The Princeton Review - Crash Course for the SAT: Your Last-Minute Guide to Scoring High

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If youre worried about the SAT, youre not alone. Your parents and teachers are probably driving you crazy with conflicting SAT information, so its only normal to feel anxious. While the SAT is a very important test you should care about, The Princeton Review is here to assure you that reading this book is the first step to relaxing your nerves and feeling confident about the test!

This book will help you become acquainted with the SAT and improve your score on the test, all in nine simple steps that cover the Reading, Writing and Language, and Math sections of the test. Well tell you everything you need to know about the content and format of the SAT and show you our proven strategies for increasing your score. After working through our nine-step crash course, youll be a more confident and more prepared test taker.

The SAT is a three-hour-and-50-minute (with the optional Essay) standardized test used by many colleges as a factor in undergraduate admissions and placement decisions. The SAT consists of Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, Math, and an optional essay.

The test includes four sections in the following order: an Evidence-Based Reading section, an Evidence-Based Writing section, a no-calculator Math section, and a calculator-permitted Math section. Lastly, the optional essay section is at the end of the test.

The first section, Reading, takes 65 minutes and contains 52 multiple-choice questions based on 5 passages. There will be a short break before the Writing section, which takes 35 minutes and contains 44 multiple-choice questions based on 4 passages. Some of the passages in the Reading and Writing sections may contain graphs and figures. The Reading and Writing sections are used to calculate a single Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score on a 200800 point scale.

The third section is a 25-minute no-calculator section with 15 multiple-choice questions and 5 grid-in questions. The final required scored section is a 55-minute calculator-permitted section with 30 multiple-choice questions and 8 grid-in questions. The two Math sections are used to calculate a Math score on a scale of 200800.

As some colleges require that students submit essay scores, many students will stay for a 50-minute rhetorical analysis essay. The essay section will consist of a source text that you will be expected to read and analyze. You will need to write a response that explains how the author builds an argument based on evidence, reasoning, and stylistic elements. The essay is scored on a scale of 14 in three different categories (Reading, Analysis, Writing). Each essay is scored by two graders, and the scores are combined for a total score of 28 in each of these three categories. This essay score is a separate score and is not factored into your 200800 Reading and Writing score. If you opt not to take the essay section, you may be given a short experimental section instead that will not count towards your score. Even if you take the essay, you may still have an extra section on your test. This means that some of the questions within the test, on that section or possibly elsewhere, are not counted toward your score. Just treat every question as if it is a scored question and do your best on it.