10 Misconceptions About SAT Prep #1- #5

1: SAT I is a logic test

FACT: SAT is not a logic test; instead it tests your skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. It does include logic and reasoning questions, but it is based on the knowledge that you have learned in school. It tests your skills and ability in applying your knowledge in a reasoning and logic way.

2: Anyone could get a high or perfect score on the SAT as long as he or she practices enough.

FACT: Practice does help considerably, but your SAT score will be largely determined by your skills and abilities in applying your knowledge on the topics that are tested on the SAT. If the SAT practice questions that you’re doing are not representative to the questions on the real SAT, extensive practice with misleading or inaccurate questions might give you a worse SAT score!

3: SAT is all about tricks. Anyone could get a perfect score by learning the tricks.

FACT: SAT is designed to test or measure your knowledge in the topics that are tested on the SAT and your abilities in applying your knowledge. Without the requisite knowledge or skills, it is virtually impossible to get a high score on the SAT.

4: You only need to take the SAT on your senior year.

FACT: Normally students should take their SATs before their senior year begins. We recommend that students complete their SATs in their junior year. Students can request the College Board to send all or only their best SAT scores to the colleges to which they applied. Then, students can focus on college application essays and forms during the first half of their senior year.

5: For reading comprehension questions, as long as you understand the content of the passage, you could answer the questions correctly.

FACT: There are three types of questions in reading comprehension part and they are: vocabulary in context, literal comprehension, and extended reasoning. You may be able to answer the first two types of questions correctly if you can fully understand the passage content, but you need to understand the passage’s structure, the author’s purpose, and the author’s craft to answer extended reasoning questions.

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