Are you improving fast enough? Analyze the trend between two practice tests to project your final exam score.
Improvement is rarely linear. It comes in bursts (epiphanies) and plateaus (grinds). Simply "taking more tests" is not a strategy; it's brute force. Our Practice Test Improvement Calculator measures your "Rate of Change" (Slope) to predict where you will land on exam day. If you improved 30 points in the last 2 weeks, can you sustain that for the next 4 weeks? This tool gives you the hard data.
Going from a 1000 to a 1200 on the SAT is relatively easy (pick up the low-hanging fruit). Going from a 1500 to a 1550 is excruciatingly hard (perfect the nuance). This calculator accounts for the fact that improvement slows down as you get closer to a perfect score.
velocity is how many points you gain per week. Acceleration is how much faster you are learning. If your velocity is +20 points/week, stick to your plan. If it drops to +0 points/week, you have hit a "content ceiling" and need to stop testing and start studying concepts again.
Score: 1300 -> 1250 -> 1320 -> 1240. This means you are inconsistent. You know the content, but your focus wavers. Stop studying math and start studying "mindfulness" and stamina. Your issue is execution, not knowledge.
You got a 1450! Amazing. But the next week you got a 1380. The 1450 was likely a "lucky" test that played to your strengths. Use the 3-test average to find your "True Score" and ignore the single highest outlier.
Score: 1200 -> 1200 -> 1210. You are taking tests but not reviewing them. Taking a test measures you; reviewing a test improves you. Spend 2 hours reviewing for every 1 hour of testing to break the flatline.
Realistically? 40-80 points on the SAT or 1-3 points on the ACT. Anyone promising "+200 points in 2 weeks" is selling snake oil. Meaningful improvement requires rewiring how your brain processes the questions.
Yes, but it is the slowest to move. Math is faster (learn the formula, get the points). Reading requires changing a lifetime of reading habits. Give yourself 2x more time to improve Reading than Math.
For "Drilling," yes. But for "Data," no. You need to simulate the fatigue of the full 3-hour marathon to get an accurate score. Partial tests usually inflate your score because you are fresh.
Re-take the first one you ever did. If it has been 4 months, you won't remember the answers. It is better to re-take a high-quality official test than to take a low-quality third-party test.
Mostly. Once you learn the grammar rules, you rarely forget them. However, pacing and stamina atrophy quickly. If you take a month off, expect your first score back to be 30-50 points lower due to rust.
