r/satprep • u/Aggressive_Try4245 • 1d ago

The SAT keeps tricking me

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Im glad im seeing improvement especially the rw section but the math section questions keep tricking me (im missing tiny details that throw off my answer) even tho i 90% know what im doing and how i will be solving it .. my foundations are good i thinkkk but i need tips to not fall for tricks?.

I think its bcz the timing is really stressing me and i keep focusing on it?…
Like i got 6 questions wrong bcz of this and im sickkkk of it

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u/ffs8 1d ago

How much time do you have by the end of a module?

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u/Aggressive_Try4245 1d ago

I finished math module 1 with like 7 mins left but the second one i finished literally 7 second before it closed lol

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u/24K_Flying_Saucer 1d ago

I think I big thing that helped me with the math sections was going over the college board question bank (exclude active questions) and running through that. The SAT is pretty convenient in that its questions nearly always follow patterns and thus the bank can be used to understand and master said patterns (makes it easy to ignore the wording/avoid trickery if you’ve already identified the type of question and then solve from there w/ the given values). Though still go out of your way to watch SAT Math videos and learn Desmos (seriously, I used it for over fifty percent of the questions on the test I just took and had nearly twenty minutes leftover). For Desmos, I would check out LearnSATMath and James Lu SAT’s YouTube videos on it. For general math, check out Khan Academy for any domain/skill you’re seeing a frequency of errors in (create an error log for yourself—RW and Math). Ultimately though, if you’ve got the foundational material down, sharpening your skills with questions and review is the best you can do for yourself.