<p>There have been countless threads of which book to use, but there is something more important: the way you study.</p>
<p>Do you get out your blue book and do some random problems? Do you work on each section for 10 minutes? What is the best way to study?</p>
<p>Do one question type at a time for about 30 minutes or so. It's easier to figure out your mistakes that way.</p>
<p>It maybe helpful to do one section of problems and analyze how you did on that section. Did you get the answers correct because you knew them or made an educated guess? Did you get the answers wrong because you made a mistake or you didn't know? You can work on the problems you got wrong so that you can get it right next time if you encounter similar problems.</p>
<p>you cheat lolz</p>
<p>You don't really study.
Say you spent 100 hours for the SAT
Spend 1-2 hours learning the tested concepts
Spend the 98-99 hours practicing
Practicing is like training; get accustomed to the SAT, improve yourself, reduce mistakes, fill in gaps, increase speed but maintain that razor-sharp accuracy, train till you have perfected the art of the SAT to your full potential. </p>
<p>So yeah, practice, not study</p>
<p>Also, concentrated efforts on the different sections is most important. Only take full tests at the end of your training period to develop stamina.</p>
<p>For me, it was a matter of going over what I did wrong that helped me. I could take all the practice tests in the world, but I wouldn't show any improvement if I didn't find out what I was doing wrong. For the most part, I found patterns in my wrong answers, as I would consistently apply the same illogical reasoning for certain types of questions. Go over your mistakes and that will definitely help :)</p>
<p>Also, I would recommend trying to do a full practice test before you take the actual SAT, because the SAT tests not only your test-taking skills, but also your stamina. The first time I took it, I nearly fell asleep halfway through because I was so bored and had never taken a full-length test.</p>
<p>Other than that, daily practice is good (the SAT Question of the day is pretty helpful), and of course sleep and eat well the day before the test.</p>
<p>If you are beginning your SAT preparation for the first time, then:
Maybe U'll want to know what are the different concepts tested.</p>
<p>example:
Pick up BArron's guide and check out the types of errors in sentence error questions like maybe faulty diction, pronoun-antecedent problems... etc.
Take a grammar book and review all these concepts well... the type of error and ways(plural) to correct it.
Practise the sections on the SAT that contain sentence errors.
Find out ur mistakes and proceed with more tests until u get more right answers than the wrong ones or until you have got them all right.</p>
<p>sounds simple? WEll SAT is an exam for which u can study 'concepts' but not answers as such.
if u spend say x hours in studying what is being tested
then u cud spend 3x hours in practising and acquiring strategies for SAT</p>
<p>P.S. ^^ using the abouve method for my preparation. Hope it works!
And good Luck</p>