Scoring a 2130
Most people take the SAT sometime in their Junior or Senior year in high school. I decided to take in January of 2009 to see how I would perform and I received the score of 1730. I was fairly upset to see that I didn't score higher, so I decided that I would take the SAT again in May after doing a little bit of preparation. In May, I received a score of 1840.
At this point I was at least somewhat satisfied that my score had improved but I was not satisfied in the sense that I knew that I could easily do better, so I signed up for the June test. In June I received a 1940. Now having a 100 point increase two times in a row, I decided "What would be the harm in taking it again?" So in November of 2009, I took the SAT again and received a 2080. I was finally pleased with myself; I had gone from a 600 Critical Reading score to a 740 (2 questions away from an 800), a 550 Writing score to a 710, and a 580 Math to a 680 (if I include my highest math score.)
If I took my best score from each section, my overall score increased 400 points from a 1730 to an 2130.
The one surprising thing about my score is that I did not score well in math. I took several practice tests in Math before taking the SAT for the last time and consistently scored over 700. While I am good at math questions, I believe my problem was due to incorrectly reading the questions.
Overall, I believe that my experience with the SAT has taught me that no matter how bad a situation seems, you often have the power to alter your situation. One of the things that I believe helped my SAT score the most was reading several books about physics over the summer. The authors of the books had such incredible writing prose that I believe my ability to read and write increased dramatically, in turn affecting my reading and writing scores.