Xiggi said to practice and study one section at a time, but silverturle said to just

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<p>keep taking the full practice tests from BB...what did you guys do or are doing? Breaking down the tests or actually taking them fully at one time?</p>

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<p>depends to how drastic your point differential is between sections…if say you keep getting 700M, 700W, and 500CR, then I would take xiggi’s advice…if you’re exactly like me (760M, 750W, 680CR) I would use siver’s advice with some isolated practice mixed in.</p>

<p>whatever works for you.</p>

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<p>I have never meant to convey that one should take only full tests. In fact, I spent much of my practice time completing just one or a couple subsections at once. </p>

<p>Now, I do think that there is value in having taken full tests (for reasons of building up the mental endurance and focus) and, more relevantly to what I think you’re asking about specifically, for being nimble enough to move from one subject to another on test day without too much reorientation required. This does not, however, preclude room for honing your skills with directed focus on one section at a time.</p>

<p>As LilBallerx8 suggests, mixed practice in a way that seems most effective for you is advisable.</p>

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<p>This forced me to go check what I wrote more than 5 years ago. </p>

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<p>HTH</p>

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<p>Lol xiggi vs. Silverturtle is like Jesus vs. Muhammad.</p>

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<p>Ha - HS students can work for 6 hours without “showing signs of fatigue”? </p>

<p>Interesting fact! </p>

<p>I wonder how CB acquired the data. Did they administer a 6 hour version of the SAT? Or give two SATs in a row :p?</p>

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<p>lol nice analogy dusterbug</p>

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<p>What did silver turtle get on sat o.o</p>

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<p>^2400 on SAT and 36 on ACT.</p>

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<p>^ oh my…</p>

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<p>^ To top it all off, they were in one sitting… I think.</p>

<p>I still don’t know xiggi’s score though :O</p>

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<p>Make sure you definitely do full sitting tests! Like a lot of them! I did sections at a time and I did not build up a mental endurance for the exam.</p>

<p>Also I recommend doing like 3 CR sections back to back. On the SAT sometimes if you are very unlucky (I was twice) you get CR Experimental (CR) and another CR!!! That can screw with your focus. </p>

<p>The advantage of doing one section at a time is that you can go back and check your answers while the material is still fresh in your mind. If you take the entire test and go back and check your answers you’re going to have to re-read some passages to figure out what’s happening.</p>

<p>So essentially you should do both!</p>

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<p>What are people’s opinions on this? I’ve heard of people taking 10 practice tests and not changing their scores at all but then getting to the 50th practice test and seeing much improvement.</p>

<p>I know I stopped very close to the 8th because I saw no increase in score and thus I thought I reached my expected maximum score.</p>