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The SAT is typically taken by and and is a prerequisite, in combination with high school grade point average (GPA), for College admissions in the United States. SAT consists of three major sections: Math, Critical Reading and Writing.

MATHEMATICS

These section of the SAT consists of three scored sections with multiple choice and grid-in questions. Mathematics questions test your ability to solve problems related to arithmetic, algebra, and geometry.  High level math is not required. The difficulty of this test is not based on lengthy calculations or complicated concepts but in understanding time management, getting to know the type of questions you will be asked and training yourself to think in this way.
THE GRAD SCHOOL offers you this and more. Throughout the course we will teach you every topic asked in the test; we will revise the theory needed using exercises with the typical format and instructions and give you tips to analyze any similar question you may have in the real test.
Usually students taking the SAT test do badly in this area due to the frightening sensation that they do not know enough math for it. That should be the least of your worries! In THE GRAD SCHOOL,  we know exactly what you need to know in order to succeed and we trained you for it. 

CRITICAL READING

The Critical Reading, formerly verbal, section of the SAT is made up of three scored sections, two 25-minute sections and one 20-minute section, with varying types of questions, including sentence completions and questions about short and long reading passages. Sentence completions generally test the student's understanding of sentence structure and organization by requiring the student to select one or two words that best complete a given sentence. Nevertheless, the bulk of the Critical Reading questions is made up of questions regarding reading passages, in which students read short excerpts on social sciences, humanities, physical sciences, or personal narratives and answer questions based on the passage.

These passages are seldom interesting so you must be able to concentrate and understand what you are reading no matter if it is extremely boring.  It seems impossible but THE GRAD SCHOOL  gives  you tips and instructions so that you can do it as an expert! Time is the key component of this test so, wasting it because you have to read several times the passage, is not an option.

WRITING

The writing section of the SAT, includes multiple choice questions and a brief essay. The multiple choice questions include error identification questions, sentence improvement questions, and paragraph improvement questions. Error identification and sentence improvement questions test the student's knowledge of grammar, presenting an awkward or grammatically incorrect sentence; in the error identification section, the student must locate the word producing the source of the error or indicate that the sentence has no error, while the sentence improvement section requires the student to select an acceptable fix to the awkward sentence. The paragraph improvement questions test the student's understanding of logical organization of ideas, presenting a poorly written student essay and asking a series of questions as to what changes might be made to best improve it.

The essay section, which is always administered as the first section of the test, is 25 minutes long. All essays must be in response to a given prompt. The prompts are broad and often philosophical and are designed to be accessible to students regardless of their educational and social backgrounds. For instance, test takers may be asked to expound on such ideas as their opinion on the value of work in human life or whether technological change also carries negative consequences to those who benefit from it. No particular essay structure is required, and the College Board accepts examples "taken from [the student's] reading, studies, experience, or observations."

It is important that you to know that there are no short cuts to success on the SAT essay. The high school and college teachers who will score your essay have seen it all before. These teachers are not going to give high scores to an essay just because it is long, or has five paragraphs, or uses literary examples. The scorers are experts at identifying truly good writing--essays that insightfully develop a point of view with appropriate reasons and examples and use language skillfully. Because THE GRAD SCHOOL teachers know this, we teach you how to focus your attention to what it is important in order to produce a good essay in the short time given.

 

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