Hacking The SATs Full Program
Deconstructing the SATs to Your Advantage
Ryan Fitzgibbons
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