I've taken the sat twice: dec 2025 and august 2026. I scored 1170 on the december sat ( 580 RW, 590 Math). In august i scored 1180 (570 RW, 610 Math). I'm registered for the October 3rd sat, so I have about 3 weeks to improve My goal is 1400+, and I'm trying to figure out the most effective way to use these next few weeks. My score breakdown shows that my weaker areas in RW are information and ideas, and expression of ideas, while my math scores were quite balanced across the domains. I also feel like timing is a significant issue for me, and I want to get better at handling the harder questions rather than just doing tons of easy practice. I'm currently planning to use bluebook + the college board question bank but I'm wondering if I should also use third-party resources for harder questions. For people who have gone from 1150–1200 to 1400+, what did your preparation actually look like? What would you prioritize with only 3 weeks left? And are there any resources/websites you found particularly useful for difficult questions? Any advice would be really appreciated!

I find making these post very motivating so probably will do more, good luck everyone for the Oct SAT!! What cooked me this SAT 1. R&W comprehension -> get to tier 5/do article summaries(I think this will be the most beneficial for me as I’m good at the comprehension but I didn’t give myself time to do anything because my speed at grammar and student notes were both slow) - I definitely skipped more than 5 questions 2. Grammar -> My main strategy for this will be doing sets of 50 randomized grammar questions and doing the loop method for each question I get wrong. I will probably rewatch the grammar videos. 3. Math (Hard module 2) -> Do hard difficulty problems in the sat question bank/watch James Lu full SAT math live solve a question a compare how he did it vs how I did it and as do the loop method whenever I get a question wrong. Also rewatching the math videos for a baseline understanding. My plan for tomorrow 1. Do a reading section in the morning and do a test review 2. Do the math section in class and do a test review after 3. Do the loop method whenever I get home

During my last SAT I didn’t bring my ti clac, because I broke the battery (don’t ask how). I’m mainly asking this because I saw a video of someone who said they did this.

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