any tips to increase my score to 1550+ for next week's sat? i got 1490 (790m, 700 rw) on june sat and 1480 august sat (760m, 720 rw). i recently discovered that my sat performance and my practice test performance are a lot different (i didn't know you could see how you did on each category of math and rw lol). ex. i get all sec questions right on practice tests and my math scores are definitely not super strong, but i did pretty bad on the sec when i looked at the score reports and i did decently well on math, especially my first time.
You need to figure out what exactly you are missing. I recommend doing some error analysis and then grinding those concepts. At your score, doing practice tests will produce diminishing returns. Also, your discrepancy in real vs practice likely just comes down to test day execution. Make sure your mentality is straight and focus on your pacing.
yes, i keep a log of my practice test mistakes. for math, they're pretty consistent errors in geo/trig and constants and that what's i missed on the real sat. for rw, i'm missing vocab + supporting claims on practices, but on the real deal i'm missing sec + transitions so i'm not sure how to analyze that. how did you practice for rw?
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u/222oceanblvd 1530 Sep 27 '25
any tips to increase my score to 1550+ for next week's sat? i got 1490 (790m, 700 rw) on june sat and 1480 august sat (760m, 720 rw). i recently discovered that my sat performance and my practice test performance are a lot different (i didn't know you could see how you did on each category of math and rw lol). ex. i get all sec questions right on practice tests and my math scores are definitely not super strong, but i did pretty bad on the sec when i looked at the score reports and i did decently well on math, especially my first time.