SAT notes September 4, 2014 part 2

• they day before the SAT dont do practice tests 
• Do look over all the tactics listed below so they will be fresh in your mind 
• Set out your test kit the night before 
• first answer all the easy questions 
• change answers only if you have a reason to do so 
• in double blank sentences test one blank at a time not two 
• read all answer choices before you decide which is best 
• a word may have more than one meaning 
• before you look at the choices think of a word that makes sense 
• read as rapidly as you can with understanding 
• as you read opening sentences try to predict what the passage is about 
• base your answer only on what is written in the passage 
• try to answer all the questions on a particular passage 
• whenever you know how to answer a question directly do it 
• no lengthy arithmetic
• the answer to a grid in question can never be negative 
• you can never grid in a mixed number 
• when girding a decimal point never put a 0 in front 
• there is no penalty for wrong answers on grid ins 
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