When should one start preparing for the SATs?
A much better baseline to use is 40 hours of prep. In this case, every hour can substantially help you.
It's important to figure out how many hours you specifically will need to improve by in order to get the score you want.
Set a SAT goal score. This score is the one most likely to get you accepted into all the schools you're applying to. This score is essentially a starting point for your SAT prep.
In general, the more time you devote to studying, the higher the score you increase you can expect to have. Here are our estimates for the total number of hours you'll need to prep based on the SAT score improvement you want:
0-30 point improvement: 10 hours
30-70 point improvement: 20 hours
70-130 point improvement: 40 hours
130-200 point improvement: 80 hours
200-330 point improvement: 150 hours+
Now that you know how many hours you'll need to study for the SAT, you can calculate possible weekly or monthly schedules based on how much free time you have each week. For example, if I want to improve my SAT score by 100 points, I'll need to study for around 40 hours. Thus, I should study about four hours a week if I have two and a half months before the test day, or 10 hours a week if I only have a month left.
@akilhan 🦅
A much better baseline to use is 40 hours of prep. In this case, every hour can substantially help you.
It's important to figure out how many hours you specifically will need to improve by in order to get the score you want.
Set a SAT goal score. This score is the one most likely to get you accepted into all the schools you're applying to. This score is essentially a starting point for your SAT prep.
In general, the more time you devote to studying, the higher the score you increase you can expect to have. Here are our estimates for the total number of hours you'll need to prep based on the SAT score improvement you want:
0-30 point improvement: 10 hours
30-70 point improvement: 20 hours
70-130 point improvement: 40 hours
130-200 point improvement: 80 hours
200-330 point improvement: 150 hours+
Now that you know how many hours you'll need to study for the SAT, you can calculate possible weekly or monthly schedules based on how much free time you have each week. For example, if I want to improve my SAT score by 100 points, I'll need to study for around 40 hours. Thus, I should study about four hours a week if I have two and a half months before the test day, or 10 hours a week if I only have a month left.
@akilhan 🦅