<p>what advice can u give to a student with about 3 weeks to study for the exam and hasnt started studying yet? any helpful hints, tricks, anything that will help me prepare for the exam and succeed. thanks</p>
<p>yeah don't eat too much the day before the test or you will have to take a major **** during it.</p>
<p>As for actual studying, it never really did much to help me (except vocab).</p>
<p>practice for the essay.....ppraacctiiceee foorr thee essaaaaaaaayyyyy
<em>runs off screaming</em></p>
<p>yeah :(
not studying for the rest was fine but going into the essay completely unprepared was absolutely terrible</p>
<p>hmmm....im not too worried bout the essay - i tend to good alright on those. any more advice, study tips - anything in particular i should study - stuff that caught u by surprise? anything?</p>
<p>I just want to back up the practice for the essay one! I only wrote one practice essay before the test, and I had NO idea how difficult it would be, at 8 in the morning, to face a ridiculously general essay prompt and have to come up with examples that could support a thesis for it. My mind went totally blank. After writing (what I consider to be) an atrocious essay, I was feeling panicked. I couldn't concentrate for the next section. I think essay practice is essential.</p>
<p>Also, if I were you, I would get together some good people and events from history and literature and current news that could be applied to a wide range of topics. I actually went through the SparkNotes for some books we read in AP English this year, and I ended up using one that I had refreshed my memory on for the test. It was really helpful to know the author and character names, haha.</p>
<p>oh my god, buy Kaplan's 2007 SAT study book. "SAT comprehensive program"
Spend as much time readingit and doing the practice tests. i bought it two days before the test, and it significantly helped me in many areas that i would have done poorly on. Its $20. Get it. It is worth it.</p>
<p>Taking practice tests in general is worth it. Very. Also, I was signed up for the college board's SAT question of the day. It was usually vocab or sentence corrections, but it was a quick and easy way to practice daily. Occasionally they'll throw a math one at you.</p>
<p>Also, depending on what section/s is/are your weaker one(s), you should focus on that area when studying to improve. But that's pretty obvious, huh?</p>
<p>Oh, and get a good night's rest. Do your best not to be nervous. If you're going to get nervous, do it before the test, not once you start taking it (like I did)!</p>
<p>i'm sure all hte otehr suggestions are good, but do princeton review. read it, get a feel for all the strategies. if you're strong in math, run over the math really quick and make sure you've got a handle on everything, get a feel for it. and then, do a thousand billion cr questions practicing the strategy of writing in your own answer before you look at the choices...then comparing yours to find the right answer. then, read the strategies for the essay, come up with a few specifics you can use (two literature, two history is usually sufficient) and memorize a few dates about them for use in the essay. then look over some vocab thats in the review book. you're set for above 2000.</p>
<p>if you're strong in language, dont worry so much about doing so many...but still use that one strategy. it helps a bunch. for math, learn how to use your calculator for everything. learn what key math words such as coefficient, vertex, etc are. learn how to do series. learn how to check the given answers instead of coming up with an answer, and to plug in numbers. dont do math problems how you're supposed to...do what gets the right answer the most often.</p>
<p>Hmm...I didn't really study. I would suggest maybe going over those stupid geometry theorems that I haven't done since the beginning of freshman year (though I think there were more geo questions on the ACT than the SAT.) I don't think memorizing a vocab list would really help, but being familiar with basic grammatical principles = good plan. Also, I would recommend doing a practice essay or reading over an example essay to get a feel for the essay format and expectations.</p>
<p>practice questions...practice questions...practice question...</p>
<p>read all of sparknotes ....its free</p>