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SAT Test Day Advice

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Highlights
• Quick revision for the SAT
• Before the test day
• At the testing center
• After the test
• The Experimental Section Conundrum

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Quick Revision – Global strategies
Do the easy ones
first
Don’t leave anything
unansweredPacing
Eliminate the wrong
ones

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Quick Revision – Quant - Strategies
Bite sized pieces
Do Estimation
Calculator Use
Read the question
carefully When you see variables, assign a value and
proceed
Question asks about changes to values but
don’t provide the actual values
Plug in your number for the actual value
Make use of the numbers given in the answer
choices
Word Problems –
Basic Approach

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• The use of calculator is permitted only for ‘yes calculator’ section.
• All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise
indicated.
• Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
• All figures are in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
• Unless Otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all
real numbers x for which f(x) is a real number
Quick Revision – Quant – Points given on test booklet

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Quick Revision – Formula given on the test booklet

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Quant Revision – Quant – Formulas not given on the booklet
When a quadratic is in the form ax2 + bx + c = 0,
Sum of the roots = -b/a and Product of the roots = c/a
Quadratic formula:
Discriminant, D = b2 – 4ac,
If D is positive, the quadratic has two real roots.
If D equals zero, the quadratic has one real root.
If D is negative, the quadratic has no real roots.
Growth or Decay formula:
•When the growth is given in percent.
Final amount = original amount (1  rate)number of changes
•When the growth is given as multiple,
Final amount = original amount (multiplier)number of changes
Total = Average × Number of elements
Mean, Median, Mode, Range
Distance = Speed × Time
Work = Rate × Time
Probability
P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(common for A, B)
P(A and B) = P(A) × P(B)

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Quick Revision – Quant – Formulas not given on the booklet
Slope =
• Parallel lines have the same slope.
• Perpendicular lines have negative
reciprocal slopes
Standard Form of a Linear Equation:
Ax + By = C
The slope of the line is –A/B
Quadratic Equation:
• Standard form is, y = ax2 + bx + c
• Factored form is, y = a(x – m)(x – n) where m and n are the
x-intercepts of the parabola.
• Vertex form is, y =a(x – h)2 + k, where (h, k) is the vertex of
the parabola.
Standard form of a circle is (x – h)2 + (y – k)2 = r2 , where
(h, k) is the center and r is the radius.
To convert radians to degrees,
sin x = cos (90 – x)
cos x = sin (90 – x)

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Quick Revision – Quant
Grid Ins – Pacing Advice
No Calculator Section:
– Q1 to Q10 (MCQ – easy and medium)
– Q16 to Q20 (Grid Ins)
– Q11 to Q15 (MCQ – hard )
Yes Calculator Section:
– Q1 to Q20 (MCQ – easy and medium)
– Q31 to Q38 (Grid Ins)
– Q21 to Q30 (MCQ – hard )

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Quick Revision – Reading
Reading Basic Approach:
Read the Blurb
Select and understand a question
Read what you need (create a window)
Predict an answer
Process of elimination
Important strategies to get a high Reading score:
Identifying the question type is really important
Always make a prediction, no matter how vague it
may seem
Work on the elimination process rigorously
Mark your windows, important words and
phrases, and question’s subject
Do not deviate from your prediction (trust your
gut)

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Quick Revision – W & L
Go for proof reader questions first
In Proofreader questions, look at the answer choices for understanding the
question
SAT tests only the knowledge of written English
Rules of Punctuation, Rules of Transition, consistency with sentence with regard
to verb, pronouns
Precisions with pronoun, modifier, and parallel construction.
Rely on POE

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Before the test day
Pack your bag:
 Admission Ticket – printed from
Collegeboard site
 Photo Id – Original Passport
 #2 pencils – 5 Nos
 Eraser
 Calculator – with new batteries
Also,
 Water
 Snacks
 Watch
 Jacket
 Plan how early to start, to reach on
time
 Don’t take any practice test
 Just revise the concepts and formula
 Take it easy and relax
 Sleep well

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Morning of the SAT
 Wake up, wake up fully
 Stretch
 Shower
 Have a good breakfast
 Start on time
Because it’s 4 hours long test...

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At the test center
Proctors
Breaks
Timing
Pencils and calculators
Be prepared and
attentive

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EXPERIMENTAL SECTIExperimental Section conundrum
Heads Up!!!
You may have a 5th section, an experimental section
This is a 20 minutes section, could be Reading or W&L or Math
You have to treat this section as equally as the other sections.

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After the test
If needed, you can cancel your score
Send your scores to the universities
within 9 days of the test
Can avail services like,
Student Answer Service
Multiple Choice Score Verification
Essay score Verification

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All the Best!!!

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