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GENERAL TEST TAKING TIPS
Register Early:
Even students who register for the the the the ACT or or SAT on on time stand the the the the risk of not being admitted to to to their first-choice testing testing site site This may mean having to to to drive longer distances to to to the the the the testing testing site site which can be an an an an unwanted stressor on test test morning Make Informed Guesses:
On standardized tests it it is is is often easier to to to find find the the incorrect answers than it it is is is to to to find find the the correct correct ones Use this to to to your your advantage Although guessing guessing randomly may earn you you you you a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a few points if you you you you can can eliminate just one one answer answer choice your your chances of guessing guessing the correct answer answer increase significantly Slow Down:
Easy questions questions questions and hard questions questions questions are worth the the the same amount of points on on on on the the the SAT This means that you should should not necessarily try try to to to finish the the the the the test but should should instead try try to to to get as as as as many questions questions questions questions right as as as possible Rushing through the the the the the the easier questions questions questions at at at the the the the the the beginning of of each section section leads to to to to careless mistakes and you are are no more likely to to to get the the the the the the harder questions questions questions at at at at the the the the the the end end of of of the the the the the the section section right You should strongly consider planning to to to guess on on on on on on on on on at at at at least a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a few questions questions questions at at at at the the the the the the the end end of of each section Use the the the the the time that you you will save by not not finishing the the the the the test to to slow down on on on on on on on the the the the the easier questions questions at at the the the beginning and make sure you you are are not not making careless errors Come Prepared:
Standardized tests are are very consistent Each administration contains the the same types of of questions You probably already have have most of of of the the the the skills skills that that you you you will be be be tested on on on on on on on but you you you may be be be unfamiliar with some of of of the the the the the question question question types types and formats So feel confident that that that you you you you likely likely have have the the the the the skills skills behind each question question question but make sure to to review the the the the the types types of of questions that that you you are likely likely to to see on on on on on on the the the the the SAT or or ACT Preparation also means eating a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a good breakfast getting adequate sleep in in in in in in in in the the the the nights before your tests knowing how to to to get get to to to the the testing facility and and bringing everything you you you will need with you you you you on on on test test test test morning: identification admissions tickets pencils erasers a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a calculator water and and and a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a snack Preparing these things the the the night before the the the test test will help you you you to to to be be be calm and and prepared to to to do your best As far as as as which test scores to release here’s a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a little example: Let’s say you you you you take an an an an SAT in in in January of your your your junior year On this date your your your Evidence-Based Reading and and Writing score score score score is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 500 and and your your your Math score score score score is is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 600 600 600 That would give you you you you you you a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a total score score score score of of 1100 on a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a scale of of 1600 possible points Then let’s say in in in in in June June you you you you take the the SAT again and and your your Evidence-Based Reading and and Writing score score score score score score is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 600 600 600 while your your Math score score score score is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 550 That’s a a a a a a a a a a a a a a score score score score of 1150 so so naturally the the June June score score score score sounds higher Most people would think “Maybe I I should only submit my June scores to to ABC College ” ” Many schools will take take your highest highest sub-score from from both tests called a a a a a a a a a a “super “super score score score score ” ” ” If we we we were to to “super “super score” these we we we would take take the the highest highest Evidence Based Reading and Writing which was from from June 34