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| Yeah heres a tip study your fricken *#@ off. |
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| WTF Shadowkillers taking the SAT I thought he was 14. |
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| WTF is the SAT? |
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:27 pm
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| Well it's almost test time for me and i was wondering if anyone had some tips? |
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:44 pm
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| okay i appreciate the votes but some advice or comments would be nice. |
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:37 pm
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This is what I've allways been told.....
Study for approx 20 mins at a time.
Take regular breaks.
If you just study before you go to bed, you only retain 10% of the information.
You can study to music, but quietly in the back ground. I found it distracted me too much.....
It helps to have a clean and tidy area to study in.
It's no good reading information you have to make notes as well.
Get plenty of sleep. |
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:07 pm
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actually you retain more by studying before you go to bed
sleep is a process which saves and stores information |
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:45 pm
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| If you say so, I'm just repeating what me teachers told me ;P |
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:49 pm
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as am I =)
granted teachers aren't the most... knowledgable in the deepest scientific workings of the mind |
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:56 pm
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I find that studying on and off for a day, then taking a break all next day actually makes me retain more than if I just kept plowing through both days.
At least with "why in the hell??" type material like French grammar or statistics  |
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:10 pm
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| actually howling that is not true. while you sleep information saves and stores information more in a chronological order so it would start near beginning and work its way forward. thats why you wouldnt retain much information. it takes time to process everything so basically cramming doesnt input the information as well. hence why you are told to study throughout a longer time period and space things out with breaks. so yeah cauthorn=correct, however there are rare occasions when cramming can work. |
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:12 pm
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I heard they added another section which to me is stupid lol...when i took it, perfect score was 1600, now i think it's 2400...I only took it once and got a 1050 which is average at that time. Only thing i did was take a SAT prep course in high school and that did enough to get me the 1050. So take a course and study a lil bit.  |
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:33 pm
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was 1800 not too long ago
not sure what else they added to bump it up to 2400 |
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Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:27 pm
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okay thanks guys some of the advice in betweent the arguments should help out.  |
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Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:34 pm
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| If you're gonna listen to music while you study, pick something without lyrics. Classical, jazz, just something without the distraction of words. I find the Xenosaga soundtrack works really well for me. |
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Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:23 pm
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was 1800 not too long ago
not sure what else they added to bump it up to 2400 |
An essay. IMO, the most stressful part of the exam.
Biggest tip: Get an energy drink and a snack for the break. Nothing like a Red Bull and Cheetos to kill some stress.
Also- The test isn't nearly as bad as most people make it out to be.
Don't waste money on some $400 class to teach you how to take it. Take practice tests though. Also keep in mind, the test is designed for the "average" student. If you're above average (which, if you're taking the SAT at 14, I imagine is the case) don't think too much into the easier problems. IMO, it tests your ability to take the SAT more than it tests your knowledge.
If I recall correctly, at least for the math section, the difficulty scales up as you go along. |
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Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:25 pm
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you just started an arugment i think LOlz  |
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