You can study for the SATs with a guide; the best ones out there include the princeton review guide, and tutorfox new sat guide. When I first took the SAT, my score was low in the mid 1700s but then I got the sat guide from TutorFox: http://www.tutorfox.com/satguide.html and my score went up to 2190 (800 math, 760 writing, 630 reading). I highly recommend this guide for anyone wishing to get a higher SAT score.

As for specific things to study, there’s no way to know exactly what will come up. You just need to take practice tests and look for types of questions that show up again and again. However, you can prepare for the essay part (part #1) of the SAT. The topic is usually so general that you can probably find a couple of books, biographies, life experiences, or historical events that would be relevant to most topics. For example, you could probably write a paragraph about Lance Armstrong in 9 out of every 10 essays. Also, you can usually get by on just remembering the books that you read in the past year.

If you want to prepare for other sections, as I said before, just look for recurring questions. It’s not as if you can study a specific vocabualary word and expect it to show up. For math, everything will be stuff that you learned in school over the last few years, nothing new.

Where – When you sign up, you’ll get a list of nearby options. The testing centers are usually schools. Chances are that you’ll take the SAT in your school or a nearby one.

What score is good enough – There are plenty of books, such as the “Fiske Guide to Colleges,” which tell you what scores you need. Also, the university’s website probably says something about it.

Score after retake – Each school has its own system, but the one that I’ve seen the most makes it so the best score from each section is used. For example, someone gets a 550 on math, 300 on reading, and 370 on writing. The second time, he gets 500 on math, 450 on reading, and 400 on writing. This person would get the better score on each section. In other words, he would be credited with a 1400 (550 math, 450 reading, 400 writing).

the PSAT is usually taken 1st before SAT … the total points for SATs are 2400… Try to get higher!!

There are also certain dates to take PSAT and SATs…. you can go to collegeboard.com to get more info. and regostration!

Hope that helps and good luck for your next SAT!