Getting accustomed to the types of questions on the SAT is the best way to raise your score. You can do this by taking practice questions and figuring out what scorers look for in an essay.
However, I don’t mean this to be discouraging, but you have been taught all of the necessary material seeing as how you have already graduated high school, so all you can really do to improve at this point is to become more accustomed to the test itself. While this certainly does help your score, it does not improve your general knowledge of these subjects and can therefore only go so far. It is unlikely that you will raise your score more than 100–200 points, which could possibly put you at about the 1800 mark, or the lower end of your goal score. That said, the SAT is 100% worth retaking to improve your score, especially if this was your first time taking it.
Also, these are a couple of my own personal tips:
-Never guess unless you can eliminate at least two answers. Some say to guess if you can eliminate one option, but I find myself to still be extremely unsure of my answer and that the chances of getting the question correct are still fairly low with only one answer eliminated.
-If you are running really low on time, don’t bother reading the whole remaining reading selection(s) in the Critical Reading section of the SAT. Focus on answering the questions that refer to specific sentences, the contexts/meanings of words, etc. that you can answer quickly, and then go back and read/answer the more complex questions if you have time left over at the end. If a math question is really stumping you after about a minute of looking it over (maximum), just skip it. Move on to questions that you can answer, and come back to it later if you have time. Lingering on a question that you simply can’t answer will be a major time-waster.
Lastly, if you are not planning on taking the SAT for another four years, make sure to review everything, especially math, in between now and then so you don’t forget the material.
Good luck, and I hope that all of this helps!
@zenvelo The SAT has not featured analogies since 2005.