SAT Test Preparation Tips

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SAT Time Management

Keep track of the time (duh!?!)

You should bring a non-beeping watch with you to the SAT exam. Before the beginning of each section, write down the time the test will end. You can refer to this periodically during the exam to gauge your performance.

Allocate your SAT test time wisely

Do not spend time reading the instructions. You should do this during your preparation and go into the exam already understanding its structure and types of questions asked. The SAT is intentionally designed to make you feel time pressure and the time spent reading instructions is better spent answering the questions.

You will give your best performance if you neither rush through every question nor take an incredibly long amount of time on a few questions and leave the rest unanswered.

There is most definitely a proper balance between these 2 extremes.

All the questions are worth the same number of points. As a result, it will behoove you to NOT spend an inordinate amount of time with the more difficult questions.

Should you have some time left over at the end of a section...

This 3 hour exam will play a large role in determining the rest of your life. Think about it. Do you want to work for people like us or would you rather be our boss? You're young and full of energy. Suck it up and spend the remaining time checking your answers. Don't stop working until the proctor says to.

If you have time at the end of each section, feel free to go back and re-examine the most difficult questions that you decided to omit. We also strongly encourage you to check your answers to the first questions as these are generally very easy and you should be able to quickly catch any dumb mistakes that would have otherwise cost you a "gimme" question.

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