category: sat
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should i retake the sat?
if you’re taking the sat, there’s a pretty good chance you’re going to take it twice—once at the end of junior year and once at the start of senior year. if you’ve only taken it once so far, going through the test again might sound about as pleasant as an leisurely afternoon of waterboarding (not…
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sat video friday – an equilateral nightmare
oh, the dread ratio. especially on geometry questions! how dare they not give us numbers!? actually, sometimes ratios can make things easier. the same goes for percents. if you are only looking for the percent by which one thing is bigger than another, the actual numbers don’t matter. just choose easy-to-work-with number(s). the ratio of…
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sat data interpretation
bars and pies? yum, pass the ice cream! charts? whoa, sounds like a fun new board game. well, in both cases you are mistaken. the most common graphs featured on the sat math are bar graphs and pie charts. having a basic understanding of these two graphs can go a long way on the sat…
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what to bring to the sat
fear of the unknown is a big cause of pre-sat stress. but it doesn’t have to be. the sat is a known entity! many of us have taken it (multiple times) and we have wisdom to share. so, if you’re stressed because you don’t know what to expect on saturday, you’re not alone. let us…
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best free sat vocabulary resources
you don’t need to spend hours making flashcards to improve your sat vocabulary. try these great free sat vocab tools instead!
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big ideas of sat coordinate geometry
this is mike mcgarry, magoosh’s gmat expert. as you may know, the gmat is the entrance exam for business school. believe or not, folks studying to be the business leaders of tomorrow don’t necessarily know any more math that you do! you see, some folks get to the end of whatever their last required math…
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sat video friday – mr. right triangle
always pay attention to the level of difficulty of a question, which you can figure out based on how close to the end of the section a question is. if it is just seems way too easy, it might very well be a trap. so watch out for the first thing that jumps out at…
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top ten online tools to improve your sat writing score
there are tons of great resources out there as you study for the sat! the sat writing section can be difficult to study for—especially the essay section. here are tons of online tools you can use to set you on that road to your ideal score! 1) writer’s digest writer’s digest has tons of…
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sat video friday: a radical cube
every now and then you’ll see a cube on the sat in which a dotted line connects vertices on other ends of the cube. your job is to find that line. this usually requires that you have to use the pythagorean theorem twice (talk about cumbersome!). luckily, i’m here to the rescue. when ever you…
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choosing between two answer choices on the sat
if you’ve ever taken an sat class and gotten to the reading passages, you’ve probably heard someone say it before; you may have even said it yourself. this common refrain goes something like this: i narrow it down to two answers, and i always choose the wrong one. as a teacher, i might find it…