<p>I am currently a junior and am signed up for the December SAT and this will be the first one i take. I have been studying for the PSAT (well i'm done now) and those topics are the same as the SAT right? Mainly i want to know what should i be doing to prepare with about a month to go. My two weak areas are math and writing, should i just be doing straight up practice tests or reading about the subjects covered in those sections. Here are a few more questions i have</p>
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<li><p>For writing, what is a good resource to improve my score, i think i need most help in sentences with pronoun error, semicolons, and questions with no error where i percieve an error.</p></li>
<li><p>For math what is the best strategy, what is a good math workbook with lots of problems to practice with. </p></li>
<li><p>I plan on taking the SAT again regardless of my score so should i do all 10 practice tests from the collegeboard now or do like 5 and 5. Why i am worried is that, i always tend to remember which ones i got wrong and even remember the answer so i feel like once i take the test i won't be able to honestly score myself again on that test.</p></li>
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<p>writing strategy: im sure you’re smart already, take a crash course with a tutor for like 6 hours, and you’ll figure out everything as long as you know your weaknesses</p>
<p>math strategy: practice, practice, practice. memorize some basic number rules and a few formulas. reading the notes on those kaplan math workbooks is actually helpful. im not sure which workbook is the best, but i particularly don’t like sparknotes. they inflated my sat ii scores and i ended up getting lower than i expected.</p>
<p>get as much practice as you can, that’s all i can say</p>
<p>i know i need math practice but i don’t know where to get it, i am considering the barron’s math workbook, is that a good investment for the test.</p>
<p>im not sure
i wasnt the type to study by myself so i had to get a tutor for 5 months
just as long as your korean mom isnt forcing you to be tutored from sophomore year…total waste of money in all honesty…unless youre hopeless</p>
<p>The best thing you can do for yourself is study the hell out of any section you aren’t naturally good at, read some guides on what kind of essays they’re looking for, and above all wake up and go to the testing center confident. You have to tell yourself that you’re going to absolutely destroy the test. Nervousness can distract you and cause you to make stupid mistakes.</p>
<p>Also, familiarize yourself with the grading system and how omissions and guesses work.</p>
<p>break it up conventially, 5 paragraphs. i did this for my Nov one.</p>
<p>then do a hook, background, and a thesis. </p>
<p>for the body paragraphs, 1st do literature in school such as “catcher in the rye” then, 2nd do something of relevance for my essay i did history in renaissance through arts and the humanism movement. 3rd do it on current times.</p>
<p>conclusion, i fit all that in the alloted space at 24.5 mintues</p>
<p>i feel that i can do well on the essay, its the improving sentences and finding errors that gets me. I am not all that worried about the essay portion. What are some tips for that part.</p>
<p>i agree with prmdi. practice is VERY important and I kind of knew the sat like the back of my hand after taking sooo many SAT practice tests XD
a good book for a lot of math practice is Barron’s SAT book… it’s so thick and has soo much math. I solved all of the math section and it helped me on math sections… but i’m not sure if it’s that good because I’m kind of good at math XD. I also used Barron’s math workbook but I thought it was a little too easy compared to real SAT questions…
For writing part, try checking out Outsmarting the SAT by Elizabeth King. It helps because it shows you how to spot writing errors pretty well and they get repetitive after a while (which is always a good thing).
it’s good that you don’t have trouble with CR… CR killed me my first and second time taking the SAT. =(
Good luck and study hard!! =)</p>
<p>Just don’t freak out about it. If you’re panicking during the test, you won’t do well, that’s basically a given. I didn’t stress about it - in all honesty, I barely studied - and I got a 2050 my first time and a 2330 the second. You don’t necessarily have to waste your life obsessing over a study guide, unless you’re really gunning for a 2400. Also, as a junior, you’re really getting ahead by taking it in December; you can kind of view this as a ‘practice’ test, then look at your scores and figure out what you need to study and take them again in May or sometime next fall. Good luck!</p>
<p>Yeah i know about the sleep thing, i plan on just doing some minor review friday and then going to bed. I am going to do one final practice test on thursday. I realized that doing practice tests on back to back days can just cause SAT burnout, i want to be fresh on Saturday so i can do well.</p>