A handful of questions on the Reading & Writing section of the DSAT will be accompanied by an infographic. If the official practice tests are any indication, that infographic will most likely be a graph or a table, but it could also be a diagram or some other visual presentation of information. For many students, these questions are some of the hardest ones on the test, but that’s usually because they’re approaching them the wrong way. In this video, I outline 4 and a half steps that you can use to answer infographic questions quickly, confidently, and above all, correctly.
English grammar is extremely complicated. Luckily, the DSAT will only test you on a limited pool of grammar concepts. I’ve scoured every official practice test released by the College Board and identified the 5 concepts that I believe are the most important on the test. Concepts covered include clauses & fragments, run-on sentences & comma splices, subject verb agreement, pronoun agreement, and dangling modifiers. All of these concepts are highly likely to come up on the digital SAT, so be sure to review them before test day.
There are thousands of vocab lists for the SAT. Unfortunately, most of them suck. As a student, it can be difficult to know which lists are worth memorizing and which lists are a waste of time. In this video, I examine the top seven results for “SAT vocab list” on Google and rate them on a scale from 200-800. I also provide some general tips on what makes a vocab list good to help you distinguish the winners from the trash.
To earn a high score on the SAT, it helps to have a strong vocabulary. Unfortunately, acquiring a strong vocabulary can be difficult. In this video, I discuss four common methods of vocab acquisition and weigh the pros and cons of each. Then, I propose my own method that draws on the best elements of each.
In my years of teaching SAT, I’ve witnessed countless students limit their long-term growth by rejecting strategies and tactics that don’t work at first. I’ve also seen students stubbornly stick to strategies or tactics that simply aren’t working for them because their textbooks or teachers tell them to. In this video, I discuss one of my favorite inventions, the bicycle, and what it can teach us about short-term and long-term progress on the SAT.
For many students, reading the hardest subject to master because it isn’t always clear how to improve. The skills needed to read effectively can seem vague or imprecise. That said, there are several concrete strategies that you can adopt to perform better on the Digital SAT. In this video, we’ll cover six simple hacks that can quickly and dramatically help you improve your score on the test.
Are you thinking about canceling your SAT score? This video will help you weigh the costs and benefits of canceling and determine whether it is the right decision for you.
This video covers what you should be doing to prepare in the 24 hours leading up to the test, as well as throughout the test itself. Taking the SAT can be scary, but follow these simple steps, and you will maximize your chances of performing well!
Do you feel like you’ve been putting in hours and hours studying for the SAT, but your score just isn’t going up? Well, stop wasting your time, because, in this video, I will explain exactly why your score isn’t going up and what you can do to change that. NOTE: although the specific questions discussed in this video come from the Digital SAT, these strategies can be applied to the traditional paper SAT or to any standardized test like the ACT or AP Exams.
In this video, I cover everything you need to know about semicolons. Though rarely used in daily life, they’re one of the most important punctuations on the test, and once you master the two usages covered, you should be able to tackle questions involving them with ease.
In this video, I cover vocab-in-context questions. They’re one of the most common question types on the Digital SAT, and the three steps outlined in this video will help you answer them with confidence.
In this video, I cover one of the most unusual question types on the Digital SAT. I call them “Research Note Questions,” and once you master these three simple steps, you will be able to answer them with confidence.
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