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As I’m writing this, the April 10 ACT is only 2 days away.
While this site is called SAT Success Secrets, I tutor a lot of kids for the ACT as well (it’s just less popular here in Los Angeles where I’m currently located). In order to help students around the country who are preparing to [...]
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The real goal of reading a non-fiction book is to learn something.
You want to spend less time reading and learn more, which means remembering and understanding more of the information. While learning to read faster certainly helps, a big part of it is reading less. It’s usually not a good idea to read the book [...]
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As I’m writing this, the October 10 SAT is only 4 days away.
Whether you’ve left everything until the last minute, or you’ve worked hard and want a few last minute pointers, here are the essential last minute SAT prep tips to help you make the most of your remaining time before the exam.
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The biggest thing you can do to improve your SAT Critical Reading score is to focus on the main idea of the passage.
If you can really get this concept and apply it when you’re taking the SAT, your score on the Critical Reading section will increase dramatically. In fact, if you combine this one tip [...]
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In my previous post, Mastering the SAT Essay – Part 1 , we talked about the importance of planning what you’re going to write before you begin your essay.
Did you try it for yourself? If so, take out your notes and look back at them as we go through each step in the process.
We’ll use [...]
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I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the essay recently. It seems like many people are concerned about this portion of the test.
The most important thing to know is not to sweat it. The essay only accounts for 30% of your score on the Writing section of the SAT, which is only 1 of [...]
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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 [...]
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Do you want to know how to increase your SAT Math score without learning any more math than you already know? Do you think it’s possible? The way to improve your SAT Math score without learning any more math is to answer correctly every single question that you know how to do. Eliminate the “careless mistakes,” only the issue isn’t carelessness, it’s focus. What’s really goes on is that you lose your focus for a moment. That’s good news, because focus is a lot easier to correct than “carelessness”.
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In today’s post, I share 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 score goal, making the most of the Sentence Completions is key to reaching it.
Let’s take a look at sentences with 2 blanks.
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In today’s post, I share 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 score goal, making the most of the Sentence Completions is key to reaching it.
Let’s take a look at sentences with 1 blank.
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