Until you finish the question, do nothing else. Breakfast is an excellent time to make this appointment with yourself — it allows you to finish this task early in the day, before any other obligations intrude on your schedule.
If short, daily bursts of review are too off-putting or unmanageable, use a calendar such as the one on your smartphone to find time for a weekly study session. Choose a time when you can be free of distractions, and schedule your other summer activities around this commitment.
Your study session need not be long, but do ensure that it is focused. Two hours of review, for example, is adequate to keep yourself engaged without crowding out your other summer plans.
The simple act of reading during your summer break can positively affect your prep. Both the ACT and the SAT are shifting to place more emphasis on reading comprehension and interpretation see my piece on the revised SAT for more details , so emphasize books that force you to use these skills.
While you may not encounter your summer reading selections on the ACT or SAT, you will be building your familiarity with parsing dense language. To my mind, the ideal window for low-stress SAT testing opens in the spring of sophomore year and closes the summer after junior year. Keeping your level of math and your calendar of activities in mind, you should plan to take the SAT as early as possible within this range after preparing to ensure that you have a little stress as possible on this journey.
You may be a great candidate for testing in spring of your junior year. Or maybe the fall of your junior year is better because of your commitments in the winter and spring.
Or maybe, just maybe, you can get started the summer after your sophomore year - a great option for a lot of students. Can you test during your senior year too? But ideally senior year testing is for adding a few additional points to an already solid SAT score. Having SAT scores you're proud of by the end of your junior year ensures that you can finalize your college list the summer between junior and senior year with real exam results - not wishful-thinking results - as a firm basis for clear-eyed decisions.
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It's a win-win. What's the ultimate goal of SAT testing? In order to achieve this goal, you'll need to: Select the better test for your personal strengths. This short video will help you do just that. The Golden Rule of Testing Once you're sure you've selected the test that's your better fit, you'll want to follow my Golden Rule of Testing Higher Scores' Golden Rule of Testing Students should prepare for and take two official exams no later than June of their junior year, ideally on back-to-back test dates.
There are 3 keys to success in the Golden Rule: preparation, a reasonable number of testing opportunities, and a streamlined timeline.
When should you take the SAT? If more people request, hopefully they will consider!!! When I was in college I took the GREs for graduate school during the summer—and I had to go to a full-time internship during the week. High school students have more time on their hands during the summer than I did in college. That would be much better for people who want to take the ACT or SAT test in the summer rather than holding it at a high school.
Not an easy call to make. And the cost to pay proctors should be the same regardless of when the test is held. Maybe I have a different perspective living in Southern California, but the hottest months out here can be September and part of October. I have always thought it would be more convenient for my student to test in the summer when there are fewer distractions, but recently we got our wish and here is how it turned out for her in early June.
For the most part, I think it worked well for her, and she was much more relaxed and rested than October, but for 4 hours plus, they were testing in a stifling hot classroom where the proctor a police officer? And we actually had a very cool start to summer here too… normally we have some very hot days in May and early June! I think for some of these cash-strapped school districts, it does cost considerably to use the AC and find teachers to proctor! That way, we can actually find out if there are real students, or just drones being force-fed practice exams and AP classes just to please their parents.
Imagine each university seeing just what kind of student they are admitting. Thankfully, Lynn does a great job of pointing out that it is more important to match your student with the college than send them somewhere to fail emotionally and possibly academically, too.
Have a good summer all you wannabe test takers! Here in New Jersey, not having AC in many schools might be an issue. If a summer test date were in high demand, it is easy to imagine that there might not be enough acceptable locations.
I can see where it would significantly reduce the stress level of some students if they were able to take the SAT prep classes without it cutting into homework time or having to sacrifice one of their free weekends to do the class.
And then there are the students who are involved in extra-curricular activities. Athletes had better take the test off season which is also the only time they have to do campus visits, official and otherwise.
Then there are those who are involved in the band, art, theater, history, etc competitions which occur in the spring. As for test center availability and staff?
I just signed my son to take a summer Princeton Review session. I was wondering why there are no tests during the summer. These reasons do not hold water. Most schools have summer programs they offer and there are always proctors willing to oversee the students. The Princeton guaranty is that you have to take the test within 30 days of your session, well, that does not fit with the OCT 6th date.
Someone with energy and pull should challenge the test giants and institute summer tests, it makes perfect sense that students have some breathing time and can focus on the standardized test requirement at some schools…. I am not sure that a summer test would be appropriate for our already over-stressed, over-worked high school students in this country.
Why not get outside and be a lifeguard? Or camp counselor? Or run your own lawn mowing business? Or scoop some ice cream? There are already 7 chances to take the SAT during the school year. There has to be at least one date during that time frame that works. I agree completely that none of Ms. In fact, they simply spell out the considerations College Board needs to work through in order to set up a true pilot program for summer test dates.
I agree that community colleges are open during summer and can be a testing facility, as well as many public and private high schools are also open during the summer due to offering summer school classes. Not only are they not in school, they can be well rested before the test not having to attend school the day before. I often thought about that since we have many friends with kids in both public and private high schools that get out in May while ours get out at the end of June.
I think the early June testing date can be an advantage for students who live in states where their academic school year is shorter, such as Missouri where a lot of my relatives live. Students prepare for the SAT using books , live classes , tutoring , and self-study courses. Take a look at each one to decide which one will help you reach your goal score in the time you have. You can also give us a call and one of our test experts will help you find the best program for your situation.
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