The trick to any big test (whether it's an SAT or a final) is to not do anything out of the ordinary that you wouldn't do normally. If you don't eat breakfast, don't eat it the morning of the exam. If you don't sleep 10-12 hours a night, don't sleep it the night before. I'd definitely try and extend your normal sleeping habits by an hour or two but don't overdo it.

You want to go in there feeling relaxed and if you are over preparing for the test by changing your regular routine, you are going to be thinking about it too much before it actually happens.

The last thing to remember is that you can take it multiple times. If you do poorly on the first one, pay for a course that helps improve your score and then take it again.

XDawn

Canada4040 Posts

January 08 2005 00:39 GMT

#22

Let the sandman take you away.... into his god forsaken kiddy little world of sleep

zooBie

India122 Posts

January 08 2005 00:41 GMT

#23

personally, i took the ACT test 2 times, first time 8 hours of sleep and second time i stayed up at night reading a baron's act book, got 4 hours of slep tops, second time i improved my score 2 points :-\? depends on the person

0_0

United States2090 Posts

January 08 2005 00:56 GMT

#24

I took the PSATs this yr. as a sophmore... they really weren't so hard. Sleep is overrated lol, I got about 3 hours of sleep the night before, playin video games, just messing around, and I skipped breakfast because I woke up kinda late :-/. I ended up getting a 206 or something, which is like 9 pts below National Merit :-p. Standardized tests are really messed up... I scored about 20 points higher than some kids who have better grades then me :-/.

Anyways, just relax and do whatever you do, stress will really kill your score. If you really want to do well, just take the test like it is, and if you do badly, then practice for the next few months and take it again. You can't cram for these tests.

TheGreenBeret

United Kingdom548 Posts

January 08 2005 01:47 GMT

#25

For any exam, cram, cram, cram.

ohtusojos

United States7 Posts

January 08 2005 05:34 GMT

#26

On January 07 2005 20:36 Yin wrote:
Okay. I\'m taking the SSAT\'s ( Secondary School Admissions Test) tomorrow. Just wondering if anyone had any tips on the test, particularly, the verbal + reading comp section.
btw for people who dont know, this test is an admissions for high school. Maybe some people took it before when they were in middle school?

There's really nothing you can do to prepare at this point...I had to take an entrance exam for high school as well... The verbal is a lot of your vocabulary, so either you have an expansive one or you don't... reading comprehension pretty much says it all.

Just relax, and take your time.... don't stress if you don't know a word... guess and move on

ReBanned

1929 Posts

January 08 2005 05:41 GMT

#27

I take test better with a less amount of sleep (6-7 hours) lets me focus, gives me sort of tunnel vision.

NitrousOxide

United States73 Posts

January 08 2005 05:42 GMT

#28

Play some Techno music as you are on your way to the test, gets me in the zone...

superlyduper

United States37 Posts

January 08 2005 06:05 GMT

#29

get SLEEP

unless of course you havent studied
if you have, sleep will prevent silly mistakes

i remember the time i took my SAT II biology, I procrastinated. I don't usually study, and when I do, I dont usually study for more than an hour or two. I studied 12 hours straight before the test from 2:30PM to 2:30AM, and woke up alittle before 8AM(??) for the test. Luckily, I chose the to take the test at my shitty zoned school so I wouldnt have to wake up extra early for a commute.

I probably made a couple silly mistakes, but I would have done terrible without the study marathon. Got a 760

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1929 Posts

January 08 2005 06:20 GMT

#30

On January 08 2005 14:42 NitrousOxide wrote:
Play some Techno music as you are on your way to the test, gets me in the zone...

lmfao

Alpha

France1495 Posts

January 08 2005 06:31 GMT

#31

well just sleep, sleep, be cool, and Good Luck

oPtioNaLk

Korea (South)564 Posts

January 08 2005 06:36 GMT

#32

The SSAT's are so f'ckin easy. Most people do not know about this test, but it is a test given to all pre high school students. The ones that do well get into the top NYC high schools.

I hope you've taken some practice SSAT's. Other than that there is nothing you could've done. Get some sleep and read the questions carefully. I go to HCHS and since its > Stuy I just took it to see what I'd get. I didn't study at all for it, but most people seem to need to... anyway good luck. (Yes I did get into Stuy)

superlyduper

United States37 Posts

January 08 2005 06:41 GMT

#33

why do you think hunter college high school >Stuyvesant?

0_0

United States2090 Posts

January 08 2005 09:29 GMT

#34

Yeah, basically you should start studying a few months before the test, maybe as much as a year if you're really crazy about it

. There isn't much you can do at the last second unless you have a photographic memory or something like that.

The vocab needs to be built up over a long period of time by either reading, or by studying roots of words, and well... math, I don't know how you study for that, other than just work lots of problems. The math on these standardized tests are so easy that it should be a crime to miss more than 1 or 2 questions...

AmazingFlash

582 Posts

January 08 2005 11:44 GMT

#35

I didnt sleep properly and ended up screwing up on the SATS. amazingly i still averaged a 1150

Fayth[pG]

Canada1093 Posts

January 08 2005 11:54 GMT

#36

do 2 to 3 hours of breakdance just before the test, results will be ASTONISHING man

Fayth[pG]

Canada1093 Posts

January 08 2005 11:55 GMT

#37

at least, it will be for ur breakdance skills

[city] clan

France39 Posts

January 08 2005 11:57 GMT

#38

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oPtioNaLk

Korea (South)564 Posts

January 08 2005 13:52 GMT

#39

On January 08 2005 20:57 [city] clan wrote:
Did you know that at the University of Michigan getting a perfect score on your SAT's is worth 5 entrance points, but being a minority is worth 20? So being a minority is more important than being smart. Four times as important.

University of Michigan scrapped their whole admissions system because courts deemed it non sensical or something to that effect. I remember a site with their entrance "calculator." It's pretty funny if you think about it.

oPtioNaLk

Korea (South)564 Posts

January 08 2005 13:53 GMT

#40

On January 08 2005 15:41 superlyduper wrote:
why do you think hunter college high school >Stuyvesant?

Hahaha do you go to Stuyvesant? Well HCHS placed above Stuy in the Wall Street Journal rankings for NYC schools.

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