Digital SAT March Prep Course
Class starts at 2pm (Kabul Time) on February 1, 2025
Duration: 2 - 5 Weeks
This course is specifically designed to help you prepare for the upcoming digital SAT exam in March. The digital SAT format has some key differences from the traditional paper-based exam, and this course will focus on strategies, tools, and skills to help you succeed in this new format. Over the next four weeks, we’ll help you become familiar with the digital test layout, review essential content, and practice test-taking strategies to maximize your score.
What You'll Learn in This Course:
Week 1: Introduction to the Digital SAT & Diagnostic Assessment
- Understanding the Digital SAT Format: Get to know the changes in the new digital format, including the adaptive test structure, shorter overall test length, and how questions are presented on a screen.
- Diagnostic Test: Take a practice test in the digital format to assess your strengths and areas for improvement. This will help tailor your study plan throughout the course.
- Digital Test Navigation: Learn how to effectively navigate the digital interface, including features like the built-in calculator, question review tools, and flagging questions for review.
Week 2: Mastering Digital SAT Reading & Writing
- Digital SAT Reading: Focus on strategies to tackle reading comprehension questions, analyzing passage themes, understanding key details, and finding evidence to support answers.
- Digital SAT Writing and Language: Review grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and rhetorical skills that are tested in the writing section. Learn to apply these concepts quickly on the digital interface.
- Practice & Strategy: Engage in practice sessions with digital-style questions to get comfortable with the question format and timing. Analyze mistakes and refine strategies.
Week 3: Strengthening Digital SAT Math Skills
- Math Concepts Review: Cover critical math concepts that are tested on the digital SAT, including algebra, problem-solving, data analysis, and geometry.
- Math Without a Calculator: Learn strategies for solving math problems in the no-calculator section. Understand which shortcuts can help you save time while ensuring accuracy.
- Math With a Calculator: Explore strategies for using the digital calculator efficiently in the calculator-permitted section and solving more complex problems.
- Practice & Review: Take targeted digital SAT Math practice questions to strengthen your skills and work on time management.
Week 4: Final Review & Test Day Preparation
- Full-Length Digital Practice Test: Take a full-length practice test using the digital SAT format, simulating test-day conditions to get comfortable with the adaptive nature of the exam.
- Test-Taking Strategies: Learn how to approach adaptive testing—how the difficulty of questions will change based on your answers—and how to adjust your strategy as you progress.
- Final Review: Review the most challenging sections, answer any remaining questions, and solidify your test-taking strategy for the digital exam.
- Test Day Tips: Get expert advice on preparing for the actual exam, from managing stress and time to understanding the digital testing environment.
How This Course Helps You:
- Familiarizes You with the Digital Format: You'll become comfortable with the digital interface and question layout, reducing any potential stress on exam day.
- Boosts Your Score: Focused lessons on each section of the SAT will help you target your weaknesses, improve your skills, and increase your score.
- Refines Test-Taking Strategies: Learn techniques for managing time, pacing yourself, and using the digital tools available to you (such as the built-in calculator and question review functions).
- Personalized Feedback: Receive feedback from practice tests, with personalized tips to improve your performance in specific areas.
- Helps You Stay Calm: With consistent practice and strategies, you’ll build confidence and be prepared for the adaptive nature of the test.
By the end of this course, you’ll feel fully prepared for the digital SAT and equipped with the tools and strategies to maximize your score on exam day. Whether you’re aiming for college admissions or scholarships, this course will give you the confidence and skills needed to succeed!