How to Survive the SAT (and ACT)
SAT: it's a high school rite of passage. Your score on the test (or its cousin, the ACT) will help predict your fate in the college-admissions Olympics. Whether you respect or despise it, you can't afford to ignore it. Face it-you need help to survive the SAT. Help is here. How to Survive the SAT (and ACT) collects the stories, tips, and advice of hundreds of students who scored high and got into their top-choice colleges. Offering tested techniques for prepping for the test, psychological...
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This guide seeks to encourage and instruct students faced with the daunting first step of the college admissions process: the SAT and ACT tests. More than just a test-prep guide, How to Survive the SAT is a compendium of anecdotes and tips from past test-takers with high scores. From advice on everything from getting into the frame of mind, to crucial test-day rituals, this guide offers practical help for those ready to achieve their best possible scores.
Introduction viiA Rite of Passage: The SAT & You 1Getting Started: The First Steps to a High Score 13Hitting the Books: Studying for the Big Test 27Friends, Family & Your School: Do They Help? 61Tricks & Strategies: Tips for Besting the Test 77The Test: Critical Reading Section 97The Test: Math Section 109The Test: Writing Section 119Apples & Oranges: Differences in the SAT & ACT 131Your No. 2 Pencil and -? Last-Minute Preparations 141Start Your Engines: Taking the Test 165Anticipation: Getting Your Scores 185Random SAT Wisdom 203
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