Catch's SAT Journey

catchtwentythree
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:09:50 +0000

^Sure!

Like I said, practice, practice, practice. Have you taken all of the tests in the blue book? No? Start taking them. Take the CR sections only if you’re concentrating on that aspect of the SAT. TIME YOURSELF. In fact, take off some time- if the section is 25 minutes long, give yourself 20. This will help you pace yourself on test day, when your nerves may be a little jittery.

The most important thing is to review after you take practice tests. Figure out why you made that mistake on vocabulary, look up the words you didn’t know, and MEMORIZE THEM IMMEDIATELY. (No, I’m serious- the words may come up again.) On reading comprehension questions, figure out why a certain passage was tricky, or why you got caught in a “trap” that the ETS laid. (They lay a TON of traps on otherwise easy questions. You will realize this the more Collegeboard practice tests you take.)

Read voraciously. (<- SAT word )
Seriously, though, find a list of classics, start reading them, analyze.
Repeat.