How You Can Prepare Better for SAT Exam

If you have plans to get an amazing score in SAT and make your way into the college of your dreams, then you need to chalk out the best ways to study for SAT. In this article, we will explain those options that are going help you to prepare for it.

There are multiple options that one can use to prepare for SAT like self-study, tutorialclasses, online learning programs, or the combination of all these options.

4 Strategies to Prepare Better For SAT

No matter what’s your target these 4 strategies will surely help you out to achieve your desired SAT score:

Determine Your Target

Before you start studying, you need to figure out what score you are trying to achieve in your SAT exams. Deciding a target score always helps you to get motivated. So first determine your target score by looking for 75th percentile SAT scores for the schools you’re interested in applying. Don’t include the safety schools in your list; only look up the scores for the colleges that you are keen to attend.

You can also Google the name of the School to find the 75th percentile scores. For scores that are from the old SAT with a maximum score of 2400, multiply the 75th percentile score with ⅔ to get an equivalent score for the current test. If you have achieved a score that is equal to or above the 75th percentile score for a given college, then you’ll get a chance of getting into that college.

Determine the time span of your Study

You can gather a rough idea of how long you need to study by calculating the difference between target score and current score. To determine your current SAT score, use the score of your last exam you have taken, or if you are a new SAT candidate, then take an official practice test simulating a real test situation.

Here’s an estimated breakdown of point improvement per number of study hours for the SAT:

• 0-50 point improvement: 10 hours

• 50-100 point improvement: 20 hours

• 100-200 point improvement: 40 hours

• 200-300 point improvement: 80 hours

• 300-500 point improvement: 150 hours+

Once you determine how long studying would help you can chalk out a plan in order to put in enough study hours before you take the SAT to reach your target score. For example, if you need to study near about 40 hours to achieve your goal and you're planning to take SAT within 5 weeks, then you need to schedule at least 8 hours of study time every week.

Analyze Your Mistakes

It won’t be enough to just put in maximum study time; for the better score, you need to study effectively. To make the best use of your study time you need to figure out the drawbacks and put in much more effort to solve them.

Solve Realistic Practice Questions

Undoubtedly, the best questions one needs to study from are those that resemble the questions that have already appeared on the SAT. Usually SAT prep books fails to provide the kind of questions that appear on the SAT. They are either too difficult to solve or being presented in a way that is quite different from the usual SAT question format.

So you need to use the four official practice tests provided by the College Board otherwise, you can opt for the realistic practice questions on the official PSAT practice test.

Hopefully, the above-mentioned strategies will help you to boost your SAT preparations. Furthermore, you can add your own strategies and ideas to prepare in a better way.

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