ACT and SAT Summer Study Tips
The ACT and SAT exam schedules are designed to correspond with a typical high school academic year. Accordingly, no test dates for either exam are offered over the summer. This makes summer vacation the ideal […]
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The ACT and SAT exam schedules are designed to correspond with a typical high school academic year. Accordingly, no test dates for either exam are offered over the summer. This makes summer vacation the ideal […]
This week we’re going to look at three of the most common errors that I have seen students make on the Reading sections of the ACT and SAT. While each student will find certain aspects […]
Many students struggle with completing the ACT and SAT in the allotted time. Each section of each exam allows precisely enough time to complete its questions. Students who do not practice time management strategies ahead […]
Taking the ACT or SAT for the first time can be an eye-opening experience. Regardless of how thoroughly you have prepared, chances are you will encounter issues on the real test that you never considered […]
One of the passages on the ACT and SAT Reading sections is actually a pair of passages. Most of the questions for this type of “passage” refer to only one of the reading selections. However, […]
Many students struggle with ACT and SAT Reading questions that use the words “not” and “except.” These types of questions require you to identify the one right answer, as opposed to the one wrong answer. […]
Sometimes the ACT English section asks whether a passage fulfills a particular goal. These “writer’s goal” questions take the form of a stated goal, followed by two “yes” and two “no” answers. Students often find […]
Every correct answer on the ACT and SAT Reading sections must be directly supported by the passages in some way. The exams try to obscure this seemingly-simple fact with questions that sound more open-ended than […]
Some of the most common questions we get at the Learning Island involve what you are and are not allowed to bring to the ACT and SAT. With that in mind, here is a […]
The ACT and SAT are very repetitive exams. Both ask the same types of questions in the same ways over and over. Because of this, studying for either exam can quickly become boring. Here are […]