<p>Should I time my practice tests or do the practice tests un-timed</p>
<p>Also I find myself nervous if I time my practice test and one more thing I don't really do a full length practice in one sitting I do them one section at a time </p>
<p>What should I do?</p>
<p>Timed 
Practice makes perfect ~</p>
<p>You should do a timed practice test in one sitting</p>
<p>It depends where you are in the prep process…</p>
<p>At first, it’s fine to do one section at a time and take all the time you need.</p>
<p>Eventually, you MUST start timing yourself – timing is an important part of the challenge. </p>
<p>And late in your prep, it is a good idea to do compete timed tests. But it’s hard to find that much time and the truth is that many students do really well without ever taking a one-sitting timed practice test.</p>
<p>(1) Always time yourself - but don’t worry about finishing by the deadline. Jut keep track of how long it takes you. As your accuracy improves, your speed will eventually improve also.</p>
<p>(2) I’m a big believer is just doing one section at a time - and focusing on a single subject (math, writing, reading) until you’ve mastered it. (You should have access to as many retired SAT tests as you can get your hands on!) As far as I’m concerned, you can save the multi-hour endurance test for the day of the test.</p>
<p>@pckeller I’m at the 500 range for all three sections</p>
<p>I didn’t mean “where are you” in terms of score. I meant “where are you” in terms of timeline. If you are just beginning your prep, you may find it helps you to ignore time and just use all the time you need to figure out how to do the problems. But that’s just when you are a beginner. Very soon, you need to begin timing yourself. Time management is a big part of maximizing your score. On the math side, that even means being willing to go so slow that you never finish the sections! If you are at 500, you have lots of room to improve your score just by focusing on the easy and medium questions, intentionally omitting the hardest 20 - 30 % of each section. But after you finished taking a timed test, go back and work on ALL of the questions, untimed, to learn the concepts – it’s a good way to push to the next level. However, on the actual test, go slow and let the hardest ones go. When you get your score up to the next level, say 620, you can go back and take the test again using a more aggressive strategy. But first get that solid improvement on the books. The best way to get that is to go slow and use the time efficiently. That’s why you have to do timed practice.</p>
<p>I’ve been preping for months now, I’m siting Dec 1, 2012 Sat last time</p>
<p>So one week to go? Two pieces of advice:</p>
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<li> Yes, do some timed practice. Then review your work.</li>
<li> Get off the internet! You probably already know what you should be doing – go do it.</li>
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