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your weaknesses. But if you focus on the task of doing

well on the SAT, your effort will repay you many times

over. You will go to the kind of school you want and

enjoy the kind of career you want, and it will have all

started with the relatively few hours you devoted to

preparing for a standardized test. What are you wait￾ing for?

One last consideration about the Critical Reading

section of the SAT is the effect of good time manage￾ment during the exam. The basic rule is one minute

per question, but some questions will take less time,

and others will take more. Don’t hold yourself to a

strict schedule, but you shouldn’t spend too much

time on any one question. Remember, if you can elim￾inate one or more answers on a tough question, you

should make a guess, and if you have time left at the

end of the section, you can go back and reconsider

your answers.

If one type of question in a section is easier for you

than another type, go ahead and do those questions

first. Remember, you get the same point for an easy cor￾rect answer as you do for a difficult correct answer. So

answer the easy questions and save the hard ones for last.

These time management strategies are not only

effective on the Critical Reading section of the SAT, but

can also be useful for the Math and Writing sections.

Doing practice questions under timed conditions will

help you prepare more thoroughly for the time limits

you will face on test day.

Good luck!

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