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Preparing for your SATs
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- Preparing for your SATsBefore you get started studying for the SATs, let’s go over a few basic concepts:What is the SAT?The SATs are standardized tests (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test). They are us...
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Breakdown of the SAT
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- You’ll find below a comprehensive chart detailing the formatting and other details of the SATs… |={border-color:#c02323;background-color:#6edc88}.||={border-color:#c02323;background-color:#6edc88}. Mathematics||={border-co...
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- Mistaken grammar and spelling is alright and even accepted in some contexts like instant messenger or notes to friends, but don’t let it seep into your vocabulary for academic related instances. The writing portion of the SATs incl...
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"The" and "A/an"
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- Articles “The” and “A/an” are tricky for non-native speakers of English. It seems hard to know when to use each one. One should use “the” when one is talking about something specific. Usually both the ...
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Math SAT- Basic Algebra
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- Math SAT Preparation – Basic Algebra Welcome to a Math SAT Preparation Lesson. In this lesson we will go over really simple, basic algebraic and numerical concepts. First of all, make sure you remember your basic grade 1 math...
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Math SATs- Algebra II
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- Math SATs- Algebra II Welcome to a Math SAT Preparation Lesson. In this follow-up lesson to Basic Algebra we will go over some extra algebraic topics. An example of an important numerical concept is dealing with averages. 1. Mode- ...
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- What are Passage-Based Critical Reading?These questions on the SATs measure a student’s ability to read, think and comprehend different forms of writing. This may be in the form of a short story, poem or essay from about 100 to 850...
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- Math SATs- Sequences and Series Welcome to a Math SAT Preparation Lesson. In this lesson we will study sequences and series. Let’s start off with sequences A sequence is a list of numbers that has a certain order. For exam...
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- Math SATs- Simple Probability Welcome to a Math SAT Preparation Lesson. In this lesson we will study the basics of a concept called probability. Ever wondered what’s the probability of the rain in Spain not staying mainly in ...
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- Math SATs- Sets, Ratios and Modules Welcome to a Math SAT Preparation Lesson. In this lesson we will take a look at a few important concepts that have to do with sets, ratios and modules. SAT tests, and many other standardized test...
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Math SATs- Geometry
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- Math SATs- Geometry Welcome to a Math SAT Preparation Lesson. In this lesson we will go over simple shape-based geometry. Ever asked yourself, what in the name of the Great Pickle is math good for? Sure you have. Well, here’s...
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Math SATs- Analytic Geometry
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- Math SATs- Analytic Geometry Welcome to a Math SAT Preparation Lesson. In this lesson we will study the wonders of analytic geometry. While the geometry we’ve discussed before is based on real-world shapes and figures, this i...
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Writing SATs ~ Commas
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- Comma, Comma, Comma, Comma-chameleon!The comma is an important element to your grammar knowledge. We sometimes overlook its value as both a punctuation device as well as a structural improvement mechanism. It not only helps us read thing...
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Math SATs- Basic Functions
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- Math SATs- Basic Functions Welcome to a Math SAT Preparation Lesson. In this follow-up lesson to Analytic Geometry we will take a look at basic non-linear functions. As we’ve already seen, we can use x’s and y’s t...
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Math SATs- Trigonometry
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- Math SATs- Trigonometry Welcome to a Math SAT Preparation Lesson. In this lesson we’ll go over some trigonometry, which we’ll refer to by its pet name trig. Before we start with trig, let’s go over angles Angle...
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- How to Structure a Clear EssayMost of us learned some basic rules of writing in high school. Most of us thought those rules were stupid, constricting tools invented by teachers to hold us down and stifle our innate creativity. In the rea...
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- Math SAT Preparation – Logic and Number Tricks Welcome to a Math SAT Preparation Lesson. In this lesson we will go over some logic and number tricks that can help you out when writing you math SATs. Let’s start with a s...
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- Sentence completion questions make up around a quarter of the content on the critical reading section of the SAT. Although it may seem easy to literally fill in the blanks, these questions require knowledge of vocabulary, quality as well...
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- Strategies for Dealing with Math SATs I’m going to try and give some tips about actually writing the Math SATs. These should be helpful for writing any sort of math test, or any test really. Let’s start with the basics-...
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Scary Plural Forms
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- Beware of Scary Plural Forms There are many nouns in the English language. For most of them, all you need to do is add an -s to make one become many. Sadly, there are exceptions. This should help you figure them out Normal words ...
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Different Spellings- oh no!
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- Differences in Spelling in US, Canada, and UK Oh NO! Simple words, like color/colour, are spelled differently in the UK, the US, Canada, and other spots in the world. What do we do now? Here’s a chart that should help you out...
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Tricky Tricks for Math SATs
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- Extra Strategies and Tricky Tricks to Crash through your Math SATs This is the second article in my Math SAT Strategies Series. Here we’ll squeeze in more specific tricks to help you solve SAT questions. First things first- d...
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- Come on in as we go over characteristics of great writing that will help you ace the Writing Section of the SATs or just improve your day to day scribbling! This lesson will focus on consistency.Whether you’re writing on Engl...
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- Along with the other characteristics of effective writing, the way one interprets, writes or reads a sentence depends on logical organization. To get down to the nitty gritty of these logical characteristics, let’s break the three ...
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Welcome to SAT Preparation
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- Bookmark This Community |<>{border-color:white}. The SAT. That awful test that’s got Grade 12s everywhere scratching their heads. College is a big step and resources and strategies you can trust can sometim...
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Identifying Sentence Errors
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- As part of the writing section of the SAT, you will have to approach questions that have you identify the sentence error. So, what are they all about anyway?Identi-wha?These questions test your knowledge and ability to recognize grammar ...
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Improving Sentences
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- Had enough of Identifying Sentence Errors yet? Another big portion of the SAT writing section deals with improving sentences. It’s a bit like identifying errors, but you’re not looking for actual specific errors this time,...
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Improving Paragraphs
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- Sentences aren’t the only thing you’ve got to improve! The last type of question you may see in the writing section of the SAT is improving paragraphs. These questions test all of your writing abilities, as well as your ab...
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All About SAT Subject Tests
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- SAT Subject Tests: What are they? You might be wondering, I’m taking the SATs and I’ve heard of the SAT II but I have no idea what that is or what that means. No worries. In this lesson, we’ll give you a step by step...
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How to Register for the SAT
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- How to Register for the SAT : FAQHow do I start to register for the SAT?Keep in mind you have to register at least a month before the actual testing day. Find your local test center to select when you want to write the test (one of the 7...
