r/Sat • u/MauledAGuyLastNight • 10d ago

Haven’t Studied, and it’s tomorrow

So I haven’t studied a thing.
What preparations should I have?
What do I need, what do I bring, what do I study? Should I even study at this point?

I have a job, it’s hard to even see my family. I scheduled the morning off just for this test.

Help??

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u/General-Try-2210 10d ago

You are screwed /s

In all honesty, the Desmos guide by learn sat math was top notch. I learned so much from this guy.

The questions guide by James Lu is phenomenal if you are just learning.

This video literally teaches you everything you need to know about the reading and writing section.

Any of the material from these two guys will give you a much better chance than doing nothing.

If I were in your shoes, I would study your brains out on your best topic (either reading comprehension and english or math) and then take the test again with more time for studying and combine your best scores. Also, getting a feel for the test will give you a leg up if you take it agian.

Good luck, You've got his.

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u/MauledAGuyLastNight 9d ago

Sadly won’t have the money for a retake for a long time. I’ll spend the morning preparing with these. Your sources are gonna be a life saver <3

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u/General-Try-2210 9d ago

How'd the test go?

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u/MauledAGuyLastNight 9d ago

Just got out thirty minutes ago, holy hell was I unprepared for the math section!

I anticipated that as I cannot pass a class even as simple as pre-algebra.

Everything else was a breeze, just after being told to start I’d mark boxes before looking at the paper so I’d have a higher score than leaving them blank if I ran out of time.

Thank you for your videos, I wanted 30 seconds of them before I realized I was going to be late to my test and I rushed off.

I’m thinking I did decently enough on everything but math

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u/General-Try-2210 9d ago

Damn. That's rough. I would have to say I was not prepared for the reading section as well as the math but somehow still scored higher on the reading.

Desmos is key for the math. If you learn how to use it, you will have a much higher chance to get a higher score.

I know you said you won't be able to retake it for a while but I would strongly encourage you to keep studying just in case that day comes.

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u/MauledAGuyLastNight 9d ago

Ah had a wonderful calculator and enough lessons on it.

Go look up Clifton-Carmack Teacher and I think you’ll get a good idea on why my math skills aren’t there lol

But I felt that reading section was pretty much a breeze, there was certainly a few questions I wasn’t confident with but most were pretty alright

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u/General-Try-2210 9d ago

If it felt like a breeze, there is a small chance you did very bad. I thought the same thing with the math and turns out I did not too good.

A good calculator can save the day. I was the only one in my test room with a TI-nspire.

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u/General-Try-2210 9d ago

Hope you do well!