How to Master the SAT
Students see the SAT as a difficult exam, full of nonsense words, boring reading excerpts, and overly complex equations, created to make them fail. Even academically talented teenagers have trouble with the SAT. Parents usually don't understand it much better than their kids do! The College Board insists that everything on the test is taught in schools, but the reality is that teachers often have little time to address the entirety of the SAT spectrum. With limited knowledge, the test begins to dominate them - adolescents doubt their abilities and themselves, overstress, and fail again and again. Nobody wants this. Students should be able to master the exam - not have it master them!
At Little Genius Prep, we expose the seemingly strong fabric of the SAT by peeling at it thread by thread. As students learn, they begin to see how flimsy and predictable the test really is. This must be done on a micro-level, by seeing it not as a large exam, but as a series of simple themes. Over time, students' wisdom of these themes accumulates, and their scores grow. Little Genius Prep covers the points that teachers have missed, and ensures that students understand this information. This lets students breeze through the SAT. There is no magic here; just a unique and scientific solution that allows students to cultivate seeds of skill that will grow into a garden of mastery.
At Little Genius Prep, we expose the seemingly strong fabric of the SAT by peeling at it thread by thread. As students learn, they begin to see how flimsy and predictable the test really is. This must be done on a micro-level, by seeing it not as a large exam, but as a series of simple themes. Over time, students' wisdom of these themes accumulates, and their scores grow. Little Genius Prep covers the points that teachers have missed, and ensures that students understand this information. This lets students breeze through the SAT. There is no magic here; just a unique and scientific solution that allows students to cultivate seeds of skill that will grow into a garden of mastery.
NEW SAT VS. OLD SAT
After March 2016 SAT test had many major changes. Here’s what our tutors need you to know about the exam’s redesign.
This excerpt from TIME magazine breaks down, in detail, how the test will be structured:
"For starters, the new test will be more reading-centric and passage-based than ever before. On the new SAT, everyone starts out with an interminable string of lengthy reading passages. After first facing a 65-minute, 52-question Reading test containing 5 long passages (some accompanied by charts), students then advance to a 35-minute, 44-question Writing and Language test containing 4 more passages. To complete these sections, students must consume about 4,500 words of text and answer nearly 100 rather wordy questions in a little over an hour and a half—with one short, scheduled break in the middle.
Test takers will then move on (with no break) to back-to-back Math tests—a 25-minute, 20-question, calculator-verboten section (then a break) followed by a 55-minute, 38-question, calculator-friendly finale. The scope of math topics will narrow considerably and reach higher (heavy on linear and polynomial algebra, extremely light on geometry, and with a smattering of trigonometry and statistics). The mix of multiple-choice and free-response item types seen on the current SAT will remain."
At Little Genius Prep, our tutors are more knowledgeable than anyone else on the new SAT, and we’ll be able to ensure you or your child will be ready to tackle it with confidence!
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