Comments on: Prepare for the SATs or ACTs with Preparation Courses http://www.educationindex.net/schoolsblog/2007/02/20/prepare-for-the-sats-or-acts-with-preparation-courses/ A guide to learning, college admissions, university life, graduate schools, financial aid, K12 education, and more. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:09:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Harry Barfoot http://www.educationindex.net/schoolsblog/2007/02/20/prepare-for-the-sats-or-acts-with-preparation-courses/#comment-2 Harry Barfoot Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:10:48 +0000 http://www.educationindex.net/schoolsblog/2007/02/20/prepare-for-the-sats-or-acts-with-preparation-courses/#comment-2 FYI. We provide the underlying automated scoring for the Official College Board Online SAT Course, as well as provide our own writing prep too for SAT prep, MY Access! Home Edition. This program provides unlimited use to improve writing skills for general writing, high school exit requirements, as well as collegae admissions. We are also the organization that automatically scores the writing on the GMAT and MCAT for aspiring businees proefessionals or physicians. We hope you will include our link on your site for the future. FYI. We provide the underlying automated scoring for the Official College Board Online SAT Course, as well as provide our own writing prep too for SAT prep, MY Access! Home Edition. This program provides unlimited use to improve writing skills for general writing, high school exit requirements, as well as collegae admissions. We are also the organization that automatically scores the writing on the GMAT and MCAT for aspiring businees proefessionals or physicians. We hope you will include our link on your site for the future.

]]> By: matthew http://www.educationindex.net/schoolsblog/2007/02/20/prepare-for-the-sats-or-acts-with-preparation-courses/#comment-387 matthew Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:43:36 +0000 http://www.educationindex.net/schoolsblog/2007/02/20/prepare-for-the-sats-or-acts-with-preparation-courses/#comment-387 These are very good tools that all high school kids should use to get into colleges. I personally recommend the Princeton Review ACT book. Has anyone tried www.skoogo.com ? These are very good tools that all high school kids should use to get into colleges. I personally recommend the Princeton Review ACT book.

Has anyone tried www.skoogo.com ?

]]> By: letter format http://www.educationindex.net/schoolsblog/2007/02/20/prepare-for-the-sats-or-acts-with-preparation-courses/#comment-423 letter format Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:38:32 +0000 http://www.educationindex.net/schoolsblog/2007/02/20/prepare-for-the-sats-or-acts-with-preparation-courses/#comment-423 Many students do not study for the SATs and you can tell by their test scores. Those that do studied for the SATs tend to score 100-500 points higher than those that do not study for it. My son took the SAT I twice and while he only scored 1400 on the first, he manage to score 1700 the second time by spending an extra 10 hours or so studying for it. Great resources and I'm sure it is very useful for those that are planning to study for these tests. Many students do not study for the SATs and you can tell by their test scores. Those that do studied for the SATs tend to score 100-500 points higher than those that do not study for it. My son took the SAT I twice and while he only scored 1400 on the first, he manage to score 1700 the second time by spending an extra 10 hours or so studying for it.

Great resources and I’m sure it is very useful for those that are planning to study for these tests.

]]> By: Online Calculator http://www.educationindex.net/schoolsblog/2007/02/20/prepare-for-the-sats-or-acts-with-preparation-courses/#comment-425 Online Calculator Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:16:04 +0000 http://www.educationindex.net/schoolsblog/2007/02/20/prepare-for-the-sats-or-acts-with-preparation-courses/#comment-425 I am a senior who just graduated high school and found that the SATs are very difficult to get a super high score on. I have used the Princeton Review, it is a very good tool because it gives you many test practices that you can do. To study for the SAT it isn't like studying for a regular test in math where you just try to remember a few formulas and hopefully derive them correctly on the test. The SAT is based on many different things. For example in math it deals with algebra to trigonometry, therefore you need to make sure your old factoring skills are as fresh as your trig functions. The SATs also test your skills in English also. From writing, grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. To master the SAT you not only need to have a lot of knowledge in math and English, timing is also very important. As you probably already know the SATs are a time based test. They give you from 15-25 minutes on each section ( I can't remember exactly, but the essay time is a little longer than the rest.) I noticed that even though I know what to do on the problem it just takes longer to do than other. The key thing you have to remember is that the easy problems are worth just as much as the hard ones. My advice to dominate the SATs is to do all the easy ones first then go back to other ones where you can do but just take a bit more time, freshen up on your math skills like factoring and the pascal triangle, and use all your time wisely if you have some spare time go back to make sure your mark the correct bubble or did the problem correct. Good luck on the SAT I am a senior who just graduated high school and found that the SATs are very difficult to get a super high score on. I have used the Princeton Review, it is a very good tool because it gives you many test practices that you can do. To study for the SAT it isn’t like studying for a regular test in math where you just try to remember a few formulas and hopefully derive them correctly on the test. The SAT is based on many different things. For example in math it deals with algebra to trigonometry, therefore you need to make sure your old factoring skills are as fresh as your trig functions. The SATs also test your skills in English also. From writing, grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. To master the SAT you not only need to have a lot of knowledge in math and English, timing is also very important. As you probably already know the SATs are a time based test. They give you from 15-25 minutes on each section ( I can’t remember exactly, but the essay time is a little longer than the rest.) I noticed that even though I know what to do on the problem it just takes longer to do than other. The key thing you have to remember is that the easy problems are worth just as much as the hard ones. My advice to dominate the SATs is to do all the easy ones first then go back to other ones where you can do but just take a bit more time, freshen up on your math skills like factoring and the pascal triangle, and use all your time wisely if you have some spare time go back to make sure your mark the correct bubble or did the problem correct. Good luck on the SAT

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