Knewton SAT Prep Presents: Mega Research
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Knewton SAT Prep Presents: Mega Research
- 1. Mega Important SAT Research
- 2. with David Ingber VP of Very Important Research Knewton Institute for Extremely Significant Stuff
- 3. How Long You Have Spent Freaking Out About The SAT Average SAT Score 600 1500 2400 3 Months Since 4 th Grade 0 Months Test-Related Stress
- 4. How good you are at mental math % of SAT Math questions for which you should do mental math 0 50 100 Weak Strong He-man Strong Mental Math
- 5. SAT Test Center Seating Chart You Playing with noisy charm bracelet Sniffling, but refusing to get a tissue Mega-B.O. Seventh year senior “ The Foot Tapper” “ The Mouth Breather” Has 14 pencils and 6 calculators Asleep Crusty, chain-smoking proctor
- 6. Recommendations (Glowing) SAT Score (2080) GPA (3.66) Interview (Held in the William J. Cowerlidge Admissions Building) College Admissions Factors for Billy Cowerlidge, IV (Age 17)
- 7. Time of Day How Many SAT Questions You should Do 0 170 Timing on Test Day 12am 4am 8am 12pm 4pm 8pm 12am
- 8. C = 2 ∏ r A = ∏ r 2 A Pi Chart
- 9. Before the SAT After the SAT Your SAT Diet Small coffee (only if you’re used to caffeine!) Water (Stay hydrated, but not too hydrated) Carbohydrates (Long-term energy boost) Fruits and vegetables (Healthy body = Healthy mind) Whatever Ice cream sandwiches for dinner!!! You Want! Eat
- 10. Helpfulness Quality of Handwritten Diagram Fantastic Geometry
- 11. Year (A.D.) National Average SAT Score 1000 1500 Is the country getting smarter? 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
- 12. David Ingber VP of Very Important Research Knewton Institute for Extremely Significant Stuff
- 13. Knewton.com/SAT
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- OUTLINE: Stress or anxiety can really affect score. – (there will be another focus lesson on anxiety specifically) Timeline/overview: (graphic?) Long term and While studying/taking practice tests The week before The day before The night before The morning of Then go through each: Long term: read lots, work on vocab through reading. Take practice tests at same time as your regular test, try to simulate conditions (dave y’s metaphor of marathon). While doing homeworks and practice problems, keep track of your timing and make sure you aren’t distracted. Actually try out and practice the strategies we give you, even if (especially if) they aren’t normal to you. Practice the essay in the time constraints, on the paper provided, with a pencil. Make outlines and use them. Write legibly. Practice bubbling in answer choices fully, darkly, and correctly, even if you don’t need to during practice. Make sure you know grid-in math rules. The week before: Take a last practice test, simulating test day as closely as possible (the Saturday morning before). Review missed problems and their explanations closely. Review your weakest concepts from our system. Review vocab lists and other lists of things to memorize (exponents, etc). Re-watch this video. E-mail us any last questions. make sure you feel confident in the main conceptual areas. Re-do any practice or extra practice you did poorly on. Make sure there is nothing that you still “don’t get”. Get some perspective: the SAT is important, but it’s not going to completely ruin your life if you don’t quite attain your ideal score. Colleges look at lots of other factors that you have been working on for years – the SAT is just one factor. Watch some funny college movies to gain perspective and laugh a little. You will get into college, and you will have a great time. The day before: Get plenty of sleep 2 nights before. Wake up on Friday the same time you will have to on Saturday if possible. Watch the official SAT test-day simulator at (http://sat.collegeboard.com/register/sat-test-day-simulator). do not take a full length practice test. Do not spend the entire day or hours and hours studying and reviewing. Just review formulas, some vocab, our strategies. Make sure you know what timing plan you will use for the test. Look over a few tricky problems and their explanations. Do not agonize over things you still don’t get – it’s too late now! The night before, lay out everything you will need: ID, registration # and ticket, directions to the testing center, a snack, water bottle, advil, your clothes (layers), calculator with fresh batteries, wristwatch (no alarm), number 2 pencils, separate eraser if you want. No mechanical pencils. No pens, highlighters, papers, books, or any electronic stuff – leave your in the car with your parents when they drop you off. You’ll be back texting in no time. If you must have it, it has to be completely off – not vibrate or silent. If it makes any noise at all, you might get your scores canceled and have to leave. Get plenty of sleep. The morning of: set multiple alarms. Wake up early enough to shower or be completely alert. Eat breakfast, but eat a normal-sized breakfast. Caffeinate as usual. Double check that you have everything you need (you set it out the night before so this should be easy). At the test center: roll with any issues. Expect waiting, lines, some confusion, and annoying rules. Don’t be thrown if you have to change rooms or something. No phones during test or on breaks. Totally off. No watch alarms or anything else. Any backup calculators or extra batteries must be under your desk in plain sight. They will not have extra batteries or calculators for you. During the test: don’t try to guess experimental section Focus on essay and only essay first. You get 5 minute warnings for each section. Write any formulas or mnemonics you commonly use on the top of your scratch paper. (SUBAWU, FANBOYS, average formula, etc) but don’t try to write everything down. Work at the steady, normal pace you’ve practiced. Keep an eye on the time but don’t obsess about it. Just check in. Bubble in as you go – don’t save it til the end cuz you might run out of time. (? Do we recommend this?) Stick to your personal timing strategy – you practiced it for a reason – don’t change it now! Don’t get distracted if someone next to you seems to be working faster or slower than you. You have your plan and it works for you – this is no time to compare yourself to and get freaked out by some random stranger. During breaks, use bathroom if needed, have a small snack in hallway outside room. Take your ID out with you. Don’t talk to other test takers, don’t ask each other about specific problems. Focus on what’s next; don’t stress about what already happened. Let us know how you felt and how you did!