<p>How do you all prepare to be accustomed to the time limit? I'm asking this because whenever I take an SAT or even an ACT untimed, I do very very well. And then actual test day I flip and I get time conscience and feel like I have absolutely no time to do anything.</p>
<p>So does anyone have any tips? Do you take your practice tests timed/and or untimed and how many do you take under those conditions?</p>
<p>you can:</p>
<p>a. practice with time limits to get accustomed to them (user recommended0
b. get really good at the questions so you move quicker</p>
<p>Get a stopwatch and time yourself. Don’t try to fuss over one question, try to complete each question in about the same time frame and if you have time left, go to the ones that stumped you. You’ll get the maximum amount of points that way.</p>
<p>I agree with thispakistanigir (hey, i’m pakistani too :D), the time constraints can be more than intimidating. What helps most is a stop watch that you can use to time yourself. Don’t get obsessed over the time limits though, if you find your own pace and practice enough, you can adjust quickly.</p>
<p>I practiced with about 3-4 minutes less than the allotted time and so during test day no matter how nervous I was i still finished on time. Trust me this works.</p>
<p>^I gave myelf 2 fewer minutes on each section during practice. During the actual test i finished with like 5 minutes extra in each section. </p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Always, always always time yourself when you’re focused on completing an entire section in one go.
The only time I think you should not time yourself is if you’re focusing on one particular problem/concept.
That way, you will be well familiar with how much time you usually have on certain sections left for you to check your work. For example, when I timed myself during math sections, I realized I usually had approximately 7-10 minutes left each time, so I learned that I should pace myself and go slower. On the other hand, I never had much time left to check answers on the reading sections so I had to adjust my speed and read the long passages quickly.</p>
<p>I know it’s easier said than done, but try not to worry TOO much about how much time you have left. I know what it’s like to be stuck on a fairly difficult question and be thinking the whole time “omg omg I’m gonna have no more time left.” Take a deep breath, calm down, and focus on the test. You’ll do great :)</p>
<p>To improve your time-efficiency, it is an absolute necessity to continually practice. Once you have a very firm grasp of the skills needed for the SAT, your accuracy and time-efficiency will be astounding simply because moving through the test will become less of a conscious, mentally-taxing process. Those who become extremely adept at the test will literally be completing sections in half the allotted time with perfect accuracy.</p>
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<p>Indeed. When I took the test in seventh grade, I remember thinking, as many probably do, that the time limits were absurdly short. Now, I can regularly complete a 25-minute Critical Reading section in 11-12 minutes.</p>
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<p>It’s a magnificent sensation being on SAT autopilot, isn’t it?</p>
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<p>Yes. My best section ever happened over break: I finished a 25-minute Math section in 8 minutes and 28 seconds (and got everything). That was somewhat of a fluke, though. :)</p>
<p>Of course, on the real test I did not go that fast because I would have risked making tons of mistakes that cannot be spotted as efficiently even upon review.</p>
<p>I would just practice on timed sections.
Use some materials other than the official tests, because once you’ve used them up they’re gone, but the “non-official” materials still have the same format and similar, although not completely accurate, questions that you can still practice on solely for time management.
Also I don’t find them as bad as everyone seems to make them out to be.
But as long as you’re not using them as your primary study tool, I think they’re pretty decent.</p>