New SAT Takers Unite! Tips / Info

desideratum
Fri, 05 Feb 2016 02:08:45 +0000

1420 on the PSAT. 720 English, 700 Math.
I only missed two on writing, but IMO the English section in general on the new PSAT/SAT is much harder than the old one - although if you’re skilled at understanding grammar and vocabulary in context, and you have a good grasp of reading comprehension with strong rhetorical analysis skills, you’ll do fine.
For math, it’s more strictly “by-the-book” than was the math section on the old PSAT/SAT. However, it can still be relatively confusing, and because it does begin to incorporate more trigonometry & Algebra II concepts, brush up on those. I did the worst on Problem Solving & Data Analysis, as did many of the people I talked to - so basic statistics/probability/data sets are also a good thing to focus on as well. The calculator section was, ironically, much harder than the no calculator section for me HAHA.