Which is better - SAT or PSAT

mom2collegekids
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:58:37 +0000

Adding to above…

Buy some good SAT and ACT prep books. Then have her do a few sections, have her circle the ones that she kind of guessed the answers. Then have her check her answers to see why she got certain ones wrong and look at the ones that she “guessed right” to see WHY those guesses were right.

Don’t time her at first. Later, definitely start timing her to help her get used to long test-taking and “pacing yourself”.

(you can even use the SAT prep book to prepare for the PSAT…just ignore the essay part for now)

BTW…if you need to…dangle a carrot to get her to do some practice test sections…once she sees her scores improve, she’ll practice on her own, no motivation needed. At first, I would pay for movie tix for my son and a friend if he practiced. Soon, he began practicing all on his own.