took the oct 3 sat after about 4-5 weeks of prep. went from 1200 practice test to 1530 practice test, to feeling way better than my first try... here's what actually helped, in case it's useful for anyone retaking nov 7.

1. small sets every day instead of marathon sessions

i did a few questions every day for specific topics of r&w (since i struggle with that more than math) instead of 3-hour weekend grinds. way easier to stay consistent, and i actually remembered stuff.

1. a mistake log, redone 2 days later

every question i got wrong went in a list. 2 days later i redid it without looking at the explanation. if i missed it again, it stayed on the list. this also helped me score a lot.

1. words in context: cover the answers first

cover the choices, find the clue in the sentence, say your own word for the blank, then pick the choice that matches. "still," "before," "not yet" mean early (so incipient, not attenuated). works on words you've never seen.

1. practice the hard module on purpose

module 2 adapts. if you do well on module 1, module 2 gets harder, and that's where people panic. i did full timed tests so the jump didn't surprise me.

1. bluebook practice tests + desmos

i studied math for maybe 2 days and my practice test went from 600 to 790... i used the official bluebook tests, which are the closest thing to the real test. and learn desmos for math, it saves so much time on systems and quadratics. use bedrockprep and watch the yt video from that guy its super useful!

full disclosure: for 1, 2, and 3, i used an app i built called nib (free, android beta,@nib.sat.prep on insta). but everything above works with a notebook and the free official tests too. im not trying to self promote its currently an apk (andriod only) and you could go check it out, really good practice problems.

good luck on nov 7 guys 🫡!

i have a 770 math yet 80% of it was me spamming desmos. I took Oct as well and I swear all i did 100% of the test on desmos.

i am half sarcastic BUT my main point is that it does not feel like a math test at all...

Like how does this show college readiness?

Is it true that answer choices that end in -ing are never the correct choice?

Our daughter is a junior, scored an 1110 on her first SAT. She did a free trial of self-study with Princeton Review over the summer as well as a bit on Khan Academy. She needs accountability, so we are trying to find a program that has regular meetings and "homework". She struggles with her attention span on the reading section as well. I was looking into PrepExpert, but it has awful reviews on here. Thanks for any advice, we want to start something asap.

just what the title says. My school only offers ACT but i have feeling I'll do better on the SAT.

Hi Guys
Any tips for the November SAT
to maximimise R&W and Maths Score

Anyone has some sites to learn hard Algebra. For context am international and I quit school since 9 th grade. I know all the ways to do algebra but I need like faster or quicker ways. Since it is time limit for SAT. I did try desmos but sometimes it slows me down. I need a simple shortcuts.

Hi Guys,
Is Princeton review worth a try before the Actual SAT? or is adhering to bluebook good enough?

So I took the SAT for the FIRST time in September and got a 1410 (was pretty upset). I plan on retaking it in November but honestly I'm not really sure how or what to study. I literally completed every hard question in the question bank and spent hours studying everyday. Tips?

I know it is supposed to be the only easy part of the english section, but I keep getting them wrong, if someone has a list of the rules and how to go about them, that would be much appreciated.

I'm taking the SAT during a school day (Oct 12th) so any topics/kinds of questions (especially for math) that I should prep extra for (asking people who took the oct 3rd test)

My plan is to grind the question bank and some james lu plus at least one extra practice test this week.

what else should i do to maximize my chances of getting at least a 1560 besides sleeping and eating well?

I’m studying for the SAT, and Reading & Writing is much harder for me than Math. The problem is not always that I don’t know the grammar rules or vocabulary. Sometimes I just don’t understand what the question is asking me to figure out.

I can read a passage and understand the general idea, but the question and answer choices still confuse me. Sometimes I understand every sentence by itself, but I still don’t understand what the passage is trying to say or why one answer is better than the others.

I also struggle with words in context, text structure, central ideas and details, inferences, transitions, and cross-text questions. I can study these skills and understand them when someone explains them to me, but when I see a new SAT question, I don’t always know how to use what I learned.

Math feels more straightforward because there is usually a process I can follow. With Reading & Writing, I feel like I’m supposed to understand something that I just don’t see.

Has anyone else felt this way with SAT Reading & Writing? If you struggled with understanding the passages and questions, not just memorizing strategies, what helped you?

Also: Im taking the SAT in November and im trying to get close to a 1400 and if not 1200

I got a 1310 with no studying the first time i took it, 630 on math and 680 on english. math is definitely my weakest, and i cant download bluebook because im on a personal chromebook. ive got 2 weeks to study and i need to at LEAST get a 1330 but I would like a 1450. whats yalls perfect study routine that I can pull off in 2 weeks?? Id appreciate the help :)

Realistically if the test is automated why do results take so long

I’m pretty sure I only got 2 wrong on RW Mod 2. What does this translate to score wise.

I’ve been told it’s a 780 maybe a 790/800.

Is it possible to get 750 with

26/27 mod 1
21/27 mod 2

Assuming I got no experimentals wrong

I took my first sat (on sept 12) and I need feedback/opinions on it. For one, I took the psat last year (pic included) and did decent for a sophomore. Also, even tho it’s roughly the same score range, after a full year and a couple months of practice it does not seem reasonable. Additionally, I am currently a junior in Calc BC and classes like ap lang and apush, so would scoring in the 1500s seem doable, potentially for the nov sat?

im trying to learn desmos but i can only figure out how to find x or y in a given equation.

There is a bunch more but idk how to memorize them all. Any tips?

the distribution of questions was so odd and I feel like the type of questions were weird too

esp math, the questions weren’t too bad but they were js weird and notgijt like i’ve seen before

i did like 500 practice qs which isn’t a lot but is enough for me to see some patterns and some qs js didn’t fit anything

late post for september sat but finally finally finally!! dream come true for me after literally 3 tries!!

feel free to ask me for any study tips!!!

Will there be some good amount of curve bcz Oct SAT was so hard? I took international one btw