In my previous post, I said that the way to eliminate “careless mistakes” when you’re doing math is to stop thinking of them as careless. The issue isn’t carelessness, it’s focus. What’s really happens is that you lose your focus for a moment. That’s good news, because focus is a lot easier to correct than “carelessness”. So what is focus, anyway? … [Read more...]

OK. Now that we’ve seen how the Critical Reading Sentence Completions work when there’s only 1 blank, let’s look at sentences with 2 blanks. The most important thing to know is that the sentences with 2 blanks aren't that different than those with only 1. One of the blanks is usually easier. Start with that one, and do the same steps we used for the sentences with 1 blank. If you haven't … [Read more...]

Today I'm going to share with you the most powerful methods I know for getting a higher score on the Sentence Completion questions in the Critical Reading section of the SAT. There are 19 Sentence Completion questions on the SAT, and they count for almost 30% of your Critical Reading score. If you're aiming to break 700 on Critical Reading, you have to ace these questions. But no matter what your … [Read more...]

If you’re studying for the SAT and you find that you’re not making as much progress as you'd like, you might be going too fast. Now, I know what you’re thinking. That’s not right. It’s a timed test. That’s part of what makes the SAT hard. When test day comes, there’s a time limit. There’s no getting around it. Think about this, though.   … [Read more...]