{"id":1337,"date":"2013-11-25t19:00:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-25t19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/sat\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2018-03-05t13:26:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05t21:26:37","slug":"3-day-sat-study-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/3-day-sat-study-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"3 day sat study schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"
note: this post has been updated for the 2016 version of the sat.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n life is busy\u2014and you just haven\u2019t gotten around to studying for the sat. now suddenly it’s just around the corner… yikes!<\/em><\/p>\n maybe a little more time to study would have been more ideal, but you can’t help that now. so you\u2019ve cleared your schedule (as much as possible) and you want to spend the last few days before the test preparing. but where do you start?<\/p>\n well, here is the perfect last minute sat prep for you: the 3 day sat study schedule!<\/strong><\/p>\n keep reading for a step-by-step guide to the three days leading up to your sat, plus a list of all the materials you’ll need to succeed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n this book is the sat bible\u2013questions created by the writers of the test (the college board). it has plenty of practice tests and content to give you a sense of the actual difficulty and complexity of the test (it\u2019s more difficult than the content found in the other books). you can find it on amazon<\/a> for under $20. if you’re on a budget, you can also download the practice tests<\/a> used in this schedule for free.<\/p>\n just for you, we’ve put together a set of official sat study guide video explanations<\/a> to the college board math questions. check them out!<\/p>\n magoosh’s sat test prep<\/a> includes over 140 sat video lessons<\/a>, to help students prepare for the test. lucky for you, some of those videos are free to everyone, even without buying one of our test prep packages.<\/p>\n and since you’re short on time, you can also check out the lesson videos on our app! study while you exercise, while you wait in line, between classes, or really any time you have a spare moment. the sat test prep app<\/a> is available for both iphone and android.<\/p>\n now you’re ready to go!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1.<\/strong> open up your official sat study guide, and take the first practice test<\/a>! you’ll be covering reading, writing and language, and math, just like on the real sat. make sure to time yourself for each section.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>grade your test (you can find the answers in the back of the book).<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> figure out what you missed and why you missed it. you should spend a few minutes trying to figure out the correct answer (don\u2019t just look at the answer right away).<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> if you had any trouble with the math sections, watch our sat video explanations<\/a> for a step-by-step guide to solving each math problem.<\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> watch the following free sat video lessons<\/a>:<\/p>\n 6.<\/strong> if you’ve still got some time in your last minute sat prep, work on the common words decks in our free sat flashcards app<\/a>!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1.<\/strong> take the second practice test<\/a>. don’t forget to time yourself for each section.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> follow the same procedure marked out in day 1 (steps 2-4).<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> watch 10 math video lessons<\/a> from whatever areas you are struggling in the most.<\/p>\n we’ve broken the videos up into algebra, power and roots, probability, etc. you best know the areas where you need to brush up\u2014so you can choose which ones to watch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1.<\/strong> identify the areas of each practice test which you’ve struggled the most in, and go over those questions and their solutions for a second time.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> watch any remaining free lesson videos<\/a> on topics you feel rusty in.<\/p>\nlast minute sat prep<\/h2>\n
materials & resources<\/h2>\n
the official sat study guide<\/h4>\n
magoosh’s sat video explanations<\/h4>\n
magoosh’s sat video lessons<\/h4>\n
day 1: get to know the test<\/h2>\n
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day 2: build off what you learned in day 1<\/h2>\n
day 3: work on weaknesses<\/h2>\n