<p>So I think I have found a pretty easy, painless way to study for the SAT's. It can raise your score tremendously and it is also the cheapest way to study. Here it is:</p>
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<li>Buy the SAT official (blue) book from the CollegeBoard. </li>
<li>Do 2 sections of a practice test (timed), 3 times a week (6 sections/week in total) for the month leading up to the exam.</li>
<li>After you complete the 2 sections for each of the given days, check your answers. If you do not have any idea how to do them, google the questions. It usually explains them well (at least the math ones) online. </li>
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<p>I have told MANY people about this method, and they have all increased their scores tremendously. Paying for a tutor usually doesn't help because on top of school work, you will always put SAT's second. My score went from 1700 to 2150 because of this method. My friend reaches 2250. I had a tutor, it did not help me at all. I tried this and it helped exponentially. Doing an entire practice test in one sitting, in your house WILL NOT WORK. You will not learn anything and it will drive you nuts. </p>
<p>Just thought I could help some struggling juniors :)</p>
<p>Thanks ! i do really good on the CR… i don’t get how people have the most problems with that</p>
<p>THE MATH ONES are difficult for me ): i didn’t start studying for that yet. wow… that is high. I’ll try this~</p>
<p>I like your method but I have to disagree with your claim about full length tests. Doing one full length test each week (especially Saturday mornings) actually helps to build endurance and gets the body and mind used to sitting for an entire session. Furthermore, one full length test each weeks allows for feedback on progress, showing how much the weekly practice has helped. This full length test should be on top of the method you proposed and thus should not be the sole method of practice. That is just my two cents…</p>
<p>@Chewydog I do agree that doing a full length test would be helpful. However, many kids do not have the patience to sit and do that on their own. I did a few full length practice tests. They were very painful to take, and I did not give as much attention to each question as I should have. Thank you for the feedback though! I also noticed that it is most helpful to do prep AFTER taking the SAT the first time.</p>
<p>So weird… someone else told me pretty much this exact method! It worked so well and now I’m headed to NYU in the fall. It doesn’t feel as inconvenient as the other methods.</p>
<p>:o
wow ,if you say its that effective and you also managed to increase your score by a lot, i may as well try it myself! :D</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I also have to agree with chewydog. I did a full-length practice test every Saturday morning in the month leading up to it, and it helped me TREMENDOUSLY in terms of building up endurance and getting used to the process. I’d think doing this is especially important for those who don’t have the patience to sit through a full-length mock test, because it would be hard to instantly develop more patience for the real thing.</p>
<p>…Or you guys can do… both? As in, you pick a day to take the full length, then the rest of the week, you guys can do his method ^^^.</p>
<p>I that I should have named this, the Most Effective Way to Study for the SATs for someone who does not have endless patience lol. If you are an extremely patient person that has all the time in the world, then full length practice tests are probably the best for you. But if you really hate doing SAT work and just want a painless method that works, then try my method. It can’t hurt to do both ways as the above poster said if you have a lot of time and energy for SAT work (which many people don’t haha)</p>
<p>You have a point there.</p>
<p>I’m suppose to be studying for AP lang and SAT’s right now, LOL instead i “lost my patience”, got bored, and i’m checking in here.</p>
<p>Ugh I swear I get so distracted easily xD, that i had to deactivate my fb. This site is another fb for me…</p>
<p>But still, i’ll experiment try those two methods. Thanks for the advice and helping fellow juniors (like myself) lol</p>