We received the next letter from a international pupil:
Dear Debbie,
I’m a student that is international desires to have a SAT exam. We’m pretty great at mathematics, and writing, but my reading, especially critical reading, is awful! I am going to take SAT in a so i really need your advice month! My question is ‘ Can I improve my Critical Reading by practising a lot for a month?’ as well as, ‘How to have good CR score without having awesome vocabulary?! (consume consideration that I don’t have time that is much learn words).’
THANKS in advance… I really need ur reply!
Dear Hoping to Enhance in A Month,
YES!
Take to my 28-Day Critical Reading Intensive. The results are astounding.
Do you have actually the faculty Board’s Blue Book? Have you done it all? Or even, utilize the practice tests and do the reading sections and look every word up you do not know, even although you got the question right.
Remember to chart mistakes and make a new strategy. Stacey Howe-Lott has a great template.
Also, one word: VOCAB!!!!!
Utilize Wordnik.com to appear the words up because they show the words in context and make flashcards and practice utilizing them. And try the hits Books that are direct. They have been excellent!
Learning vocabulary is still essential for the new SAT, even though there is no longer a sentence completion portion. Understanding vocabulary in context is crucial for answering the reading passage questions.
Best of luck, and please let me know the method that you do in the test!
Advice for the Night Before Taking the SAT
I was tutored by Michael Kayne from Advantage Testing for a weeks that are few my 7th (and final) SAT.
As I was packing my material, getting ready to go home for a good night’s rest prior to the test, Michael instantly had one more training. ‘Write this down,’ he stated.
‘ No freaking out,’ I was told by him, therefore I penned that down.
‘Nothing distracts us,’ he continued, and then he relocated on to a line of questioning like he was preparing me personally for a military operation.
‘What happens if the building’s on fire?’
I paused. ‘You don’t go,’ he said. ‘You keep working.’
He continued: ‘What if someone throws up?’ My eyes should have opened very wide at that point because I hate throw-up and was praying this could not occur to me.
‘You keep working,’ he said.
4 Test-Day Tips You Might Not Have Looked At
1) Sit within the front row, or since near the front side, while you possibly can. The less visual interruptions you have, the higher. Plus, it is good in order to catch the proctor’s attention, if necessary. Don’t feel pressured by testers who fill up the rows through the straight back of the room. Be bold; stay in front.
2) If noise bothers you, tell the proctor before the test that you prefer the doorways remain closed the test. There was not one proctor out of 7 SATs who didn’t open those doorways for ‘fresh atmosphere’ (and a little hallway clamor). I discovered the noise through the testers whom were on break to be extremely distracting (especially during a hard researching passage) and became increasingly outspoken concerning the matter as the year went on. Require your assessment room to be kept peaceful!
3) When you arrive at the test center, figure out if there are assigned rooms (name sheets on the wall surface are one clue), or whether it’s shmoop.pro a follow the crowd to the first available room situation. My first two SATs were the ‘first come first serve’ sort, which confused me (and caused me become late) for SAT #3. I had no idea there were assigned seats and followed everybody down the hallways, just to discover it was like musical seats and everybody had a room but me … because there was a name/room list at the front home that I missed.
4) Make sure you seek out the page that is last of section, especially at the end of the test when you are worn and weary. I’ve heard of more than few extremely smart, top-scoring test takers (one of whom is the author of the book about the SAT) who inadvertently omitted questions because they forgot to the last web page of the part. My friend Catherine composed a post about her ‘last page’ experience.
The SAT snacks that are best
Circling back to ‘the well test day snacks,’ the school Board suggests students to reach to your test by 7:45 a.m. I often arrived a hour that is half (nerves). That implied, breakfast ended up being consumed by approximately 6:45 a.m. (in other words. not a period of day i am up for the hearty meal).
All the 7 SATs I took let out somewhere between 1 and 1:15 p.m., which intended that I becamen’t eating lunch until 7+ hours after I’d consumed breakfast.
Students are given three, five-minute breaks during the SAT at which time snacking and bathroom breaks are allowed. I attempted to sample everything I possibly could consider that would enhance performance, from Red Bull to peanut butter, to everything in between.
Below is the variety of top foods that i came across to be most reliable in preventing hunger and boosting power, though it’s feasible that simply thinking these are typically effective is the key sauce.