# Do I have enough time to study?

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**Tags:** psat, sat-math\
**Created:** [January 22, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/t/do-i-have-enough-time-to-study/7505 "2016-01-22T06:20:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/t/do-i-have-enough-time-to-study/7505/1 "2016-01-22T06:20:30Z")

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I'm a junior, and I'm planning on taking the SAT on March 5th, the first proctoring of the new test.

I took the PSAT in October and got a 680 in Critical Reading and Writing and a 480 in Math. Clearly Math is not my strong suit. In the past week I've buckled down and started seriously preparing for the SAT. I took a practice test and my Math score already went up to a 520.

My preferred SAT date is less than 2 months away, and I was wondering if anyone thought that it'd be possible for me to score a 650 in Math and at least a 750 in Reading within that time frame?

I know I can get my Reading score up easily, as it comes very natural to me. I'm just worried that my Math skills won't be up to snuff by March.

Any advice?

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**Author:** ![sam\_prepscholar](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@sam\_prepscholar](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/u/sam_prepscholar)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/t/do-i-have-enough-time-to-study/7505/2 "2016-01-27T04:57:20Z")

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Right now, you have about 5 weeks left to study before you take the test in March. **If you're looking for an overall improvement of around 200 points, it's a tall order, but it's potentially doable.** Most students will need around 80 hours of studying to improve by this many points, which would mean 16 hours a week of studying. Since you seem to be confident that you're a pretty efficient studier, however, **you may be able to improve by this many points with just 10 hours of studying per week.** I'd recommend getting in a solid block of studying on the weekend (5 hours or so) and then spacing out your other study hours throughout the week depending on how much schoolwork you have.

**Another option you have is to take the SAT at a later date to give yourself a little more time to study and decrease the pressure.** I'd recommend doing this if you have a lot going on in terms of extracurricular commitments and homework assignments that will impede your ability to study consistently. **Depending on your current situation, you might consider postponing the test until May or June.**

Source: [https://blog.prepscholar.com/how-long-should-i-study-for-the-sat-6-step-guide](https://blog.prepscholar.com/how-long-should-i-study-for-the-sat-6-step-guide)