[Note: this refers to the old version of the SAT. I’m working a new post that shows how to analyze the College Board’s Score Report for the new SAT.] Here are 5 steps to take to get the most out of the College Board’s Full Score Report. Step 1: Download the SAT Score Report If you haven’t […]
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SAT Math: Everything you need to know about exponents on the SAT
Exponent problems show up frequently on the SAT. Here’s the run down on what you absolutely need to know about them in order to answer any exponent problem on the SAT. You’ll need to memorize these exponent rules. (They are not listed in the handy list of formulas at the beginning of each section.) […]
SAT Strategy: There are no answer choices
Many of my students hate the math fill-in-the-blank section because there are no answer choices. They apparently love the security of having answer choices A through D in the other sections of the test, as if the mere presence of the answer choices will somehow help them find the right one. The answer choices […]
Where's the beef?
Back in the 1980’s, Wendy’s ran a hamburger commercial poking fun at their competitors’ large buns and small burger patties. I feel the same way about some of the College Board’s SAT explanations: All bun, no patty. Good intentions First, let’s praise the College Board for making the 2014-2015 Official SAT Practice Test available […]
Where are the hard questions located in the SAT math sections?
[Note: This refers to the old SAT] Did you know that you can score into the 600s (which is the 75th percentile) WITHOUT having to answer any hard questions?
SAT Math: Bringing a cannon to a water gun fight
I’ve got a kid who is bringing a cannon to a water gun fight in the SAT math section. (Which is unusual – most of the time I have kids bearing water guns wandering around the battlefield of the hard questions. Yesterday a student misread a hard question and interpreted it as “22 plus what equals 72.” […]