<p>I'm taking the SAT next weekend and I'm really nervous. I've taken it twice before and haven't done well. I got a new tutor and I'm doing a lot better but i still have this reoccurring issue of time management. I get pretty much all the questions i do correct but i never have enough time to finish sections! It's been a problem every time I take it and I don't know what to do about it. Please help! What can I do to speed myself up on questions (and possibly readings)? any techniques or advice would be very helpful, thanks for your time! :)</p>
<p>There is nothing that we can tell you that will make you magically faster at standardized tests; doing more problems is the only way you can overcome your issues with timing.</p>
<p>Keep doing practice sections at your normal pace and your time will improve. Practice to the point where you are very confident in your answers and aren’t hesitant or spending too much time doing or checking over each problem. That’s all.</p>
<p>Practice until you can do it in 5 minutes less than the time you are allowed.</p>
<p>Like everyone said, they only way to be better at time management is through practice. One way that MAY help is timing yourself less than the required time. So if the section is 25 min., you could try timing yourself for 20-23min. Being that time pressed could help force you to work faster.</p>
<p>agree with everyone,practice more and harder…</p>
<p>On the reading passages, i do what princeton review says. I never actually read the passages. I go through the questions, and quickly label them as either "1 (Q about passage one) 2, (Q about passage 2) or B (both). I do the questions of whichever passage has more Q’s to begin with. I first do questions such as “at line 44, what does expectant most nearly mean?” etc. After those, i then do the “what does the passage mean” Q’s, which i can answer without reading the passage. Solving the single Q’s does that for me to begin with. I then do the other passage, then questions regarding both. I’ve never had to read the whole passage entirely, but i can answer the Q’s well. Obviously, there are parts where you will have to skim the passage a bit or read a paragraph.</p>