What is the best way to increase SAT score??

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What is the best way to increase SAT score??

Answer 1

Your best bet is to do a lot of practice tests. Don't waste your time/money with classes. I took one Princeton Review SAT class my junior year but I didn't improve at all.  Then, I just did practice tests over and over again and my score jumped 400 points.

I'd recommend going to a book store and picking up a copy of Collegeboard's Official SAT Study Guide. There are a lot of SAT prep books, but Collegeboard's worked best for me. They're the ones who make the SATs so their practice exams are most like the real ones. There are other SAT guides that you could try as well. Princeton Review and Kaplan tend to be easier than the real SATs and Barron's tends to be harder. I like Collegeboard's book the best, but a lot of my friends liked Barron's because it was harder so they felt that if they could get high scores on Barron's practice tests, they'd definitely do well on the real SATs. Each person learns differently so just go to a book store and flip through the study guides and see which ones you think would help you the most.

You should try to do 2 practice tests a week (maybe more if you can fit it in or if you're taking the SATs again sometime soon). As long as you keep practicing, increasing your score is not as difficult as people make it seem.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Taking an SAT-prep class.

You learn a lot of tricks that actually do raise your score.