[SAT] What if you...?

<p>What if you happen to do the same SAT practice questions that you had done about 1.5 years ago, but you do not specifically remember the questions?</p>

<p>For example, I have stupidly done all the Collegeboard Bluebook questions about 1.5 years ago when I was, for some reason, preparing for SAT for no reason in about two weeks of time. Now, I am really preparing for the SAT, and due to lack of any more new Collegeboard questions, I have done Princeton Review questions, but they are worded stupidly and don't seem to be indicative of the questions I will see on the test day.</p>

<p>As a result, I have purchased a new fresh copy of Collegeboard Bluebook, and started going through the sections I must have done 1.5 years ago. My brain seems to remember some of the passages in the Reading section, but doesn't seem to have memorized every single questions.</p>

<p>The scores I am getting now are higher than usual, thus I am worried that the only reason is that my brain is somehow accustomed to the same passages it had gone through 1.5 years ago, and that I will perform hideously worse than what I am getting from these practices.</p>

<p>Has anyone else ever done this, or gone through the same experience I am having? Or is there a psychology-majorer who can tell me if my brain remembering stuff from old time is significantly affecting my performance on practice? (I learned in my psychology class that brain never forgets what it remembers, so I am guessing it is definitely helping me on the practice..)</p>

<p>If so, should I rather go back to the Princeton Review questions that I have never seen before in my life, even though the questions are less indicative of the actual SAT?</p>

<p>SORRY for the lengthy whining, but please help me guys.
Thank you</p>

<p>I honestly think you’re just performing better… Did you go over the answers 1.5 years ago? I mean, I studied the blue book 6 months ago and started going over it again, but I didn’t perform too much better than I formally did…</p>

<p>Thank you, seokkyu, for your reply. That really helped me =D</p>

<p>And, from your name, I think you are a Korean like myself?</p>

<p>I know a person who did the blue book twice (within a 3 month span), for a total of 20 tests, and actually saw little improvement, and claimed to not remember any of the questions. I think it is safe to say what you are seeing is real improvement.</p>

<p>Yeah haha… =P</p>

<p>Well, the actual SAT two days ago was not bad at all, especially the Critical Reading section. This could be it because I got better or the passages were so easy, as many will agree.</p>