Introduction to the SAT
The SAT Reasoning Test. Formerly the Scholastic Aptitude Test, then the Scholastic Assessment Test, “SAT” now stands for nothing. The nebulous test looms in the minds of college-bound high school...
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The College Board was formed in 1900 with the intent of standardizing the admissions process at elite universities. At around the same time, Alfred Binet developed the first IQ test to measure...
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Studying for the Math Portion of the SAT
The Math section on the SAT makes up one-third of your composite score. There are two 25-minute sections and one 20-minute section. There are 54 questions, 10 of which are student-produced response...
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Studying for the Critical Reading Section of the SAT — Vocabulary Lists
The sentence-completion questions of the critical reading section of the SAT test your ability to use vocabulary in context. Oftentimes, these questions are seen as the most difficult. The harder...
View ArticleMastering the SAT Essay
The SAT essay does not test your ability to write. There, I said it. Of all of the sections of the test, the essay, in my opinion, is the least accurate at gauging genuine academic and intellectual...
View ArticleNational Merit Scholarship
Every October, over one million juniors take the PSAT/NMSQT (quite an acronym isn’t it). The PSAT is the Preliminary SAT which functions as the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. But how does...
View ArticleQ&A ACT to SAT Conversion
How does a 28 on the ACT look? What would the conversion to SAT be? I’m going to answer your second question first and your first question second. The ACT and SAT are both nationally normed tests...
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Q&A: How to Improve Math Skills
Hi, do you have any advice on how to improve my math skills/grades, I’m an average math student I usually score in the 80′s sometimes I slip up and get mid 70′s. 8th and 9th grade I basically had...
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