Much hay is made about what the SAT is actually testing. Does it function as some strangely-defined “college readiness” measurement? Is it a pure reasoning test? Is the SAT a test of innate intelligence, like an IQ test? Is it a completely meaningless hoop that you just have to jump through like a circus dog (more…)
Follow me on Tumblr if you want to help color him in. I’ve got some good stuff brewing behind the scenes here (hint: it’s more advice, drills, and challenge questions) but things might be a bit slower than usual this week. If you’ve got the itch for learning, though, and I’m not sufficiently scratching it, (more…)
I know things have seemed quiet around here lately, and for that I’m sorry. The May SAT, as you’re well aware I’m sure, is 8 days away, and I’ve been very much in demand in my real life. It has, regrettably, cut a bit into my blogging time. That said, I have still been busy behind (more…)
If you visit regularly, you’ve maybe noticed that there’s only been one post so far this week. I’m sorry for that. I’ve been concentrating on trying to put together good Reading Comp passages and questions for you, and honestly it’s really difficult to do it right. Also, Portal 2 came out on Tuesday. That said, (more…)
I did a Google Image Search for “badass” and this is what I got. Yes. I agree. Print your Admission Ticket. If your printer is going to decide to barf when it prints your ticket, better to find out today while you can still print it somewhere else. Tomorrow morning, that’d be a big deal. Today, (more…)
UPDATE June 2015: The links in this post have been broken for some time. That’s not necessarily surprising, as I originally wrote it in early 2011. I’m leaving it up for archival purposes, but don’t bother clicking the links. Although the College Board’s Questions of the Day do remain archived on the CB site, it’s not so (more…)
If you’re not paying someone to help you prepare for the SAT, that doesn’t mean you should be going it completely alone. I hope you’re able to find some helpful things here on this site, but I figured I’d give you a few other things to add to your bookmarks bar as well: College Confidential’s (more…)
Let’s just say, for argument’s sake, that you found this post because your penurious self is Googling for ways to learn SAT vocabulary without spending any money. Today is your lucky day, though, friend-o. Although the multitudinous search results for things like “SAT vocab words” can be daunting to say the least, and a lot of (more…)
