Whether you’re taking the SAT or the ACT, you’ll be holed up in a room bright and early on a Saturday morning for hours. Even if you’ve made sure to prepare for the SAT ahead of time, and you’ve learned great time management skills for high...
Sitting for long periods of time is bad for your body and mind, and at some point during the test, you’re bound to hit a lull in energy. Stretching refreshes your body and gives you an energy boost to push through and get the best score possible! You don’t...
In a way, the SAT and ACT test speed more than knowledge. But knowledge matters more than speed, and speed will follow knowledge with practice. If you’ve got a pretty good grasp of the content on the SAT or ACT, though, and you’re looking to increase your test-taking...
Students who take the ACT are often unsure of whether or not they should guess if they don’t know how to answer a question. Is it okay to guess on the ACT? The answer is—emphatically—yes! The ACT has no guessing penalty—and as a result, you shouldn’t leave any...
How To Prep For The SAT At Home: Doing some thrifty SAT prep at home is kind of like an art project! You want to use whatever time you have available to study SAT at home (or at school). And you can really do some amazing things with limited resources, just working...
Test Anxiety and SAT Prep Today’s SAT prep article from Love the SAT is about one of those subjects that almost everyone has a little bit of personal experience with: the feeling of anxiety before a big, important test. The SAT test itself is one of the biggest,...
The SAT’s so-called “guessing penalty” may not be a penalty for some—but for others, guessing might be holding their score back. So when should you guess on the SAT, and what should you expect to happen when you do? When to Skip a Question on the SAT If you know...
Before you quickly scan this article, beware. There’s more to reading than moving your eyes left and right! If you want to not only comprehend what you read, but also develop your powers of critical analysis by engaging with your reading, this is the blog post for...
Love the SAT is here to help Austin students prepare for the big test! In addition to helping students master the material, we want to make sure everyone’s Test Day Jitters are at a minimum! The best way to reduce test anxiety is to know what to expect; here are some...
Studying vocabulary is the single easiest way to increase your Critical Reading score on the SAT. Most students can gain anywhere from 60-120 points just by studying vocab! And one of the very best kept secrets is this: it’s possible to crack these questions...
