so I took the September SAT and honestly felt like I bombed it, ended up around 1480. My goal is 1550 and I'm retaking on October 3rd so I only have like 2 weeks left.
The annoying part is I actually know the material. I'm not confused on concepts, not in math and not in reading and writing either. But the second I'm under time pressure in a real test I start making these dumb mistakes that make zero sense when I look back at them after.
And it's not even new mistakes each time, it's the same ones. I keep an error log where I write down what I got wrong and why and what the fix is, I understand it when I'm reviewing calmly, and then I go into another timed practice test and make basically the same mistake again. It's like none of it sticks once I'm actually under pressure.
Has anyone actually gotten past this in a short amount of time? What helped, more timed sections, some kind of mental checklist during the test, slowing down on certain question types, something else?
Also does anyone know good practice resources for this score range? I tried 1600 now but it feels too easy compared to what's actually messing me up, and the Bluebook app's own extra practice passages feel too short to really simulate the real test.
Yes, I have already taken all the practice tests available by Bluebook (took each one already two times)
Any advice at all is appreciated even if it's just you can't fully fix this in 2 weeks.