SAT MANY times

zannah
Tue, 05 Apr 2016 23:14:10 +0000

The best preparation for college-admissions tests is taking college-prep classes or better, take notes and think, complete assignments and papers to the best of your skills,do well on tests and presentations, complete homework, etc. are critical. Ensure that your read quickly and fluently with good comprehension. Two points.

First. Exams such as the SAT and ACT measure your overall academic preparation in high school as a means of predicting your grades in the early stages of college. There are scads of potential questions for any single version so trying to study for specific information, unless there is a big hole in a content area, is not a great plan. I think learning test-taking and time-management helps you manage the exam. Looking at test examples helps familiarize how questions are organized, phrased, contain key vocabulary is useful. I also looked over a middle-school math text to refresh my self on lesser used or forgotten math skills. Your best strategy is taking advantage of your high school classes. Learn!

Second. Reading is a fundamental skill that provides a lifetime of benefits. Like all kinds of skills, reading successfully requires practice, practice, practice. Reading improves overall knowledge and specific information. Frequent and active reading improves reading speed, reading books at various reading levels and lengths familiarizes you with different kinds of text and expands vocabulary. Read beyond recreational books. Zombies may be entertaining but… Think about what you have read to secure information. Learn to skim for important references so you don’t have to plod through text multiple times. I found it useful to look over the questions quickly before I red the passage.

In the olden days, we used to take the test once unless something tangible and bad happened and we could test later under far better conditions. Multiple retakes for a handful of points on a relatively minor contributor to admissions seems expensive and time consuming to me.