How do I prevent carelessness on SAT MATH

pwcpeng
Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:36:49 +0000

Unfortunately blind practice without guidance won’t improve results.

Like Dr. Steve mentioned, one type of careless mistake is the “trap” mistake…which isn’t true carelessness but simply falling into one of the the SAT’s cleverly laid traps. If you brush this off as “careless” without understanding the root cause behind it and believe brute practice will improve your score significantly, it’d truly be a miracle if you got a much higher score.

You must identify these traps and not simply tell yourself, “Oh, just be more careful.”