<p>How many vocab words do you guys study per day? I'm taking the October SAT, and I want to master the 300 essential words, Direct Hits Core + toughest by the end of the summer (so I can review like 10 words a day during the school year) . I'm not sure how I can do this effectively. Should I overload myself + review? Or should I go slowly?</p>
<p>A fact about memorizing vocab is, you’ll never get them to stick in your mind from the first time.
So here’s what to do.
Memorize 10 per day, and after you finish 50 go over all the 50 for a second time.
Then go on with the next 50, then go over all the past 100.
And so on, by the end you’d have memorized each word for multiple times and they would stick in your head.</p>
<p>I did 20-40 a day, but as mightygiant said review and repetition is very important.</p>
<p>I don’t remember long lists of words. All I do is if I come across a work I didn’t know on the test, afterwards I would check it. Write the word somewhere so you can review it later on! :D</p>
<p>Just saying, I and many others, never memorized vocab and have done very well on the SAT. I still believe that READING is more helpful</p>
<p>Studying vocabulary might not be your best strategy for improving your SAT score, unless that is the only area where you need to focus on improvement. Vocabulary represents only 1/9 of the SAT score, and while you may learn 300 words, the SAT has a database of thousands of words they can use on the test. If you want to ready yourself for the vocabulary section, the best way might be to practice identifying words on the fly based on context clues, like you’ll be expected to do during the test. Another way that could be really helpful is memorizing root words like con-, phag- , tri-: latin and greek words that make up larger words. If you see a word you don’t know but recognize the meaning of part of it it will make it easier to identify a word you’ve never seen before. There are books and websites that can help you study those root words, like Word within the Word. </p>
<p>Hope this helps, good luck with your test!</p>
<p>Meh. . . I admire you guys who don’t need to memorize lists 
However, I think I do because my test is 2 months away . . . THanks for the advice though, I’ll start to read more nytimes articles than I usually do + record the vocab words I come across</p>
<p>Yeah! That’s a good idea! Like I learn words slowly over time by reading, but looking them up always helps me do it really effectively so I understand the word after reading it once or twice.
Good luck!</p>