How to Study for SAT for Free

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SAT is a multi-million dollar business. Collegeboard earns money through kids taking the SATs, tutoring centers make money through kids buying these books, and book makers are earning money through selling millions of copies of SAT books. In this guide, you will learn the best way to study for SATs without paying a dime.

Things You'll Need

• internet
• calculator
• pencil
• printer
• paper

Instructions

1. Take a free diagnostic test on www.collegeboard.com. Collegeboard is the actual company that makes the real SATs so their test will be as close to the real thing as possible. Don't waste this test; take it with time limits and print it out to make it as realistic as possible to find out where you are at.

2. Make vocabulary cards with 3x5 cards. Get a vocabulary list online at this site: http://www.majortests.com/sat/wordlist.php. Write the SAT word on one side and the definition on the other side. Test yourself repeatedly to memorize these words.

3. To practice different exercise problems for the SAT (Critical Reading, Math, and Writing), go to the following websites: http://www.majortests.com/sat/reading-comprehension.php, http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/newsat/, http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/sat-test-prep.html, http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=6, and http://www.proprofs.com/sat/exams/practice-tests.shtml.

4. If you can get an SAT book from a friend in College or who's finished taking the SAT, it'd be a great resource for you, even if they have already used it.

Tips & Warnings

• Because it's harder to improve without guidance from a tutor or a program, that means you must work extra harder.

• Try to print it out and solve the problems; it will be more realistic and help you to become better that way rather than solving problems online.