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Needs Near perfect SAT score.
I recently had to give up my dream of being a horse jockey because I failed the hearing part of the vision and hearing test. So I moved on to plan B which is Aerospace engineering, and for that I only want to attend Caltech. I can definitely handle that type of school, but since I only need to graduate to be a jockey I slacked off in school. This is my senior year and I have to take the SAT and make a score better than a 2100. I DON'T want to do anything else in life. Can anyone tell the best or most helpful SAT study guides or practices?
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I suggest getting the McGraw Hill book for Reading Comprehension. That was my worst subject but then I bought the book and followed the directions in it exactly (reading through each lesson and completing the practice exercises) and I got an 800 on that section.
Math is probably all material you already know but need to review, so for that I suggest getting a book of practice SATs and just doing a section or test anytime you have a free half hour. Honestly, if you just sit down and do an SAT section everytime you have a free minute DO IT. That will help your score much more than taking a class or buying a book that teaches you about the SAT. You're clearly bright if you're applying to CalTech so the best thing to do is just keep practicing in order to become acquainted with SAT questions.
There's no miracle book or manual, you just have to train your brain to know what they're looking for. Also, if you get a practice book it's really important that after each section you don't just check your answers, but actually read the answer explanation. These explanations are very similar for each question and reading them makes it easier to know what possible ways they are trying to trick you.
GoodLuck!
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Everyone in my school did bad on the reading because you have a lot to read in not a lot of time and then answer the questions. You have to learn to skim through the reading read the questions then go back and find them. Most schools around here had SAT prep classes at night. I took a math prep and an English prep. The math really helped because I was in pre-calculus at the time and a lot of the questions were algebra and geometry so it got me familiar with those types of questions again. I highly recommend getting a book of SAT vocab and learning all of them. You can also take them a couple times and improve on what you got wrong each time. I know someone who went from a 1200 to an 1800 because she kept retaking them. I also know someone who got a 2190 so it's.deffinately possible.
Good luck!
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