I wasn’t as meticulous as some other users, but I made a mental note of the types of problems I previously got wrong in the past, and I noted new ways to tackle problems more efficiently.

It’s about the effort on your part to really understand your mistakes. My growth over the summer is primarily attributed to the study method and the mindset I adopted below.įrom my experience, gaining better scores isn’t only dependent on what resources you use. For $2000, I only got about 5 actually applicable tips. I attended Elite over the summer of 2019 but I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT (or any other prep class for that matter) as it didn’t significantly help me get to the next level. In that time I took all 10 official tests, 3-4 QAS tests, 1 Barrons test, and 6 Elite tests. So I spent from June 2018 to August 2019 slowly improving around 280-300 points.

My first unofficial PSAT was 1290 (taken in June 2018), my first SAT diagnostic was 1310 (taken in July 2018), and my highest score prior to the actual SAT was a 1580 (800 R&W, 780 M, taken in August 2019) on an Elite practice test. It’s an experimental process, and you have to find what works best for you) (Keep in mind that what worked for me might not work for you. Of course, resources did help but my personal methods that I developed along the way helped as well. People often ask me what resources I used but I feel it was a lot more than just resources that pulled me through. So I saw a thread that u/boredandusingreddit posted about how they got their 1590 and I wanted to share some of my tips as well.

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