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even though he gets himself into more dangerous situations than he maybe needs to, harry potter is actually an awesome role model for your sat math practice. in fact, the general hogwarts system of education is pretty solid in the first place. they don’t just send students off to fight death eaters on their first day. nope—it takes years and years of hard work for students to go from levitating feathers to producing patronuses (patroni?). <\/p>\n

what’s that have to do with sat math practice? a whole lot.<\/p>\n

the good news is that you won’t need seven years for your sat math practice. but you will need some dedicated practice over a period of time\u2014and the willingness to push yourself. nobody made<\/em> harry take on all of those challenges, you know. (well, maybe lord voldemort.) but other than the dark lord, that kid was pretty darn self-motivated. <\/p>\n

so what other lessons can we glean from harry to help you with new sat math practice? well, quite a few. (maybe that’s not so surprising. those books get deep!<\/em>) for example: how long did it take you to read all seven books, again? a couple months? that’s actually, in an ideal world, about how long you’d ideally prep for sat math!<\/p>\n

what else? read on\u2026<\/p>\n

don’t underestimate good sat math practice<\/h2>\n

sure, there are students who can sit down and ace sat math on their first try. but that’s a really, really rare scenario, involving a combination of luck and previously developed skills. think about the troll harry, hermione, and ron find in the girls’ bathroom in the first book. they basically get that thing by accident. why by accident? because they haven’t learned enough to knock the troll out on purpose yet!
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\ntranslation? if you want to actually know how to master sat math, you’re going to need to start sat math practice. taking sat practice tests<\/a> is a good place to start. remember that regular practice over a longer period of time is more useful than intense practice over a shorter period—you’re more likely to retain the information in your long-term memory.<\/p>\n

not sure how to make this work in your schedule? here are some awesome sat study schedules<\/a> to help you out (as well as some sat reading practice<\/a> and sat writing and language practice<\/a> to incorporate!).<\/p>\n

accept that sat math is its own thing<\/h2>\n

don’t despair if your scores<\/a> on your first new sat practice test<\/a> aren’t as high as you’d like them to be. this is a standardized test, and there is a set of standard material that it tests over\u2026and over\u2026and over. one reason students don’t see this at first is because the sat likes to bundle simpler concepts together into mega-problems. <\/p>\n

while a question may actually be testing relatively basic algebra<\/a> and geometry principles that you’ve seen a million times, for example, the combination of those principles is what makes these problems into more of a challenge. (think of hogwarts classroom practice compared to a wizard’s duel.) that’s why you should\u2026<\/p>\n

practice one topic at a time\u2014at first<\/h2>\n

actually, let’s make that learn<\/em> and practice one topic at a time. while you’ve probably already seen sat math topics in your math classes, it may have been a while since you had to think about algebra (or even pre-algebra!). in fact, be ready to show off your knowledge of:<\/p>\n