<p>I was thinking about working a section of critical reading, writing, and math in my practice books fairly often for practice. After working the sections, I plan to check the solutions and really learn the problems and concepts that I miss. I was wondering, should I time myself from the very start, or wait until I learn to answer all of the questions correctly from practice. I was thinking about practicing until I know how to work all of the problem types, then doing each section with standard timing, and eventually moving on to performing each section with less time. What do you guys think? Should I time from the very start?</p>
<p>Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes!</p>
<p>Doing practice tests without timing yourself is a recipe for failure.</p>
<p>The SAT doesn’t only measure your ability to solve questions, but also, your ability to solve them accurately under a relatively short time limit. If you eliminate the time factor, then I guarantee that when you attempt to solve an exam under the time limit, you’ll get half the original score you got without the time limit.</p>
<p>Do yourself a favor, and get acquainted with the time limit from the very beginning.</p>
<p>I agree that timing yourself is important – but only if you are working with real tests from the College Board. Timing issues are one of the main reasons to stay away from fake tests.</p>
<p>Also, if you are feeling really motivated, after time runs out, switch to another pen color and then see what you can do with unlimited time as well.</p>
<p>Start slow by not timing yourself and getting a feel of the questions, then move on to limiting yourself on time. I started on 30 minutes, moved to 25, then 23, then 21 and it worked for me on the real test.</p>
<p>YES YOU ABSOLOUTLLY SHOULD . It does help ALOT.</p>
<p>We are done with our youngest kid’s SAT testing. She took it twice, but did prepare well for those tests.</p>
<p>SAT I is a long test, a lot of kids run out of steam at the end. To get prepared for the test, D2 worked on one section a day, then on weekends (Sat or Sun), she would do a full test at the time when test would be given. As D2 wasn’t a morning person, it was important for her to get used to the time. For the first few tests, we noticed there was a fluctuation of scores depending on how tired she was. We tried to give her some power snack and drinks in between each section, we noticed the difference.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, I just have one more question. Ok, so I have access to 3 SAT prep books, and a total of around 21 full length practice tests. So, I’m going to be working these sections fairly often, and for a long period of time. What should I do when I have no more section left to practice on? Will I have to buy another book? Can I buy a book for cheap that is primarily only practice tests?</p>
<p>^ what are the books that you are using ??</p>