{"id":5361,"date":"2016-02-12t10:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-12t18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/?p=5361"},"modified":"2016-03-03t10:53:52","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03t18:53:52","slug":"retaking-the-sat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/retaking-the-sat\/","title":{"rendered":"retaking the sat"},"content":{"rendered":"

studying for an sat retake<\/h2>\n

first off, you need to ask yourself: what could i have done better. now i\u2019m not talking about a catch-all explanation (\u201ci was tired\u201d or \u201cmy pacing was off\u201d). i want you to think of this as a crime-scene investigation, the kind you see in t.v. procedurals in which every speck of dust is upturned, every angle of the crime explored. <\/p>\n

so put on your detective hat, grab a blank piece of paper and write down as specifically as possible, what went wrong test day.<\/p>\n

so what i\u2019m going to do is come up with common scenarios, then get more specific, and finally give out advice that should help for each scenario.
\n <\/p>\n

1. \u201ci was tired\u201d<\/h3>\n

okay, so did go to sleep late that night? if so, did you go to sleep late? more likely than not, you are going to answer that you went to sleep early\u2014you just couldn\u2019t fall asleep. <\/p>\n

solution<\/strong>: go to bed wednesday night (three days before the test) at the time you hope to go to bed friday night (10 p.m. is a safe bet).
\n <\/p>\n

2. \u201ci didn\u2019t prep enough\u201d<\/h3>\n

okay, let\u2019s first attack this from a section approach. was there a specific section that you struggled on? let\u2019s say it was math. and let\u2019s say that you spent too much time studying trigonometry and the quadratic equation. in the end there were only a few questions covering this information. it was the word problems and the convoluted algebra equations that got you. <\/p>\n

solution<\/strong>: study those specific topics that gave you trouble on the exam and that were more common than you anticipated. if you need a reminder, take a college board practice test<\/a>. you\u2019ll only need to take the one section where you struggled.
\n <\/p>\n

(for our thoughts on the best sat prep books 2016<\/a>, check out this link.)<\/p>\n

3. \u201cmy pacing was off\u201d<\/h3>\n

first identify the specific section. if you feel it was the entire test, then deal with each section at a time. for reading<\/a>, say you spent too much time rereading the passage (again, you\u2019ll have to be a detective and figure out the exact reason, not the general reason). you might want to slow down slightly during the first read so you can retain more information. <\/p>\n

struggling with pacing on the writing section? again, you\u2019ll want to dissect your approach. <\/p>\n

solution<\/strong>: when studying for the makeup, if necessary, try out different approaches to the passages to see which work better. you might find that it is the pressure of the test that causes you to rush. if so, that\u2019s all useful. keeping practicing with a timer to make things as test-day like (and therefore stressful!) so you\u2019ll be less rattled test day.
\n <\/p>\n

4. \u201cthe questions i practiced weren\u2019t like the ones i say test day\u201d<\/h3>\n

the best practice, bar none, are official questions<\/a>, those created by the college board. since these questions are free it\u2019s not the best excuse in the world to say that you couldn\u2019t find them. but often you use up all this material. regardless, you should never use subpar material. <\/p>\n

solution: consider ditching the material you prepped with first. stick to college board, or if you have to use other material, that the material has good reviews and feedback (you can do a google search to find this out). my two cents: out of the usual book suspects, barron\u2019s has been creating the best sat books<\/a> for many years and with the latest sat this seems to be the case.
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studying for an sat retake first off, you need to ask yourself: what could i have done better. now i\u2019m not talking about a catch-all explanation (\u201ci was tired\u201d or \u201cmy pacing was off\u201d). i want you to think of this as a crime-scene investigation, the kind you see in t.v. procedurals in which every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[65,64],"ppma_author":[24882],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nretaking the sat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"need to take the sat again? here's how you can prep to make sure the second (or third) time around is the best one yet.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/retaking-the-sat\/\" \/>\n<meta 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