category: sat
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10 things that are ruining your sat practice
are you getting the most out of your sat prep time? or are you going to spend hours and hours preparing for your test and see no improvement in your score because you’re making one of these simple mistakes? these are the top ten most common problems i’ve seen in my sat students in the…
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how to study sat critical reading
a quick anecdote first, i should mention that this story is a bit tweaked for dramatic effect (read: not completely true), but the main point of the story is untainted by the details i’m adding. a few years ago, i was working with class of around ten sat students through a difficult reading comprehension passage…
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how to study for both the sat and your ap tests
everybody knows it, and everybody says it: junior year can be hellish. clearly, the pressure’s on. if you’re taking on a rigorous course load, then you may be in a pretty tight spot right now, studying for both the sat and your ap tests. and even if you’re not in any ap classes, this post…
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may 3rd approaches! 5 tips to survive the sat
it’s down to the wire, ladies and gentlemen. if you’re signed up for the sat this saturday (may 3rd), you should have started studying…exactly 30 days ago. but, i was in high school once. i know how it is: you add sat prep to your calendar, you stroll down to the public library down to…
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the princeton review—11 practice tests for the sat
overview unlike most of the other sat prep books on the market, the princeton review’s 11 practice tests for the sat and psat is not about strategies and test tips—it’s simply about questions. lots of them. so if you bought this book, you are probably wondering how accurate these questions are, and how well they…
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sat vocab friday – harry potter book 2
you may be the biggest harry potter fan ever, or you may have never read a single page of this saga of a boy wizard. i’m guessing, like 99% of people, you are somewhere in between. well, even if you are a big fan of the series, you may not have known that each of…
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take two: what to do when taking the sat the second time around
some students need a trial run to understand just how challenging the sat really is. taking the sat a second time is just fine, as long as you learn from past mistakes. ali sewalt, from nextstepu.com, is here with some helpful advice. when it comes to standardized testing like the sat & act, testing twice…
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sat writing – conditional tense
the conditional tense is rarely tested on the sat, and usually when it is, the answer jumps out at you because it just sounds weird. an easy way to think of the conditional tense is as the “if” tense. it describes something that hasn’t happened but that could happen. take a look: 1) if i…
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student post: jen’s experience with the sat
today, we’re hearing about jen’s experience with the sat. she has some great tips on studying (and on life as well!). thanks, jen! 🙂 about me: hello! my name is giang but everyone calls me jen. i’m an exchange student from vietnam and now living with my host family in mccordsville, indiana. this cultural exchange program has…
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how to teach the sat
it’s funny, really. we ask a lot of our high-school teachers’ qualifications—graduate degrees, certifications, and thorough background knowledge on a subject, to name a few—but what hoops do sat teachers and tutors have to jump through? the primary qualification you’ll see most prep companies and tutors touting is high scores. there’s no certification, no minimum…