The Sooner you Begin SAT Test Prep, the More Prepared You’ll Be

Many students begin SAT test prep as early as freshman year of high school, to begin getting ready for the PSATs sophomore year. The more preparation a student gets, the more time they have to learn about the test-taking strategies. As the following article states, it takes time to learn the skills and content of the SAT test, and the more time they have to prepare, the better the scores will be.

With the SAT looming, students take time for prep

Arguably one of the most stressful and dreaded trials of high school, the SAT, is always looming threateningly over students’ minds. And schools waste no time jumping into preparation for the big test. It all begins in the first year of high school, when freshmen are given the opportunity to pay for and take the PSAT, an abbreviated version of the actual test. And as the cliche goes, “practice makes perfect.” Perhaps that’s a result of the idea that frequent exposure to the test and practice with helpful test-taking strategies increases familiarity with the SAT and consequently reduces anxiety. But even with all this extra help and practice at school, it is imperative that students take the initiative to study on their own time and work at preparing themselves for the test, which they are encouraged to take at least twice during their high school careers. After all, the SAT is an extremely important evaluation of students’ knowledge that is often a critical factor in the college application process.