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how hard is the sat?
note: this post has been revised to reflect changes to the sat beginning in march 2016. hundreds of thousands of high school students set their sights on college each year, which means hundreds of thousands of students are taking the sat. understandably, they want to know what they are up against. particularly those who are…
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one week sat study schedule
left your sat studying until the last minute? retaking the test and just looking for a little “tune up”? our one week sat study schedule has you covered!
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sat squirrel makes studying fun
the sat is inherently not fun. that was never the test makers intention. they didn’t choose fun passages for you to read and there are no silly math problems. but that doesn’t mean that studying for the sat needs to be boring and drab like the test. right, mr. sat squirrel? the exact opposite it…
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common sat study mistakes
have you cracked open a copy of college board’s official guide to the sat and tried answering a few legit sat questions? or have you done some practice with questions written by some of the other major test prep companies? if you haven’t done either, then go do that asap. the official guide is best…
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common sat mistakes
we all make dumb mistakes, sometimes. when i say “dumb mistake,” i don’t mean a mistake that i (or anybody else) would call stupid. this isn’t about intelligence or how other people judge it. it’s about what you yourself look at and say, “oh… that was dumb.” have you ever done that? ever looked at…
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what skills does the sat test?
how many skills does the sat test you on? on the surface, you might say there are three: reading, writing and math. and in a way, you’d be right. those are three scores you receive, after all. but there’s a lot more to it, really. here are five other skills that the sat makers are…
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sat study music
the “mozart effect” is pretty well-known, but it’s usually misunderstood or exaggerated. the truth is, it’s unlikely at best that any one type of music can help bring up your sat scores—it may even impair your memorization skills. but i still recommend listening while prepping. why? music makes studying more enjoyable even if the…
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staying focused on long sat reading passages
note: this post has been updated to reflect changes to the sat beginning in march 2016 (aka the “new” sat). have you ever found yourself reading the same sentence or paragraph over and over? it doesn’t have to be when you’re going through something as dry as an sat reading passage; it might even happen…
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two weeks before your sat
what should you do if you have about two weeks left until your test day? there’s a lot to cover, and there’s not much time to do it in, so you’re going to have to be smart about how you tackle sat prep at this point. if you haven’t been studying the test at all…
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the importance of enthusiasm for the sat
there’s a skeleton in my sat closet. it’s something i don’t always tell to students, but there’s a lesson to be learned, so here it goes: i could have done a lot better in prepping for my test. there, i said it. i took a classroom-style course from one of the major prep companies, but…