Advice About My SAT Practice Test

Groundwork2022
Fri, 24 May 2019 21:36:35 +0000

You don’t need to share all your practice scores with your parents, unless perhaps you want to enlist their help.

What is the highest level of math you have completed? Your score isn’t hopeless, it’s just a little early for an actual SAT. It’s more likely you haven’t covered the material. Most sophomores haven’t developed the stamina for 4-hour tests either.

I would postpone the test, take the Khan Academy prep class over the summer (and do whatever other studying you feel would be effective for you), and take another practice test in August. Don’t take the real thing until practice tests show you are close to being within range of your goal. How close is up to you, but I’d say 100 or so points. Take as many practice tests as you would like.

There are a few colleges that want to see scores from each of your attempts. So until you know who those are (Georgetown, Yale…) and you either score high or rule them out of your college search, just play it safe. Yes, most colleges only look at your highest scores, but when the time comes senior year, it is still going to suck knowing you have to share a 940.

It is great that you are planning ahead for this test. I’m all for early prep, so long as the student feels up to it. Just have a smart plan for how you go about it.