Sat Test

If you’re a junior in high school right now, you’re at the perfect spot to begin making some important decisions regarding your future. This is a good time to take the SAT, so go to The College Board at www.collegeboard.com to register for the exam and find out how they can help you prepare. Taking the SAT early in your junior year gives you an advantage over other students who may procrastinate taking the exam until their senior year. If you’re taking the exam early, then you get your scores back and if your score is less than what you need to get into a prestigious university, then you have time to retake the exam. You may retake the exam as many times as you like, but you should remember that each SAT you take will cost you money. If could be more cost effective to study up before you take the SAT in order to get the best possible score. That way you won’t need to retake the exam. However, if you do prepare and still get an unsatisfactory grade you have given yourself enough time to retake the exam before college admission deadlines hit you.

In my last couple of blog posts I discussed how you can find study aids at that website to help you understand the format of the SAT in order to familiarize yourself with the set up. As with most everything in life, preparation is key to a successful outcome. The SAT is no different.

The best way to prepare for the SAT depends totally on what kind of learner you are, what your goals are and if you have some extra income to spend on SAT study test prep books or classes. Let me make it clear that you do not in any way need to spend money in order to study for the SAT. It is possible to do it on your own. Having said that, let me say that SAT study prep is a big booming business and there are some incredible aids out there to help you as you prepare. Some cost big bucks, others are delightfully free of charge.

All you need to do it type in SAT Prep in your online search engine and you’ll be amazed at the sheer number of hits you get back. If you cull through them you’ll discover that there really are a number of websites where you can gain access to free study prep material. Even some of the pay sites will allow you to see some of their material as a teaser and once you’ve exhausted the free stuff, they’ll take you to a page where you’ll have to pay for further study prep aids. You can simply find another SAT prep website and go through their free stuff as well.

When my daughter was preparing to take the SAT exam, she purchased a book from Barnes and Noble that was quite heavy and thick. I wasn’t taking the SAT and I was intimidated just looking at that tome! In her spare time between school and her part time job she tried to squeeze in study time with ‘Big Bertha’ as we affectionally began to call her.

And therein lays another problem I want to talk about in my next blog; time crunch for high school students.