<p>how much should I be studying the SAT during the summer?
my mom was saying that I should be studying 6 hours everyday. yes. she's an asian mom</p>
<p>haha, I"m asian too, my mom told me to study a little bit every day so it builds up slowly.
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well, it really depends on where you are , and what you need to work on. But I think just an hour a day is plenty, as long as you do it everyday.
After all, it is summer, go out and enjoy some sun :D</p>
<p>6 hours a day is excessive.
i can help you come up with a reasonable time, but first i need to know the following:
- how high are you aiming?
- what are your scores now? (take a released practice test if you don’t know yet)</p>
<p>You’re supposedly more likely to learn if it’s done in smaller sections and with breaks in between. I think it’s 15 minutes for every hour or something. So effectively, if you were studying six hours per day, you’d also have to take an hour and a half off in between the six hours. So that’s seven and a half hours per day. No one’s in school that long. Haha. </p>
<p>I read something one time that making use of the time where you have nothing to do is a good idea. So when you’re brushing your teeth have a list of things you need to remember pinned to the wall so you memorize it while you’re doing something else. Multitasking! Hahah! You should probably also find your ‘learning time’. Some people work better in the morning, some in the afternoon, some at night. Plus it also depends whether you need to memorize stuff or whatever so finding the time you’re best at that is a good idea. </p>
<p>I do agree that six hours is excessive though. S:</p>
<p>i’m aiming for one sat practice test a day, but even that is excessive… so yea.</p>
<p>you decide that. if you want to complain go right ahead. just remember there are people like me who will tear you up on exam day</p>
<p>How about a practice test every saturday and spend one week or so reviewing the test?</p>
<p>It seems fairly reasonable so you don’t burn off tests months before October and forget everything. Right?</p>
<p>@OP: 6 Hours a day… That’s enough to make some one see bubbled letters everywhere xP But there are prep centers in my area that starts at 9 in the morning and ends at 7-9 in the night… Scary.</p>
<p>I would just study about 15 mins a day tops</p>
<p>yah my family and i are entirely asian. and my older and only other sibling is a total angel child (<strong><em>straight a’s through high school. and couple hundred service learning hours. full scholarship to local univ. and now he is getting his doctrade</em></strong>) so that gives me big shoes to fill. now i study pretty much everyday for the SATs and im just now about to be a sophomore so i know how you feel. but what i do is take plenty of notes while im studying and make flash cards of math formulas and vocabulary so i dont have to keep on opening that 50 pound book all the time. all i need is my notebook of notes and my flashcards. but i guess maybe 3 hours a day should be good with 2 10 minute breaks and then you can do other stuff the rest. just a side note. for sat studying i’d recommend the college board blue book and direct hits volumes 1 and 2 and also rocket review revolution! </p>
<p>hope this helps!</p>
<p>As others have said before:
First I would do a diagnostic to see how far you are right now from where you would like to be. Then I would go through the book 10 real SAT’s and do a section of what you have problems with at a time, and then after you do a section go back over it to really understand where your mistakes lie. </p>
<p>You should not be studying all summer for the SAT’s. You should be going out, doing things helping people. From the college perspective, it looks much better that you spent your summer improving yourself and getting some perspective on things than having spent your summer studying for the SAT’s.</p>
<p>I agree w/ the post above. My son has been studying for the PSAT/SAT (he’ll be a junior this year) most days for 1 hour. He doesn’t study until evening b/c he spent the first 5 weeks of the summer working in a science lab affiliated w/ Columbia, the next 4 weeks at a Shakespeare theater program, and then he’ll have one week off before varsity soccer tryouts in mid August which end the weekend before school begins. While he’ll want to achieve excellent scores on his tests, it’s just as important that he be engaged in things that inspire him, especially during the summer. It makes him happy and refuels him for the school year ahead. And it certainly won’t hurt his college apps. You’re more than your SAT scores. Study for the SATs but find other stimulating things to do this summer.</p>
<p>Hour a day, maybe a full length practice test thrown in there occasionally.
6 hours a day is excessive by far. If you study that much - in one week you would have studied more than I have in my entire life for the SAT.</p>