category: sat

  • 3 day sat study schedule

    feeling like the sat snuck up on you? don’t stress! we’re here for you, with some last minute sat prep for the final days leading up to your big day.

  • how hard is sat vocabulary, really?

    if you haven’t taken any practice sats or done much in the way of prep, you might not realize what, exactly, you’re getting into. sat vocab is totally nuts. there will be words on the test that you’ve never seen or heard. i mean it. oh, you read a lot? and you think you have…

  • is the sat an iq test?

    despite the size of the test prep industry, there’s this lingering myth that the sat is an iq test, so studying for it is futile. the official response to that from the test prep giants (kaplan, princeton, barron’s…) is a pretty unanimous “hogwash!” or maybe it’s “horsefeathers!” it’s something barn related, in any case. but…

  • how hard is sat writing?

    high schoolers across the country need a strong score on the sat to boost their college applications. for some students, the writing section worries them the most. with 30% of the writing score based on a timed essay and 70% based on multiple-choice writing questions, students wonder, “how hard is the sat writing? will this…

  • how hard is sat reading?

    reading! how hard could it be, right? we are talking about the sat, though, and we know that this test likes to make things really hard. but the answer to “how hard is sat reading?” depends a lot on you, the reader. are you comfortable reading and analyzing fiction and nonfiction passages? do you read…

  • where to find full-length sat practice tests

    luckily, there are many free, full-length practice tests for the newly redesigned sat exam. many can even be found online! there is, however, one caveat …

  • 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…

  • 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!

  • 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…

  • how to relax for the sat

    “i could do better on the sat if i didn’t lose focus so easily” “i could remember more if i weren’t so stressed.” do these sentiments sound familiar?  it seems our electronically driven culture recognizes two basic human energy states —- manic and stressed while on task, and then completely blitzed and unfocused afterward.  popular…