| When you study yourself into exhaustion, yes, that's studying to much.
Is there an established time limit for the amount of studying that should be done? No, and that will vary for each and every person.
I took the SAT cold at the end of Sophomore year, then again in March of my Junior year, and though I did well (above 1800 each time), I knew I could also do better if I studied a bit more. The June SAT happened to fall right after intensive studying for my AP exams, so I studied off-and-on the week before that test (nothing extreme, I just made sure to look at the material for half an hour or so each day) and pulled my score up 300+ points.
The math section remains my lowest, and if I had done intensive studying, I'm sure I could have pulled that up significantly, but I played to my strengths and tried to max out my writing and critical reading scores, and I feel that worked to my favor.
Now that I'm studying for the Subject Tests, I'm once again testing to my strengths, and only spending enough time on book review to feel comfortable with the material. I think my time will be better spent on college applications and fine-tuning extracurriculars than trying to squeeze an additional 20 or 30 points out of a test. |