Test Day Advice for the SAT
Are you taking the SAT this Saturday? If so, A) good luck, and B) check out these blog posts for advice to optimize your testing experience.
Avoid Careless Errors -- Read every word in the question and answer choice, don't get stuck on a question, use your calculator (even for the easy ones), and more. Click here to read more about how to avoid stupid mistakes.
Top 5 Tips for Test Day -- Sit in the front row (fewer distractions), keep your own time, and bring the right snacks. Click here to read more of the top 5 test day tips.
The Night Before the SAT -- Don't answer the phone, don't go on Facebook, or Twitter. And remember, there are no new questions. Click here to read more about what to do the night before the SAT.
5 SAT Tips You May Not Have Thought Of -- Write your thesis at the top of your essay paper and circle back to that thesis in every paragraph. Make sure to turn the last page of every section (especially at the end of the test, when you're tired), and, say something to the proctor if there's noise in the room that's bothering you. Click here to read more test day tips you may not have thought of.
The Best SAT Snacks -- Don't bring a 3 course meal (like I did at my first SAT). You have three (minuscule) 5-minute breaks and trust me, they go by fast. This post includes the best food for the SAT (i.e. energizing, filling, can be eaten on a run to/from the bathroom, etc.).
Test Taker Rights -- I had a really bad SAT experience ... once (out of 7). Tons of other people wrote to me about their SAT horror stories after I posted my story. Don't let that happen to you! Know your test taker rights. You are entitled to: a quiet room, 5 minute warnings, and a proctor who pays attention! Click here to learn more about your rights as a test taker.
Keep Your Own Time -- Bring a Swatch (or some other time keeper that doesn't beep and isn't a phone. No phones allowed.) And, keep your own time. See my "really bad SAT experience" if you need more convincing about this, and click here to read Stacey Howe-Lott's super-essential-I-can't-believe-I-didn't-think-of-that-myself method for keeping time during the SAT.
Good luck if you're taking the SAT this Saturday!
And don't forget: B R E A T H E
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You'll find tons of SAT tips in my new book, The Perfect Score Project. Plus, the story of why I took the SAT 7 times in one year, and, everything I learned about the SAT, test prep, and how to motivate my teenage son.
You can check out the reader reviews on Amazon and Goodreads and read/watch/listen to some recent interviews about the project.
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