how did u succed on sat tell me your strategy?

Question

please tell me how u studied for it

Answer 1

It's really helpful to take practice tests. Get use to the format of the tests and the questions. Become comfortable with the kinds of questions asked.

Like with any other standardized test, there are strategies to it. In math, the questions are arranged from the easiest to the hardest questions. Do all of the easy questions and skip any problem you cannot do in the hard section because there is a .25 of a point reduction for any question marked wrong. Don't be afraid to guess though. Usually it's advised to guess when you can eliminate a few choices.

In the Verbal section, just become comfortable with vocabulary and the kinds of questions asked. A lot of time the answer choices here can be tricky so be careful. Start off by answering questions you know the definite answers for and then go back to questions you that are not as definite.

in the writing section, the only way to get really proficient here is to practice your grammar over and over by taking practice tests. become comfortable with the kinds of grammar questions ETS puts on it. watch out for modifiers and subject verb agreements, those are big ones.

good luck!

Answer 2

i didn't ... i was too dumb back in hs to even think of having a strategy for testing

that said, sometime in college i woke up and discovered that tests could be gamed like other silly things.

so i went and bought an 'inside the test' guide or two for my next sets of exams, read them cover to cover, and did as they suggested. Did well on both GMAT and CPA exam that way.

you'll want to discover the rule of thumb for when to guess on a multiple choice question and when to pass it by.

you'll also want to discover whether it is advisable to skip questions that you do not know the answer to almost immediately [usually, yes] or to plow ahead on them anyway.

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back to SATs

verbal is always included and always big. One content recommendation that is always useful is to find and memorize the 300 or so most common root words from Latin and Greek.

physio- something is different from psycho- which is different from socio- and on and on. Lots of potential SAT questions relate to these 300 meanings.

and if you can't already organize your thoughts into coherent paragraphs and an article (and quickly), learn this immediately -- writing requires it.

GL