Anyone Taken The SAT (10 Points)?
December 29th, 2009 | 
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Hi and welcome to my blog,
I opened this blog to help anyone who is preparing for his SAT.
I remember myself when I started - I was so lost and in such a panic.
Luckily I got this great SAT guide that helped me a lot . So study hard and good luck!
Is the writing really hard to do well on? At this SAT preparation course students, including my friend and I, took practice tests similar to the SAT, which I know because of taking tests from the blue College Board book and asking another friend who took the SAT and the same course when she was our age, about 2-3 years ago.
My friend got an 800 on writing, and I got a 740, but for some reason when she took the real SAT (I haven’t yet), she only scored a 600. What gives? She was really good at writing and did assignments for 25 minutes in 10 minutes, getting maybe 1 wrong. Also the person who is most likely gonig to be valedictorian at our school only got a 710.
Any tips? In the College Board book I’m scoring in the 700s, getting only maybe 4 wrong with. I think my essays are pretty good. I need a good writing score because math is the easiest for me, probably a pretty easy 770+, but critical reading I’m only getting mid to high 600s. I was counting on the writing, which is easy for me, to get me around 2150-2200, but people aren’t doing good on it. Why?? Advice???
Also, on the PSAT I got a 68 on writing (HOWEVER, only 3 were wrong and none blank; it must have been a bad curve, and after looking at the PSAT I realized one or two of those errors were really stupid mistakes).
I know I need a good score for good colleges. I don’t really need help with writing since I’m getting almost every question right under timed conditions. I just don’t get why such smart people are doing so poorly, including my friend who got an 800 on writing for a practice test similar to the SAT.
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It depends on your skills. If you need help in Writing SAT section, then improve in that section. You need the higher score to get into better colleges!
I’m guessing that you’re a junior. I was in a similar place as you last year. On the PSAT, I got 80 math, 68 writing and 62 reading, for a 210 total. To give you some hope, I eventually got a 2260 (including 800 writing) and next year will be attending and Ivy League University. I remember the writing questions being almost the same every time. Every single time you look at a question, I look for the most common things they like to get you on. Remember that our spoken English is different from written English and can hurt you. Remember to always check if the subject that is DOING the action is singular or plural, then based on that, take a look at the verb and make sure it appropriately fits the subject. Remember that "None" is singular and if "or" is used, the singularity or plurality is determined by that of the noun after the word "or". Then if any pronouns are being used, check that they correctly replace the subject. Remember that if the subject is "someone", the pronoun is not "they". In spoken English, this sounds correct: If someone goes to the store, they should bring money. This should be: If someone goes to the store, he or she should bring money. After a modifying statement, the subject that statement described must come next. (ex. With her eyes shut, Mollie (not Mollie’s dive) dove into the pool.) When things are being compared, make sure that you are comparing the right things. You cannot say, "I have more pens than you." This statement implies that you are comparing the number of pens you have to the the actual person you call, "you". Instead you must say, "I have more pens than you have." These are just a few very common things the SAT likes to throw at you, but these are definitely not all of its little tricks. Good luck!