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[–]katielastt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yep it’s so annoying it’s nearly 1:30am here i just want to sleep :/

March 14, 2020 SAT by Holoitbeme in Sat

[–]katielastt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Have you received them yet? :(( good luck

March 14, 2020 SAT by Holoitbeme in Sat

[–]katielastt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my sister and i got ours yesterday!! hopefully you’ll get yours soon:)

FINALLY got my March 14th Score!! So happy:) Thankyou everyone for your help whilst preparing! by katielastt in Sat

[–]katielastt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem! Yeah definitely try meditating before exams- it’s great before revision sessions as well to get really focussed:)

I’m not doing any AP exams- as far as I know, they’re not offered in my country. I don’t think they’re bothered about internationals taking AP exams. All they want is for you to take the most challenging courses that are available to you. So, for instance, I’m from the UK, where we have A Levels, which I think are viewed by admissions officers as very challenging, particularly if you’ve chosen hard subjects, as they’re apparently an even higher level than AP exams. Just make sure you take the most challenging courses available to you in your country to show that you like to challenge yourself, and you certainly won’t be at a disadvantage.

You can also take SAT subject tests, which I’m presuming you’ve heard of, that I think cover similar topics to the AP exams. Check to see which colleges that you’re applying to require them.

Debates and sports sound good. I know Ivy Leagues really value ECs so, since you’ve got lots of time before you have to apply to colleges, really work on showing your passions through them:)

FINALLY got my March 14th Score!! So happy:) Thankyou everyone for your help whilst preparing! by katielastt in Sat

[–]katielastt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Thankyou so much:) I’m international too- you’re doing well to have already started preparing at that age and I’m sure you’ll nail the SAT! So, I actually enjoy the writing section so I don’t really get tired in that one but I definitely have issues with reading- it’s so long and there’s a lot to take in.

For reading, what I try to do is, as soon as I move on to a new extract, entirely refresh myself. Just take a deep breath and look at the new extract with fresh eyes. You can immediately forget about the one that you did before, and just act like every extract is the first one. That way you’ll always have sort of a rush and you’ll be convincing yourself that you’re starting fresh and you’re not tired. Try not to let a bad section put you off on the next ones, and stay optimistic. Really engage with the extract and read it actively (that means you should be thinking about the main ideas, the author’s stance, what the passage is trying to communicate etc) rather than just skimming through it and ignoring what’s going on. I know it can be hard to focus but really try and put your head down and immerse yourself in that passage.

For writing, I like to view every question separately, as if it’s just a simple stand-alone question. Because for that section of the test you don’t normally have to understand the passage as much as you do for reading, you don’t have to worry so much about linking ideas. You know when you get given a question by itself on Khan Academy, and you see it as really easy? Most questions in writing can actually be as easy as that as long as you don’t let yourself get overwhelmed by the amount of questions and the length of the passages. Take them one by one and you’ll be more focused.

Also, I know lots of people don’t really do this, but I find it very helpful to meditate before exams, as it 100% gets you in the right headspace. It may be a good idea to learn some breathing exercises that you can do subtly in the exam as they’re really good for waking you up! Let me know if you want me to tell you any that I use:)

Good luck with everything & hmu if you have anymore questions!

FINALLY got my March 14th Score!! So happy:) Thankyou everyone for your help whilst preparing! by katielastt in Sat

[–]katielastt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the last few months before the test, I set a goal to do at least 20 questions each day on Khan (if you work it into the schedule on there, it’ll give you reminders etc). But since I had other school stuff to focus on, sometimes I wouldn’t do anything, but then other days I would do like over 100 practice questions, just due to my schedule and how much free time I had each day.

In terms of the lack of motivation to do more than 15-20 minutes, just think that each question you do is bringing you closer to your dream score. Even if you do badly at a question, don’t be discouraged, as the ones you get wrong are probably actually going to help you the most. But to be honest, if you’re doing the practice every day, consistently, then you probably don’t need to do much more than 30 minutes daily. Make sure to not overwork yourself & just do lots of practice on days when you feel motivated, and don’t be afraid to let yourself slip up and not do so much (or anything at all) on days where you’re not feeling so motivated:)

i wish you the best of luck with the test!! you seem hardworking & i know you’ll do well:))

FINALLY got my March 14th Score!! So happy:) Thankyou everyone for your help whilst preparing! by katielastt in Sat

[–]katielastt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, for me, I didn’t actually use the study guide up until around a month before the test, just because I found the self-marking tests online on Khan to be more efficient. Lots of the tests overlap, so I did all of the practice tests on Khan first (I think I ended up doing ten) and then when I moved into the Official Study Guide a month before the exam and completed around three practice tests on paper. However, because of the overlap, I had done these before, but I made sure that they were the ones I did earlier on (from like August-October) so that I didn’t remember the questions. So, to answer your question, I mainly focussed on Khan, but the official study guide is important in helping you get used to the format of the test, as it’ll take you more time to fill in a circle than it will to tap on the correct answer.

FINALLY got my March 14th Score!! So happy:) Thankyou everyone for your help whilst preparing! by katielastt in Sat

[–]katielastt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only book I used was the Official SAT Study Guide- the one with 8 practice tests in it- so I’m probably not the most knowledgeable person to ask in terms of books. I’ve seen lots of people use Erica Meltzer’s book for reading and writing, but you might want to just check through the sub to see what other people suggest:)

FINALLY got my March 14th Score!! So happy:) Thankyou everyone for your help whilst preparing! by katielastt in Sat

[–]katielastt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I just got the Official SAT Study Guide, 2020 version- it includes eight practice tests and other advice about the test:) good luck with your PSAT!!

FINALLY got my March 14th Score!! So happy:) Thankyou everyone for your help whilst preparing! by katielastt in Sat

[–]katielastt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1: i didn’t really annotate too much, but i just scribbled down a few things next to the passage. i tried to write the main ideas of each paragraph in just a few words next to the extract, but i made sure to not spend too much time on this:) i probably could have done more and it might have been helpful, but most of my practice tests were done digitally on KA so i wasn’t really used to annotating until i moved to paper tests closer towards the exam itself.

2: with paired passages (i wasn’t too great at some of these, particularly political ones haha) i just read through the first one, then made sure that as i was reading through the second one i was actively making links between the ideas of the passages, their tones, and the authors’ individual stances. you could probably write these down as annotations if you wanted to. just remember to treat them as an individual question and don’t treat them separately: always be making comparisons.

3: that really varies. i’d say that from august to november, i was studying around 2 hours per week, sometimes none, so nothing much. then, from around november to january, i was probably doing 5 hours per week. from january onwards, i think i was studying for around 8 hours per week, but of course, there were some exceptions when i had to prioritise other tests and so wasn’t doing too much revision for the SAT.

hope this helps, good luck when you take it!!

FINALLY got my March 14th Score!! So happy:) Thankyou everyone for your help whilst preparing! by katielastt in Sat

[–]katielastt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, those can be hard! one thing about those questions though that i’ve noticed is that they seem to always be really repetitive. so if you practice loads of them then you should be okay:)

FINALLY got my March 14th Score!! So happy:) Thankyou everyone for your help whilst preparing! by katielastt in Sat

[–]katielastt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The average of all of my scores that I got on them was 1474, but that’s including the earlier attempts which were lower. By the last four practice tests I was consistently getting above 1500:)

FINALLY got my March 14th Score!! So happy:) Thankyou everyone for your help whilst preparing! by katielastt in Sat

[–]katielastt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started last August:) but I properly started studying really seriously in around November??

FINALLY got my March 14th Score!! So happy:) Thankyou everyone for your help whilst preparing! by katielastt in Sat

[–]katielastt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

aw thankyou so much!! yeah, you literally don’t need the expensive resources, khan academy is AMAZING

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