I collected all the vocab words that appeared on the previous DSATs, from this subreddit. Here are the words with frequency more than 1 (highest to lowest):

Ubiquitous / ubiquity
idiosyncratic
eschew
unequivocal
augment
ameliorate
detrimental
discrepancy
incongruous
proxy
substantiate
evince
abate
attrition
proponent
exhaustive
harbinger
profound
pervasive
engender
monetize
impertinent
pertinent
amenable
redundancy
invariable
ambiguous
nominal
precipitation
exacerbate
assuage
rectify
belie
perfunctory
spurious
counterintuitive
undermine
attenuate
accentuate
dearth
multifarious
misconstrue
refute
manifest
expound
equivocal
enumerate
indices_of
copious
proponents
components
invoke
conflate
insurmountable
contentious
corroborate
eclipse
vindicate
mitigate
nebulous
conventional
repudiate
preclude
exploit

For the August SAT, I got a 1500 (710RW, 790 Math) and was kinda bummed because that meant I had to retake it again on October. But, I found out that two of my friends got 1550s (one got 750 RW 800 Math and another got 760 RW and 790 Math) and they were telling each other like "you got 50 points off English, you should deport yourself" and "you got 10 points off Math."

Another thing that kinda bums me out is that they studied for a day before, as in did a practice test and went straight into the exam. And we go to the same school, took the same math and English classes, and got all As together. I personally prepared for about 10 months now and took 3 tests, and my best is a 1500.

I understand they are just innate geniuses since one is on the honors list for USNCO and another qualified for USAPhO and AIME qualed like 2 or 3 times (I tried for USACO and AMC 8 once but gave up), but I still don't understand how they can perform so well on reading comprehension without proper strategies or anything.

Many students at my school seem to get ~1300s on the SAT but then turn around and get 35s on the ACT, but I can't find a single one who does well on the SAT but not the ACT. Even I did slighly better on the PreACT than the PSAT (even though I have been studying for the SAT and took the SAT). I have seen the official correlation charts that say a 35 is a 1540, but nothing I have seen in real life seems to match those. Does anyone else have this suspicion?

I also analyzed one of the Scoir scattergrams I was provided and it definitely showed data to back up my claims - the trend is at least real at my school.

The line about many individual platforms just doesn’t make sense

I took my first SAT in August and I got a 790 in Reading/Writing and a 680 in Math. I think I might be the only person I know that struggles so much with math and finds the English section easy in comparison. I definitely spent way more time studying math too, and I just can't seem to figure it out.

I have a superstore of 1510, but I really need a 1550+. Does anyone have suggestions on how I could improve to a 1550+? Thxxxx

Just looking at college admissions from an SAT score only perspective, I got a 1500 on August (720 ebrw, 780 math) as an aspiring finance and Econ major. Do I have to retake or not, because I’ve heard many people say the difference between a 1500 and a 1540 is like nothing and they’re kinda viewed as equal, and that anything 1500 and above is pretty good. I’m 100% sure my 1500 is good for like all the colleges I’m looking at except idk for like brown, Cornell, and UPenn, the only 3 reach schools I really have.

I’ve been consistently scoring in the high 1400s on the Bluebook tests, but I still haven’t reached my goal of 1500+. Since I have school, I can’t spend every afternoon doing practice questions, and with the September test coming up, I’m wondering how much additional prep time I should realistically be putting in. (I will do practice #11 but I heard #7 is also pretty accurate)

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Got a 1320 SAT with 630 reading and 690 math as junior. I went down 2 entire bars on the Expression of Ideas category cause teacher was yapping to student who didn’t know the reading had 2 sections. Overall score stayed same from November of 2025 to now with reading going up 30 points and math going down 30 points. Any tips for 800math?

Hi, I'm gonna be taking the sept sat. I had a few questions.

1. How similar was your actual score to your practice test scores? Which one closest?

2. Are the questions patterns of the practice tests similar to the test you had? Which one if you remember specially?Were they more difficult? If so do you think they were more difficult because of exam conditions or the questions themselves were trickier.

3. Were you able to Desmos a lot? I heard SAT makers were going to put in more geometry than desmosable questions, was it true for you?

4. How was RW? Were they similar in difficulty to the newly released questions by cb if you've practiced them?

If you're able to answer them thank you, if not no worries!

I've been able to get 92% of the medium level SAT cross-text connection questions correct but hard level questions are too difficult. There's so much information to possess and writing it down takes a lot of time and kinda deviates my focus. Additionally, the option choices appear to be quite arduous to perceive and yet appear to be correct. Any tips?

I'm not gonna say much because honestly, I should be studying right now but I'm too curious. Let's just say HYPOTHETICALLY, someone with bad math skills, meh english skills, and a 3.6 gpa. How would that person, HYPOTHETICALLY do on the SAT if they are taking the SAT in 5 days and is willing to study 6 hours a day. Also will be taking the October SAT. Hypothetical btw (Also I do have extented)

(Ik it's kinda a obvious question but when I ask AI, they always say some bs that I def can't pull off.)

is it possible to get a 1500+ in the october sat from a 1310 in the august one? ive been working so hard for the august sat esp for the r&w section, but i only got a 610 in r&w and 700 in math section. what should i do to improve my score significantly? ive done all bluebook practices, watching every james lu sat video and so on.

hi guys i took the august sat and got a 1370(680 english, 690 math) and I am thinking of joining prep pros for tutoring. over the summer I studied 3+ hours a day and the week leading up to the august sat all i did was study but it wasnt enough and I was extremely upset. I went through all the hard questions in sat bank and went over mistakes but i cant seem to improve. Does anyone have exprieicne with preppros and the best thing to buy from them. I have the 150 hard questions and I really need a 800 in math so give me tips and share ur expirience with prep pros thankss

I got a 1440 on the August SAT and I haven't touched the SAT since. Idk why but I signed up for back to back SATs and now I'm kinda stressing since I didn't know the September one was this close. What do I do to study with the time I have if I want to get like 60 points higher on the September one...

Hi all, I just finished taking all of the Bluebook practice tests and even did the free oneprep practice test. I want to take one more before this Saturday but I don't know what sites have a free SAT-accurate practice test.

I took august and got a 1370 690m 680rw is it possible to improve 130 for october?

What is the best way to manage time in R&W? For the long passages, reading comp etc?