If you had to take the test tomorrow and needed to know what you were getting into and some plan of attack, here are some basics:
SAT Reading
5 passages, 52 questions, 65 minutes.
All five? – 13 minutes per passage
SHRINK THE TEST? Focus on 4 out of 5 - 15-15-15-15-5.
SAT Grammar
4 passages, 44 questions, 35 minutes
Should be able to finish
If not – SKIP certain rhetorical skills questions (large ones)
SAT Math
Non-Calc
20 questions, 25 minutes
ORDER OF DIFFICULTY – Based on question #!! (TRENDS!!)
1 – 12 attack
13 – 15 POOD
16 – 18 attack
19 – 20 POOD
Calculator Math
38 questions, 55 minutes
1 – 24 attack
25 – 30 POOD
31 – 34 attack
35 – 38 POOD
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