somehow i didn't royally screw up, and improved my math score by 50 points!! english score has been the exact same 3 times in a row which i find funny and sad at the same time...but whatever, i'll take it!! 😭 the practice questions posted in this community were all helpful so thank you everyone

Improvement!!!!!!!!!

I'm so excited to share that I improved my score within 2 months! I am planning on taking the October SAT to superscore my math score to hit 1500. PSA: There is no "shortcut" to improve. I spent 10 hours studying each day. Here are a couple of tips I have: English: - They ALWAYS recycle passages. As long as you understand the harder passages, you will be able to answer the questions that change. - For mod 2 always start vocab —> grammar —> passages For the grammar section, you always check in this order: 1. Run-on sentences. (. ; ,FANBOYS) Make sure you match up one subject per verb, and -ing verbs are NOT a verb! 2. - , 3. Odd one out (3 Plural, 1 Singular) - Be careful with complex lists. (New York, US; Seoul, SK; and Shanghai, China) - When you come across hard passages, always write down notes! You have scrap paper! And you can cross out double-comma filler words. And pay attention to texts in parentheses because usually they are very relevant. - Keep track of the subjects within the hard questions! - This is ultra-specific, but know the word equivocal. It always pops up on tests. Math: - If you are in the high 600s, just grind hard questions only. You are likely making errors on easy questions and have a hard time with time management, but at some point, the questions just turn into a game of pattern recognition. Ultra-specific tips: - If a quadratic has 0 solutions, set the discriminant (b^2-4ac) to be less than 0 - If a quadratic has 1 solution, set the discriminant (b^2-4ac) to be equal to 0 - If a quadratic has 2 solutions, set the discriminant (b^2-4ac) to be greater than 0 - With two similar shapes, the similarity ratio is a/b, the area ratio is a^2/b^2, the volume ratio is a^3/b^3 - The sum of the solutions in a quadratic is -b/a - The product of the solutions in a quadratic is c/a

Today honestly felt like I didn’t do much, but I did about the same amount as every other day. I’m just getting more anxious about the test, especially with everyone talking about their scores 😭. Today I learned 5 new prefixes/suffixes/roots and 5 new common SAT words. For Math, we covered perimeter and density, which I already knew from Physics. I still struggle with WIC and harder/complex passage questions, so I’m going to try using Sruthi’s note-taking strategy that helped me with passage questions on Aniko before I started slacking off. Also, this is REALLY IMPORTANT: I watched a James Lu video (I’ll attach the link) where he talked about intentionally leaving a certain number of questions unanswered so you can spend more time making sure the easier questions are correct. I’m not sure if I should actually use this strategy, so if anyone has advice on whether it’s worth trying, please lmk If you made it to the end do u think im doing enough studying in tems of my daily planner or do u think I should add anything else. QOTD: "It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop” — Confucius. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBECQxDBQQs&t=1s

Soo just based like my own experience of this sat it was pretty easy and ive been hearing that from a lot of people, does that mean curve finna be trash? anyone know details of how that all works