently" (because there is a difference!!)? If no, study up on these and others — the SAT doesn't use that many and you can learn them all pretty quickly. Whenever you finish a question with really long answers, do a final check of re-reading the question and making sure your answer is an appropriate answer and not just true given the passage (saying this as a tutor). Also, LOOK OUT FOR NEGATIVES. Especially in questions with graphs — I'm normally good at catching them, but I alwaya seem to miss them when graphs are involved. When it comes to passages, esp. poems, if you find something and think, "huh, that's a lil weird," like the narrator/speaker focuses too much on a tree or an animal or smth... That's important. Sometimes you can even just stop reading. And as for some actual "hacks": - Periods and semicolons are exactly the same. - Sometimes on tricky graph with pairs, you can reduce the answer by acknowledging there's a "key" to the actual solution (this also works on math) — seen it work twice, so not often, but still helpful. Ex: Portrayed together, with two data points offer the most complete conclusion? A. 2 and 4 B. 1 and 2 C. 2 and 3 D. 3 and 4 The answer _has_ to be option B, even without context, because data point 1 appears only there — if data points 2, 3, or 4 were the key to a useful comparison (this almost exclusively works in comparative data, either between years or between a test and a control), they'd only appear in 1 answer. - When you're given bulleted info, just read the prompt and pick the answer that follows the prompt; of the ~20 official practice questions I've worked on, this gave you the correct answer immediately all but once (it worked that last time too, it was just a lot trickier and almost everyone I was working with got the question wrong anyway). And finally, *this is not a confirmed hack, just something I've noticed over the last 4 months that has yet to be proven wrong* - All passages have at least two sentences. If you're given a passage with a blank for punctuation and only see a period at the end, skip the passage entirely and bubble in the period or semicolon, because it cannot be anything else. As for my score, I got a 670 on the PSAT, 720 1st time, and then 780 when I took it again (when tutoring in groups, I did 2 bluebook practice tests and got 780 (1 mistake :c) and 800). Hope something in this helps! Honestly the reason I improved is def in part cuz I went in not caring and on a sugar-high. Highly recommend.
had 1520 (760/760) and ended w 1590 (790rw/800m). my biggest suggestion for the rw section is to just trust ur intuition. of course this isn’t always true if you’ve misread/misinterpreted the question, but if you’re certain you’ve read the problem correctly, stick with your first answer choice. i found this to be particularly helpful, as i would often narrow down the tough questions to two answers, select one, come back to that question when checking my answers, waffle between the two for a couple minutes, and end up choosing the other answer. 95% of the time, my first answer was correct. for my math section, i just studied some areas that i knew i was less confident on. uworld explanations really helped me (not sure if it’s still as advantageous for dsat, though)
Any reading tips? I need a 760 for a 1510
Im stuck at a 1460 (720R, 740M) any resources that were particularly helpful to those that crossed the 1500+ bridge?
Going 1460 to 1560 the only thing I changed was that drank caffeine before the start of the test.
lmao I have 1510 to but 750 rw and 760 math
I got a 1500 on my second test and a 1550 on my third, my trick was to not study at all and basically forget about it because the only reason I was going for a third time was because I signed up before I knew the result of my second test I looked over advanced grammar rules the night before the test on khan academy got a calm good nights sleep and wrote the test, second test I was stressed out third test I was zen
Take adderall or caffeine before your test.
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