Are you living on a shoestring? (Me too, by the way.)
Do not fret about this SAT thing — I’ve got you covered.
But…..(big big BUT) – You must follow this plan methodically. Veer at your own risk. I learned Read More →
Tools
Slowly But Surely, Filling Up the Site with SAT Tips and Resources
Someone might as well benefit from all those SATs I took last year.
Resource and Tips pages will continue to be filled up over the next few days (weeks…..months)….Check out the links on the righthand navigation bar for updates.
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FAQs
FAQ #2: The Curve
At least once a week, someone asks me some variation of: “What’s the best month to take the SAT?” ”Aren’t some tests harder than others?” “Shouldn’t I steer clear of October because that’s when all the smart kids take the Read More →
Test Day
Day Before Test Day Thoughts
Are you taking the SAT tomorrow? I have this feeling it’s not one of the “popular dates.” Feels neither fish nor fowl to me (i.e. too late for seniors/too early for juniors).
This will be my 6th SAT in 2011, Read More →
Tips
I Have a Question: How’d You Do It?
Tell me the story
Whenever someone sends me their scores, I reply back with the same question:
How’d you do it?
My favorite email last week was from a father of a daughter who is a junior in high school. Read More →
Math
Associative Interference
A few months ago I joked, How Long Till the Polynomials?
All kidding aside, I knew there was a pebble in my shoe around the polynomials, I just couldn’t pinpoint the issue at the time.
Turns out it was more Read More →
Math
It’s A “Math Flavored” Test
That’s what PWNtheSAT told me after I screamed on the top of my lungs for the umpteenth time because I’d fallen again for some deception in the “Math Section” that wasn’t even “math.”
“Does that make you mad?” he asked.
Progress Report
Start With Everything You Know, he said……
“And don’t use your cards,” he added. ” Just write what you know in a notebook.”
And so I did, for about three hours today, with PWNtheSAT.
Section by section, I told him everything I could think of:
- For
Video
SAT Cross-Training Meets The Princess & The Pea
11 more days until test day, and the training continues.
Today’s homework (per PWN, because trust me, I never would have signed up for this on my own) was a full, timed, practice test (i.e. 4+ hours).
Horrible. I’m Read More →
Math
Did Someone Say Contest?
Please don’t tell me I’m going to win PWNtheSAT’s SAT Question Writing Contest by default, am I?
That will take all the glory out of it.
Come on people – submit your questions! I’ll try yours if you try mine. Read More →
