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Welcome to the SAT B oot C amp!

Welcome to the SAT B oot C amp!. Today’s schedule. Today’s Expectations.

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Welcome to the SAT B oot C amp!

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  1. Welcome to the SAT Boot Camp! Today’s schedule

  2. Today’s Expectations • Restroom – You will have opportunities to go to the restroom in between each session. Since we need to maximize the time we have, please utilize these “break times” to go to the bathroom, and refrain from asking or going during the sessions. • Markers – Feel free to use the markers to take notes today. Please do not use them inappropriately, by throwing them, coloring pictures not related to Boot Camp or destroying them. • Rubber Bands – they are to be placed around your notecards after you open them. This is the ONLY use for the rubber bands. • Post-it Notes – Use them to tag or take notes. Do not waste them by doing such things as drawing on them, writing notes to friends, sticking them places they don’t belong or making paper airplanes.

  3. Day of the Test: CHECKLIST FOR TEST DAY: • Admission Ticket (should receive in the mail 2 to 3 weeks before your test date) • No. 2 Pencils and Erasers • Approved Calculator (and batteries) • ID Form Optional: • snacks • bottled water

  4. What exactly is on the SAT? p. 7 • 3 hours and 45 minutes • 70 minutes of critical reading • 2 sections of 25 minutes • 1 section of 20 minutes • 70 minutes of math testing • Same as the verbal above • 60 minutes of writing testing • 25 minute essay • 25 minute multiple choice and 10 minute multiple choice

  5. What is a “good score” on the SAT? p. 7 • Each section is on a scale of 200 to 800 • Perfect combined score of a 2400 • Harvard: 2300’s • Columbia: 2150-2320 • Scores can typically be found on the college or universities website • You will get your raw score and a percentile ranking score

  6. Who Makes Up the SAT? p. 18 • The ETS • Educational Testing Service in New Jersey • The real truth is that it is actually the Evil Testing Serpent • The Serpent’s Plan: • 3 hours to answer an incessant string of multiple choice questions • Questions are both boring and tricky

  7. How to Practice p. 26 • “SAT Practice Booklet” or “Getting Ready for the SAT” on College Board Website (Mrs. Lee & I have links on our web pages) • SAT Question of the Day • Website: http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day • There’s an app for that • Follow them on twitter

  8. At Home Study Plan Mondays: Math Tuesdays:Writing Wednesdays: Critical Reading Thursdays: Vocabulary Flash Cards Friday: Look at questions or areas that troubled you over the week Weekends: Catch up on missed days

  9. Getting in Gear p. 26 • Set A Score Goal • Block Out Time in Your Schedule • Study with Friends • Treat It Like the Real Thing

  10. The Six Rules of Guessing p. 285 1. One of these things is most like the others 2. Problems increase in difficulty as you go along • If you have no idea what the correct answer is, choose the one that looks the most like the other answers. • ETS likes Imposters • The first problem in the subsection should be easy • The last problem in the subsection should be hard • If a question near the end of the section looks easy, the Serpent may have put in an Imposter • “Power test format” • 1st 1/3: easy • middle 1/3: medium • Last 1/3: hard

  11. The Six Rules of Guessing p. 287 3. Three’s a crowd 4. Choose an answer that contains the number represented in the most answer choices • ETS deliberately makes sure that there aren’t many “runs”—3 or more answers in a row that are the same letter • Out of 20 tests, there are only 9 triples • Apply this when guessing • Math and critical reading questions

  12. The Six Rules of Guessing p. 288 5. Pick “nonanswers” at the beginning, not at the end 6. Beware of answer choices that express an opinion too strongly or that make an absolute statement • Math section: questions with “It cannot be determined from the information given.” • At the beginning of math section it has a 50% chance of being correct • Near the end of the test it is probably wrong • Reading section: • The author’s attitude toward… • Unqualified endorsement • Apologetic approval • Analytical objectivity • Skeptical reserve • Scholarly dissatisfaction

  13. Vocabulary Cards • How to make them • How to use them

  14. Prefixes/Suffixes • Prefix – an attachment or affix to the front of a base or root word that often changes the meaning of the original word. • EX: prehistoric, reiterate, unattainable • Suffix - an attachment or affix to the end of a base or root word that often changes the meaning of the original word. • EX: unattainable, reiterated, prehistoric • So, how should I study all of this vocabulary?

  15. FAQ: Are the student's ACT or SAT scores permanently recorded? ACT scores are kept on file permanently while SAT scores are not. If you wish for SAT to keep your scores on file permanently, you may request this from the testing agency. Both ACT and SAT scores will never be shared with colleges unless the student requests this. Duke TIP will keep the scores indefinitely for their records. Duke TIP will never share scores with anyone.

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