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 3 sections on the test. When you think of it this way, the essay only accounts for about 10% of your total SAT … [Read more...]
How to Raise Your SAT Math Score… Without Learning Any More Math (Part 2)
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...]
How to Raise Your SAT Math Score… Without Learning Any More Math
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? Before I start, I want to be clear that I think if you’re taking the SAT and you don’t already know how to answer all the math questions correctly, you should learn as many SAT math concepts as you can in the time you have to prepare. There’s a limit to … [Read more...]
SAT Sentence Completion Tutorial – Part 2
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...]
SAT Sentence Completion Tutorial – Part 1
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...]