Freshman seeking insight

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
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<p>I need help.</p>

<p>I am a freshman in highschool (have a GPA of 3.953, had 2 A-), and a lot of people where I live think I am crazy, but I need to start preparing for the SAT. My high school generally prepares for the ACT, so I don't have any PSAT scores, but I think I'll probably do better on the SAT. I took it in 5th grade as an "experiment" conducted by my old school district and scored a 390 in Reading and 410 in Math. We were given no way to prepare.</p>

<p>My chosen career in life is computer engineering, and so naturally I started looking at good institutes of technology. I searched on the U.S. News World's Best Universities list and set my goal. MIT. I understand the likelihood of being accepted is very, very low, but it never hurts to aim high. </p>

<p>I am currently taking Geometry, setting my math classes in the future as AlgII, Trig and then Calc as a senior. I am in the top 2 of my class. I have never gotten a B (nor do I plan to), and I take great notes in class and pay attention. I am pretty well rounded as well. The only extreme concern of mine is the SAT.</p>

<p>I've already contacted my math teacher and english teacher about preparing, but I was wondering if there was anything else I could do. I want a high SAT score. What skills will I have to know? I really need help!</p>

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<p>wait…wut…</p>

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<p>The best preparation is a marathon and not a sprint. It is VERY wise to start your preparation before or during your second year of HS and target to be done with all of the tests by the end of junior year. </p>

<p>You do not, however, have to go overboard. Start with subscribing to the daily College Board questions and perhaps do a FEW sections of the Blue Book. One section a week should be plenty. Identify concepts that are still foreign and pay attention to the classes when they come up. You will see that by the end of your current year, everything should have been covered as far as school. The rest will come from practicing the arcanes ways of the College Board and ETS.</p>

<p>Take it slowly but remain consistent. Participate in the discussions here, especially when students argue about the latest tests. </p>

<p>And, stick to the original questions released by TCB.</p>

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<p>Yeah I think that it would be best to start slowly now, just doing some of the Question of the Days, etc. You don’t need 3 years of intensive studying to prepare, and you might get burned out if you do so.</p>

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<p>I didn’t even know you could take it in 5th grade…</p>