Hacking the ACT

Welcome!

SAT Introduction Video

Intro Survey

Course Schedule

SAT Test 1

SAT Test 1 - Explanations

SAT Test 2

SAT Test 2 - Explanations

SAT Test 5

SAT Test 5 - Explanations

SAT Test 6

SAT Test 6 - Explanations

General Strategy 1: To Guess Or Not To Guess?

General Strategy 2: Think With Your Brain, Remember With Your Computer

General Strategy 3: When Two Answers Are Equal, Eliminate Both!

General Strategy 4: Change How You Take The Test

General Strategy 5: Finish On Time

General Strategy 6: Skip Problems And Return

General Strategy 7: Review Wrong Answers

General Strategy 8: Don't Be Brilliant, Just Be Right!

General Strategy 9: Scoring

General Strategy 10: Old vs New Digital SAT

General Strategy 11: Get Familiar With Digital SAT Tools

General Strategy 12: Prior To Test Day

General Strategy 13: What To Bring On Test Day

Reading Introduction

Reading Strategy 1: Read the Question First

Reading Strategy 2: Yes. Actually Read the Passage

Reading Strategy 3: Predict Before You Peek

Reading Strategy 4: Read Actively

Reading Strategy 5: Don't Rationalize Mediocre Answers

Reading Strategy 6: Fire Them!

Reading Strategy 7: Never Assume

Reading Strategy 8: Touch the Right Answer

Reading Strategy 9: Question Wording

Reading Strategy 10: Beware of Word for Word

Reading Strategy 11: Nitpick Every Word

Reading Strategy 12: Broad Answers Over Specific

Reading Strategy 13: Work Backwards if Needed

Reading Strategy 14: Vocab in Context

Reading Strategy 15: Command of Evidence Questions

Reading Strategy 16: Function

Reading Strategy 17: Structure

Reading Strategy 18: Inference

Reading Strategy 19: Infographics

Reading Strategy 20: Paired Passages

Reading Strategy 21: Support vs. Weaken Arguments

Reading Strategy 22: Detail Questions

Reading Strategy 23: Generalization

Reading Trap 1: Extreme

Reading Trap 2: Opposite

Reading Trap 3: Misused Truth

Reading Trap 4: Distortion

Reading Trap 5: On the Page

Writing Strategy Introduction

Writing Strategy 1: Wordiness

Writing Strategy 2: Improper Pronouns

Writing Strategy 3: Unidentified Pronouns

Writing Strategy 4: Ignore Prepositional Phrases and Fluff

Writing Strategy 5: Verb Tense

Writing Strategy 6: Parallelism

Writing Strategy 7: Sentences vs. Fragments

Writing Strategy 8: Singular/Plural Disagreement

Writing Strategy 9: Modifier Errors

Writing Strategy 10: Transitions

Writing Strategy 11: Punctuation

Writing Strategy 12: Unique Words

Writing Strategy 13: Big Picture

Writing Strategy 14: Consistency

Writing Strategy 15: Answer Their Question

Math Overview

Math Strategy 1: Confirm the Question

Math Strategy 2: Use Calculator Carefully

Math Strategy 3: Show Your Work

Math Strategy 4: Order of Difficulty

Math Strategy 5: Double Check Your Work

Math Strategy 6: Pick Numbers

Math Strategy 7: Backsolve

Math Strategy 8: Take the First Step

Math Strategy 9: Memorize Formulas

Math Strategy 10: Linear Equations

Math Strategy 11: Ratios & Proportions

Math Strategy 12: Rates, Units of Measurement

Math Strategy 13: Percentages

Math Strategy 14: Exponents, Radicals, Polynomials, & Expressions

Math Strategy 15: Label Given Info

Math Strategy 16: Angles

Math Strategy 17: Triangles

Math Strategy 18: Circles

Math Strategy 19: Graphs

Math Strategy 20: Draw Figures

Math Strategy 21: Systems of Equations

Math Strategy 22: Functions

Math Strategy 23: Probability & Statistics

Math Strategy 24: Find a Pattern

Math Strategy 25: Inequalities

Math Strategy 26: Scatterplots

Math Strategy 27: Parabolas/Quadratics

Math Strategy 28: Trigonometry

Math Strategy 29: Alter Figures

Math Strategy 30: Forget Distance and Midpoint Formulas

Math Strategy 31: Math Vocab

Math Strategy 32: Figures Drawn To Scale

Math Strategy 33: Use Common Sense

Review Section Introduction

End of Course Survey