6 Best Ways To Get Points on March 13 SAT Test
1. Print out or write out the list of things to take with you to the test and get them together now: ticket, directions to the test site, pencils, and calculator. Checklist is on www.collegeboard.com
2. Know how to use your calculator. See the directions about the calculator on the College Board site www.collegeboard.com You may not use it, but know the rules. Know all the rules.
3. Look at the Question for the Day each day between now and the test by using the test feed. Go back and look at the DIRECTIONS and the SOLUTIONS to the other questions for the past few days. Some types of questions will always be on the test. Some styles of asking the question will always be on the test. www.collegeboard.com
4. Follow the advice of a mentor about strategies to get the points you know. www.coolrocketschool.org
I am a private tutor with nine certifications to teach gifted and exceptional education, so I have proctored standardized tests with accommodations and for gifted students with other health impairments. Many of my websites are full of helpful columns about taking the SAT (www.coolrocketschool.org and www.coolrocketschool.com ). If you have time before Friday’s test to read some of the columns, the practice with the questions and the tips can help. If not, see 5&6 below.
5. If you are taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) this upcoming Saturday, use these mnemonics for questions you can answer quickly and for questions you cannot answer quickly:
First, if you know the answer, make CERTAIN, you are answering the correct question:
CHECK:
Capture all the information from the question you need.
Help yourself to connect what you need to know with what you know.
Eliminate the answers you think are wrong.
Check your answer in the problem to make sure it fits the question.
Kiss your circle with a nice complete fill on the answer sheet.
SECOND, if you are somewhat lost in the question, realizing that you may know some things but the method to the answer is not readily apparent to you:
ACT:
Ask yourself the question you think the question is from the material you see.
Capture all you know about the solution and what you need to know.
Teach yourself to move through the possible steps to eliminate as many possibilities as you can.
Put a dot in one of the circles on the answer sheet to look at later if you have time or to fill in before the end of the test—and MOVE ON. ACT!
6. Don’t make big plans for the night before the test. Get some rest. Do find out everything about how to get to the test site, where to park, where to go for the test before the test day.
Don’t try to do a lot more to prepare for the rest of the week. Try to be as comfortable as possible. You can always take it again, and you will know a lot more about the test! Give it your best shot! Stand on the line and pop the balls into the basket one by one. You can do more than you know. Try every question, keep checking that you are answering the right question, and keep moving.judiethcarol&Rocketcat @ www.coolrocketschool.org and www.coolrocketschool.com March 2010
