The October 2016 QAS has been released and mailed to students who took the test, which, if past events are any indication, means that the College Board should be releasing SAT Practice Tests #7 and #8 (the Saturday and Sunday versions of the October test) soon.
In the meantime, for those of you who have also received copies of the QAS–which, unlike the SAS, includes a copy of the actual test–it’s a great tool for analyzing your SAT performance on more than just a surface level.
I took the October 2016 SAT and received a perfect score, with every question correct. Feel free to ask questions on this thread if you need any answer explanations.
I got a 1580 on the last practice test: the only mistakes I made on the math section were silly mistakes where I found the value of a variable, but didn’t actually answer the question.
My questions to you are–although they’re not specific test questions–how did you approach answering the questions? Did you answer them all, then bubble everything in at the end? Bubble in batches? On the reading section, did you cover up the answer choices, think about what you think the answer is, and then choose the answer most correspondent? Did you read the questions or the passages first? How did you do read the passage–did you skim them, or only read the first few and last few sentences of each paragraph, or underline facts/statistics?
There is no QAS from the December test. As for the October test, I do expect the College Board to release the October tests (Saturday and Sunday versions) as SAT Practice Tests #7 and #8 sometime soon. In the meantime, there is no legal way to download the October 2016 SAT QAS.
Mohammad: I answer the questions as I go–I don’t see much benefit in bubbling in batches. On Reading, I don’t cover up the answers, but I do consider the answer to each question in my own words before checking the answer choices. I read the passage first, but I move to the questions relatively quickly (I recommend only 2-3 minutes of pre-reading per passage).