What is SAT

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What is SAT ??

• The full form of SAT is Scholastic aptitude Test
  which is a standardized test used for college or
  university admissions in the United States and
  Canada.
• It is created by the College Board and the main
  idea is to provide colleges with one common
  criterion that can be used to compare all the
  applicants all over the world. Besides SAT,
  colleges or universities also consider your high
  school scores, academic transcript, and letters
  of recommendation, extra-curricular activities,
  interviews, and personal essays. The weight
  placed on SAT scores varies from college to
  college. 

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An overview of the SAT exam

• It is conducted seven times a year in the months
  of October, November, December, January, March,
  May and June.
• The duration of the exam is 3 hours (50 minutes
  optional essay).
• Scoring scale is from 400 to 1600.
• In New Sat there is no guessing penalty.
• It is available as paper based test or computer
  based test.
• There are two sections for both Mathematics
  (Calculator and No Calculator) and Verbal
  (reading and writing language).
• There are 4 answer choices per question and some
  Grid-in questions for Mathematics.
• Mathematics section has now higher level
  mathematics and includes trigonometry.
• There are 154 questions in total having 58 of
  Mathematics, 52 and 44 for reading and writing
  language respectively.
• The reading passage includes complex structures
  and vocabulary.
• Calculators are allowed in the longer of the two
  mathematics sections.
• The essay is optional and scored separately
  depending upon the need of University or College.

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  How to prepare for SAT exam?

• Believe in yourself- First and foremost thing to
  do is to believe yourself that you can crack SAT
  exam. You yourself are your strength. So if you
  DREAM BIG then try to DO BIG. Search for the BEST
  SAT PREPARATION INSTITUTE which will help you to
  be confident and prepared.
• Make a GOAL for yourself and fix a TIME TABLE- Of
  course, a proper time table will help you to go
  through the topics in a better way. A minimum of
  3-4 hours in a day is mandatory to start the
  preparation of SAT exam.

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• 3. Proper syllabus and list of topics of all
  the modules in SAT- There are numerous websites
  which give the information about the syllabus of
  SAT exams. You can take help from any of the
  websites but make sure that the content should be
  genuine and write the common topics and start
  from the chapters which you think are easy.
• 4. Make strategies for MATH - Mathematics is
  one of the subject which is not a favorite one of
  most of the people appearing for SAT but if you
  try to learn the strategies and make proper
  handwritten formula sheets it will be beneficial
  for a start. Always start with the basic chapters
  and from a basic book and then refer yourself a
  book of higher order. Try to solve puzzles to
  improve your analytical skills.
• 5. Make proper formula and shortcut sheets for
  different topics of MATH- As discussed above,
  proper formulas and concepts will help you to
  answer in a better way even if you do not know or
  forget the shortcut of any type. Always search
  for new questions and puzzles on internet.
• 6. Proper WORD LISTS with SYNONYMS and
  ANTONYMS- Make a proper word list with their
  synonyms and antonyms followed by the usage of
  the word in a sentence.

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• 7. Start doing READING COMPREHENSIONS from very
  basic level and minimum 5 in a day- Reading
  comprehensions are one of the major and strategic
  part in verbal section. Write that word from the
  comprehension in your notebook which is new to
  your vocabulary list. This will also help you to
  make proper sentences.
• 8. Try to complete 2 topics of MATH daily and 1
  topic of reasoning and start with the grammar in
  English- Firstly, try to clear the concepts of
  English language like PARTS OF SPEECH, TENSES,
  SENTENCE FORMATION, MODAL VERBS AND VOCABULARY
  (the most important part). After preparing for
  the basic level, try to solve some old SAT exam
  papers or Sample papers which will help you to
  score yourself and the further preparation you
  need to do.
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