[Note: This post refers to the old SAT] Do you all remember Mad Libs? You make up nouns, verb and adjectives to add to a paragraph of text. Then you read the resulting paragraph and general hilarity ensues. We loved them as kids and my daughter loves them now. Some of my students approach […]
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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 […]
SAT Strategy: Advancing in another direction
[Note: This refers to the old SAT. But the underlying point still applies. While you should ANSWER all the questions on the new SAT (since there’s no longer a wrong answer penalty), you shouldn’t SPEND TIME on all the questions. For most kids, focusing on FEWER questions leads to a HIGHER score.] Successful strategies Sometimes […]
Where are the hard questions in the SAT Critical Reading sections?
[Note: This refers to the old SAT.]
SAT Reading Strategies: Love and cupcakes
One of my beautiful students, M., has done an amazing job pulling up her reading score in practice tests. (Here’s how she achieved 100+ point increases in math and writing overnight.) She started out with a 460 on the March SAT. That’s the 37th percentile. She’s been steadily pulling up that score over the […]
Tricks to increase your SAT vocabulary
Use them or lose them The best way to learn new SAT vocabulary words is to use them, repeatedly, until you’ve got the definition in your bones. Here are several tricks to help you learn new words. [Tweet “#SAT Vocabulary: Use it or lose it!”] Write them down Write down a list of 10 unknown […]