What is the most effective way to study for the SATs? I have 2 weeks until I take it for the first time!?

Answer 1

The most effective way to study, in your case, begins by calling the College Board and postponing your test. While you will certainly score a certain number of points without preparing for the test (or stress-prepping), you will undoubtedly need to re-take the test at least once to get to your target scores. Aside from wasting the fee, you'll also be wasting hours of your life, not to mention adding sub-par scores to your transcripts.

Instead, take a free practice test with Kaplan, and spend 6-12 weeks studying your weaknesses. Then you can show up for the real thing knowing that you won't even have to do it again.

Answer 2

Ideally, you wouldn't be asking this question 2 weeks before the test itself.

Register at www.collegeboard.com for practice questions (and perhaps practice tests, I can't remember.) Pick up a Barron's or Princeton Review prep book at your local bookstore and take practice tests. Key are the "hints" they give you at the beginning, explaining how the tests are graded, when it's a good idea to "guess" vs. not, etc. Be sure, when you're in the test, that every few questions you check to see that you're filling in the right circles/lines for the right questions...if you get "off" one line, you can really torpedo your score.

Take timed practice tests and work on those areas where you have the most trouble ... I'm sure the prep books have specific advice for the various types of questions.

It isn't as if you can learn all of the material between now and then, you really just have to learn and practice what you can about how you approach, and take, the test.

Get a good night's sleep the night before, have breakfast, arrive early, have your pencils and calculator, and good luck! Move steadily and don't ever stop working or reviewing your work until the moderator calls "time" for that section.

You can always take the test again. If you do, I suggest you spend more time preparing, on a regular basis, and perhaps seek some outside help/courses if you can afford to.

Answer 3

First or all. RELAX.

It won't do you any good to panic now. I studied for the SATs in one week and I did okay. SAT consumed me for that one whole week. So you're lucky you have two.

What I did was sign up for the collegeboard free questions. They give you a question everyday, so you can familiarize yourself with the questions.

I also bought the official SAT book by collegeboard. It's really good, they give you 8 practice tests that are very similiar to the actual one. Read the vocab words. Search them online, you should be able to find them easily.

And practice, practice, practice!

Good luck.

Answer 4

i would definately do some practice test to work on your test taking skills... don't waste your time studying vocab words...the likelyhood of you learnig a vocab word that is on the test that you didn't kno is REALLY unlikely.. definately practice writing essays

Answer 5

I was drunk the weekend before I took the SAT.

I highly, HIGHLY suggest you do not follow a similar course of action.