<p>Hey guys. I've searched for a thread for this weekends SAT but have found none so I decided to make one. If anyone wants to post any last minute strategies/sources/anythingthathelps please place it here! I'm sure no one knows 100% of the SAT. Thanks!</p>
<p>So is this the thread that people will talk about the test after it has been administered?</p>
<p>No…just any last minute advice for M, CR, or W. Like common idioms, what to watch out for, tricks/tips, all the good stuff</p>
<p>@Adeetz,
The threads that people will talk about the test sections will usually be made the day of or the day before the test is administered.</p>
<p>I need CR advice badly. My weakest subject on the October test (660).</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/750399-how-attack-sat-critical-reading-section-effectively.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/750399-how-attack-sat-critical-reading-section-effectively.html</a>
Have you checked that out?</p>
<p>Hm I will look at that. Thank you!</p>
<p>CR needs loads of practice. Read read read and stay focused. It really doesn’t help when we get distracted. My CR diagnostic scores used to fluctuate ridiculously according to whether I was concentrating hard enough or not. For the SAT that I took in June 2011, I got CR-730, W-760 and M-680. Math just dragged everything through the mud -.-</p>
<p>Can’t believe it’s in less than a week! My math section is definitely the area that needs work - W has been OK and CR has consistently been in the 740-800 range.</p>
<p>Anyone got any math tips? :)</p>
<p>For CR, heres what I do:
- Plot all line questions. (Ex. In line 13, “blah blah blah”)". So go to line 13 and put 1 (For question 1 beside it)
- Skim the passage until you get to your plotted question.
- Once you get to your plotted area, read the sentence before and after of what the question is asking. UNDERLINE IMPORTANT DETAILS
- Once its all soaked into your brain, go back to the question.
- If any answer choice is irrelevant to what you read scratch it out. Always look at the first and last part of each answer choice and find the one word that makes it wrong compared to all the other ones.
- Watch out words (no, all, basically the extremes) are always wrong unless stated in the passage.
Hope this Helped!</p>
<p>And for math, its just straight up practice honestly. But, for questions 16-20 In suggest you underline and really pay attention to what the question is asking because that’s where they tend to throw you off. If you practice and really find out what you are doing wrong, it won’t be hard to fix. Also, if you have an iPhone, I suggest you download Arcadia SAT prep (its free 
along with Khan Academy SAT Prep. I’m sure a lot of people just sit around in the car if they aren’t driving.</p>
<p>@ijustwantsuccess -How can you be certain to bag the 800 on the Math portion and not make any careless errors? Or is it up to luck?</p>
<p>@dzzalldayHow do you make you’re CR score in the upper 600’s or lower 700’s? I can’t seem to concentrate on the long passages, esp. the boring ones… 
And for Math: Practice, practice, and practice… find where you are weak at and keep drilling at that part… :)</p>
<p>@3epic14
What your really have to do is play with the numbers. If any multiple choice answers are the same numbers in the question then it’s bound to be wrong. Also, plug in your answers or random numbers. Never solve it algebraically first. It’s a time killer.</p>
<p>@3pic14
For the CR the first thing I do is read the blurb and then look at the questions and for the “lines” questions I mark the specific area in the text (and typically answer those questions as I read the passage). I also annotate along the side of the story just little notes about the story - they may or may not be relevant to what’s going on in the story - but it helps keep me engaged.</p>
<p>For those really boring stories (and for all of them) - I convince myself I am extremely interested in the topic! As cheesy as it sounds - it really does help keep you engaged somewhat. </p>
<p>For the sentence completion questions with two blanks - look individually at the words first - if one of them doesn’t fit, then you can cross it out. </p>
<p>Finally - the type of ? that tends to trip me up the most are the “Which of the following does the author NOT do?” and then in the answer choices there tends to be a “negative” answer - as in “she doesn’t work hard” For some reason whenever there is a no to a no question I get tripped up - so for those types of ?'s I just make sure to read them very carefully and star them (even if I answer them) so that if I have time at the end, I can go back and review them. Hope this helped :)!</p>
<p>Also, if you’re getting the improving paragraph ?s wrong (last 5 questions on the 35 ? Writing Section) start with those first and then start Question 1. The reason you should do this is because the SAT places those 5 questions at the end because they are easy and they think you will not get to them on time. Also, you can try it on the Math Grid-In section because you don’t have numbers to play with like you would in the multiple choice. Try a few practice tests and see which works best for you!</p>
<p>A tip regarding the grid-ins: The first few generally have some trick to them and are a lot easier than they look! Also, my SAT Math Bible says that a lot of the answers either have a 2 or 3 in them. I don’t know why, but it’s actually very accurate. </p>
<p>If anyone else has some math tips, though, PLEASE share them! I need to get my math up at least 20 more points.</p>
<p>Whenever you have to plug in each multiple choice answer, like you have to plug it in or else you have no clue what to do, start with answer choice E. The SAT likes to put the answer as E because they know many people will start with answer choice A and then make their way down the answer choices causing you to lose more time.</p>
<p>You won’t believe how many times that has happened to me.</p>
<p>Any other tips?</p>