Help For A Friend!

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
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<p>Hello everyone. I love the College Confidential community, so would some people be willing to help me as I try to help my best friend? He is going to a university next year that would give him more money for a 1300 (CR+Math) and even more money for a 1400 (CR+Math). His current CR+Math is 1240, so the 1300 could easily be achieved since this will be his third attempt and he has not really trained before for the test. I made a 2300 (1500 CR+Math), so I will do my best to help him (with lots and lots of practice), but I haven't taken a course since sophomore year, so I'm a little rusty on how to prepare for the SAT. He needs more focus on Math than Critical Reading, so please keep that in mind. Any help is greatly appreciated. He has to take the SAT in June, and I really want to do everything I can to help. Most of all, I just need a plan of action as well as suggestions for the best books out there other than the Blue Book. Once again, any help is greatly appreciated!</p>

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<li>Have your friend take a timed math test from the blue book</li>
<li>Score the test using the answer sheet at the end of the test. </li>
<li>Look over his answers and see if you can find a pattern - Is he missing all the remainder questions? Is he missing the geometry questions dealing with slope? Does he know how to do function questions?</li>
<li>Help him to target his studying on the topics he is missing. I like the book: The New Math SAT Game Plan by Philip Keller ($14 at Amazon)</li>
<li>Take another timed practice test to see if he improved. Go over all the questions he missed and explain how to do them correctly</li>
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<p>For CR:

  1. Take a timed practice test.
  2. Circle all the questions he got wrong
  3. Read the answer explanations (which include why the right answer is right as well as why each other answer is wrong) at the College Board website here: [Welcome</a> to the Official SAT Study Guide Book Owner’s Area](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>SAT Study Guide – SAT Suite | College Board)
  4. Take another practice test.</p>

<p>I’d also recommend working with a tutor (disclaimer: I am a tutor). Often in one or two sessions a tutor can spot the problem and work with the student on very specific strategies to increase his/her score.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much for the help! I had an idea similar to yours, but I just wanted a set plan. Once again, thanks!</p>