Help help on the SAT!!

Question

Here's my situation, i'm taking the SAT for the first time this October (gonna be a junior).

K, like I get really really good grades (everyone at my school thinks i'm a genius), but i can't figure this SAT out. My parents are telling me that this is the last step before getting into an ivy leagure college or something..

I took the PSAT sophomore (and yes, i studied), and i my exact score was 189. 62 in reading, 57 in writing, and 70 in math.

Nowadays, (like i've taken more than 7 practice tests from books like official study guide and princeton), my score seems to near 190 STILL.

which is very very bad. I still make about a 70 in math, a 65 in writing, and a 55 in reading..!!! iono, it seems like my reading score dropped (but to tell u the truth, i got REAL lucky on the PSAT to get a 62).

so guys, experts, whatever, what should I do? I really really need at least a 2100. I used to think that i would be able to get a 2200 with some studying, but even that now seems like an unrealistic goal. Everyone i know think that i can ace the SAT without even studying..., this sucks.

help help help (oh yea, i'm self studying, don't have the time for SAT classes and they don't seem to help a lot of my friends)

and ps, for the reading, iono why i get a low score. i finish it on time, its just that the passages, and the vocab are hard to understand. I've always made an A in english... and i even studied flashcards just to improve on the reading section :(

please help..anyone. thanks!

Answer 1

If you want to get better in reading, what you need to do is approach the questions differently and the passages differently.  Read passages a small chunk at a time, and then translate it into more basic English, even jot down notes in the margin.  You have to put yourself in the mindset of the author and of the people who wrote the questions.  Then practice, practice, practice, and make sure that you're going back and looking at the questions you missed to learn what you're doing wrong.  

By the way, very few people can ace the SAT without studying.  It's what you're supposed to do to do well.  

Answer 2

the scores that you get on the psat are just a lil taste of what you'll get on the real sat's. all you have to dod is study hard and practice and don't over-think it.

p.s your score are good. for psat scores all you have to do is add a zero to the end of th number. so your 70 in math is really a 700, and a 62 is really a 620- well that's how it would translate unto the real ones.

so your doing very well. keep it up ;)