THE SAT IS A WEEK AWAY. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
First of all, you should practice the techniques we’ve taught you on lots of practice tests. If you haven’t
done so already, take and score the practice tests in this book and online. You can also download a
practice test from the College Board’s website, www.collegeboard.org.
If you want more practice, pick up a copy of our very own 6 Practice Tests for the SAT at your local
bookstore or through our website, at PrincetonReview.com/bookstore.
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In addition to taking the
practice tests in this book,
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to gain access to
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well as other fantastic
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your prep.Getting Psyched
The SAT is a big deal, but you don’t want to let it scare you. Sometimes students get so nervous about
doing well that they freeze up on the test and ruin their scores. The best thing to do is to think of the SAT
as a game. It’s a game you can get better at, and beating the test can be fun. When you go into the test
center, just think about all those poor students who don’t know how to Plug In when they see variables in
the answer choices.
The best way to keep from getting nervous is to build confidence in yourself and in your ability to
remember and use our techniques. When you take practice tests, time yourself exactly as you will be timed
on the real SAT. Develop a sense of how long 35 minutes is, for example, and how much time you can
afford to spend on cracking difficult problems. If you know ahead of time what to expect, you won’t be as
nervous.
Of course, taking a real SAT is much more nerve-racking than taking a practice test. Prepare yourself
ahead of time for the fact that 35 minutes will seem to go by a lot faster on a real SAT than it did on your
practice tests.
It’s all right to be nervous; the point of being prepared is to keep from panicking.