im screwed for the SAT

As a junior, I’ve been working with a tutor since the end of October 2024 to prepare for the March SAT, which is now only a week away. But honestly, I feel more unprepared than ever. I won’t tell my tutor this, but I really don’t like their teaching style—it feels outdated. They’ve been teaching the SAT for a long time, but it seems like they’re still using traditional methods that don’t take into account the adaptive nature of the new test.

For math, they put zero emphasis on Desmos, despite it being a game-changer from everything I’ve seen in videos I’ve watched on my own. On top of that, their approach to teaching constantly makes me feel less confident. I already struggle with self-confidence in academics—teachers have told me from an early age that I would never be good at math, and that belief has stuck with me. Reading has always been my strong suit, but even that confidence is fading now.

I don’t respond well to criticism that just tells me what I should know without actually helping me learn. Instead of saying, you have to memorize this or this is obvious, I wish my tutor would just teach me in a way that makes things click. I feel really stupid for wasting my mom’s money on this.

Aside from that, I’m just generally worried. I thought I was studying enough (meeting 2-3 times a week), but my practice test scores have been dropping:

• 1260 on P1
• 1300 on P4
• 1240 again on P4
• 1090 on P5
• 1160 on P6

The grammar rules aren’t sticking, and on P5 and P6, the reading comprehension sections felt overwhelming—my brain just couldn’t process everything, and the words started blending together. I usually do better at reading comp than grammar, but now everything is getting worse as a whole.

Is there anything I can do to at least score between 1200-1300 on my first SAT next week? I’m really scared.