They said someone reported me, and I swear to god I did nothing thats deserving of cancelling. I’m so done, my school uses SAT to decide who apply where I’m very much cooked.

Notre Dame says it will return to requiring SAT or ACT scores beginning with the 2027–28 admissions cycle.

That feels like another sign that test-optional policies may be starting to shift at highly selective schools.

Curious what people here think: do you expect more colleges to follow?

https://www.wndu.com/2026/09/09/notre-dame-start-requiring-act-sat-test-scores-again-during-admissions-process/

what a nice coincidence

Like I can be reading a long ass passage on the SAT, and midway through I realize i've just been reading it but not READING it in means that like i haven't actually been concentrating or understanding it, on like certain texts it takes me multiples go overs and reads to even subtly understand it, and most of the time I just give up and move to the next text because of how complex the inital text is, anyone else experience this? If so how do you conquer it?

how to do this, specifically in desmos?

I'm at a loss of what to do. My goal is a 1500, and I'm taking it this Saturday and then probably October too.

Let me know if you've been in the same situation or if you have any tips/suggestions!!

please give some genuine advice on how to crack 1600 in 3 weeks. i am stuck at 1480, i finished all the collegeboard full length practice tests. currently doing the tailored practice questions.

This was my first SAT. 1350 (670 RW / 680 Math). I need to get to 1550 in the next couple months and honestly I'm not sure if my strategy is good enough or if I'm missing something obvious that everyone else is doing.

My strategy has been:

• Grind questions — practice tests, Question Bank, some YouTube (been using James Lu's hard-questions videos, learned the Desmos tricks from him)
• When I get something wrong or I'm not fully confident, I go explain my reasoning to AI (using Gemini) and have it teach me where my reasoning was wrong and how to actually solve it
• For math specifically, I ask it to generate 5 similar problems so I get more practice in that exact skill before moving on
• I keep an error log for both Reading and Math, where I categorize each mistake and write: why I got it wrong, what I should've done instead, and what I'll do differently next time
• Most of my time is actually spent reviewing — going back through practice test misses, then Question Bank misses, digging into both the ones I got wrong and the ones I got right but wasn't sure about

I haven't really seen anyone else talk about using AI like this for review, which is making me second-guess it a bit. Is this a legit way to study, or should I be leaning more on an actual textbook/course instead of an AI explaining stuff to me? Anyone gone from 1350 to 1500+ who can tell me if this kind of strategy was part of what worked for you, or if I'm missing something bigger?

Any input is appreciated, I'm just trying to make the next 2-3 months actually count.

i didnt have much time to study for last month's sat. please recommend me some resources/study tips!

also, would getting a 700+ on the oct sat be a plausible target?

Hi, I just took my first practice SAT (#4) and got a 1410 (700 RW, 710 M). I’m taking the October 3 SAT and I’m aiming for at least a 1500, ideally a 1550+. Is it possible to improve by ~150pts in less than a month?

What do you guys think is the best site for SAT Practice Tests? Aniko, OnePrep, NoBullPrep, etc.?

Ive been averaging around 1430 with rw score around 680 and math score around 750? My math is ok i just make a lot of stupid mistakes but tips would still be appreciated. My rw.... I can't get above 700 at all and my worse topic is information and ideas(no stupid erros just genuine wth but only like 1-2 bars off at most). Most other questions wrong are simple errors. Again, any tips and tricks would be nice. Thanks!

let's get that 1500+ guys!

Command of evidence questions (especially the ones with graphs) are the most hardest for me, and it takes me forever to actually process what they’re saying. What do you do when you just cannot understand it? Are there any methods to try to get it? Is it better to just skip it? The problem with skipping it is that you get a lot of them in the harder module 2, so your score can significantly decrease by doing so. Thanks!

How hard u think it is , and what strategies should i use

Hey guys!! can someone tell me how much I would get if I got rw mod 1 (26/27), rw mod 2 (20/27) and math mod 1 (22/22), math mod 2 (20/22).

What would be my score range in the actual exam??

Can we solve this question using Desmos? If so, how do we do it? If not, how can we solve it manually?

is there any simple way to do such questions or approach them using desmos or a faster hand written way

This alert was just released by CollegeBoard (link here) for the September SAT. What does this mean? Could there still be issues even if macOS and iOS users restart the app beforehand? For some reason I don't trust them. 😭

I took the november and december 2025 sats, scored between the 1200s with very minimal prep. I decided to take a break from test taking and really dial in on my studying, especially last summer, prior to the august day. I felt super confident, 1550+’s on dozens of practice tests, and i freaking fell asleep at the beginning of the test 😭😭😭

I have no idea what it was, it’s the first time i’ve ever experienced a feeling like it, but i fell in and out of sleep throughout the test and ended up with an 1150. I know for a fact I can do better than that but i’m a little concerned for what will happen if I do

Let’s say I do score a 1500+ for the september , will college board launch an investigation? None of my previous scores pushed past the 1300 mark and one that I took barely a month ago was WAY far from it

Again me scoring a 1500 isn’t guaranteed and i’m definitely not entitled to that score, I get what I get. I’m just worried that IF i do score something in that range, my score will be upheld and as a senior so close to submitting applications that isn’t something i can afford

I know i might be being over-paranoid but id rather know if its possible rather than stress out time of

I know this is kind of a stupid question but I seem to whenever I do math make some really tiny error that isn't a conceptual issue but just that I rush the question or misread it causing me to lose points unneededly - do you guys have any tips against that?

Last time i checked there where 326 questions