{"id":208455,"date":"2018-12-13T18:21:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T18:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-581638-2158332.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=208455"},"modified":"2023-05-18T03:42:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T11:42:07","slug":"basic-tips-sat-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flexcollegeprep.com\/basic-tips-sat-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Basic Tips for SAT\u00ae Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over several years of watching and helping tens of thousands of students get through the SAT\u00ae, I\u2019ve learned that the three most helpful pieces of advice I can share are almost dismayingly simple – but very powerful.<\/p>\n
The skills necessary to ace the SAT take a long time to develop.<\/p>\n
Remember, the SAT does not test information retention; it assesses the ability to think and reason critically. And this ability grows over years, not months.<\/p>\n
Students don\u2019t need to know, say, the formula for finding the circumference of a circle. In fact, these basic formulas are provided for students!<\/p>\n
Rather, students need extensive practice working through different kinds of mathematical problems in order to learn when and how to use this formula.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Some academic skills can only be developed through practice and repetition.<\/p>\n
The SAT is a timed test.<\/p>\n
In the Reading section, students might need to read and understand, say, a passage of 800 words from the science section of the New York Times.<\/p>\n
And they\u2019ll need to do so in under two minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s not possible to improve reading speed overnight. Students need to familiarize themselves with SAT-level reading and vocabulary through extensive and repeated exposure.<\/p>\n The best thing that high school freshmen can do to start preparing for the SATs is to develop a daily habit of engaging with advanced material.<\/p>\n Just one short article from the New York Times daily<\/a> or one weekly article from the New Yorker<\/a> will work wonders over the next two to three years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n