What a week can and can't do
Seven days won't turn a 1100 into a 1400. Anyone promising that is selling something. But a week is plenty to stop giving away easy points, and that's where most students leak the most: rushed grammar questions, algebra slips, a module where the clock ran out with four questions blank.
So the plan below isn't about learning. It's about cleaning up. You already know more than your practice scores show. This week, you make sure the test sees it.
Days 7 and 6: one real practice test, then a hard look
Pick a fresh full-length test and take it like it counts. Real timing. Phone in another room. Both sections, in order, in one sitting. If you've used up the official tests in Bluebook, StudyPebble's free adaptive practice test at /sat/practice-test builds a new one each time.
The next day, go through every miss. Don't just read the right answer and nod. For each one, write down why you missed it: didn't know the rule, misread the question, ran out of time, or made a careless slip. By the end you'll have a pattern, and that pattern is your whole plan for the week.
Days 5 to 3: fix the pattern
Spend these three days on the two or three skills that cost you the most. Short sessions. Forty minutes, a break, maybe another forty. If punctuation keeps getting you, drill punctuation. If it's linear equations, do linear equations until they're boring.
Mixed practice feels productive, and it isn't, not this week. Targeted sets are faster. Redo your old misses too, a day or two after you first reviewed them. If you can solve one cold, it's fixed. If you can't, it goes back on the list.
Timing counts as a skill here. If a module ran out on you, do a few timed sets and practice letting go of a question once it runs long: the pace works out to a little over a minute each in Reading and Writing and about a minute and a half in Math. There's no penalty for wrong answers, so never leave one blank. Guess, flag it, move on.
Day 2: go light
No new topics today. Seriously. Look over your mistake notes, do one short set of your strongest skill so you walk away feeling sharp, and then stop.
Use the rest of the day for logistics. Complete exam setup in Bluebook if you haven't; it creates your admission ticket. Check your ID. Charge your device, and pack the charger. Look up exactly where your test center is and how long it takes to get there.
The night before and the morning of
Pack your bag the night before: device, charger, admission ticket, photo ID, a couple of pencils or pens, a snack and water for the break. Then close the books. Cramming at midnight costs you more in focus than it could ever give back in facts.
Sleep matters more than anything you'd study. In the morning, eat something real, leave earlier than you think you need to, and don't open your notes in the parking lot. You've done the work. Now it's just a long, careful sitting.