How to prepare for the SAT test?

Posted by nitishasherawat on January 3rd, 2015

Nowadays, getting admission in a good and reputable college for higher studies is not as easy as earlier. Universities and colleges look several criteria  to determine whether the student is capable to pursue the specific course or not. Some of the common criteria include high school grades, SAT score or ACT score and the number of extracurricular activities while  in high schools. Having a good  score is very important, especially for those students who want to pursue higher studies in foreign colleges and universities. One needs to make proper planning and make preparation of the  test to perform better on the test.

Read on to learn about  few techniques through which you can enhance your performance in the test.

Solve practice paper

Solving  previous year question papers help students  to get an idea about the types  of question  asked in the test.  This helps students in making plans for preparation and score good in the test.  The more question papers you solve, the more you prepare for the exam.

Join SAT preparation course

It is  always  beneficial to join preparation classes offered by expert tutors. These courses  are designed to help students in improving their learning curves and focus on the sections, required for  performing better in the test. The professional tutors not only help students  in understanding how to score higher, but  also guide them about how to manage time for the  preparation of every section.  

Fix time for solving practice paper

This technique helps  students in improving their efficiency in solving questions in the fastest way possible.  This type of practice helps students in making time management for solving all the questions within the given time frame.

Make preparation for essay writing

In the SAT test, you have to write two essays of 250 to 300 words within 30 minutes.  The essay takes an invaluable place in scoring well on the SAT test. So, you need to write a professional and a well elaborated essay to score better on the exam.  The essay should contain an introduction, body and the conclusion.

You need to work hard on the quantitative section

This section contains 44 multiple choice questions that you have to solve in 70 minutes. These 44 questions help you to secure 800 marks in the test. There  are  negative marking for wrong answer.  So, avoid the question which you find hard to solve.

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About the Author…

I am Nitisha Sherawat, an experienced one in education industry and work for Mnemonic Education. This is the best institute in Delhi & NCR. Right now, I am writing on different subjects like SAT preparation in Delhi, GRE classes in Gurgaon, TOEFL, and GMAT Training Institute Delhi etc.