March SAT® Predictions, Tips, and 1 Very Hard Inference Reading Question!

[@AdamHyink]

Good luck to everyone taking the March 9th test! I got a 1590 on Practice Test 4 but my anxiety is through the roof

[@SetteleTutoring]

That’s amazing! I’m sure you’ll do great! Just don’t panic if it seems harder than the practice tests. Remember that the test is graded on a curve that normalizes the difficulty, so a slightly harder test will have a slightly easier curve. Just focus on getting as many questions right as possible, and don’t worry if one or two questions get by you. They might even be the experimental questions that don’t count!

[@isl9878]

is it harder than the first three ones?

[@SetteleTutoring]

@@isl9878 I’m not sure what you’re asking, but what I”m trying to say is that no SAT is actually any harder or easier than any other. It may FEEL harder while you’re taking it because of nervousness or just a few tricky questions. But the scoring curve will always even out the difficulty. Tests with harder questions will allow you to get more questions wrong to get the same score. So don’t worry how the test feels as you’re taking it. Just try to get as many right as possible.

[@memyselfandtau4712]

1590 on the 3rd but 30 on the 4th holy hell man congrats good luck

[@Toptier-qn5yk]

Yo what did u get on the test.. here after taking the test

[@Tutorllini]

Awesome job as always, Mike!

[@SetteleTutoring]

Thanks! For anyone looking for more SAT help, check out the @Tutorllini channel before Saturday’s test!

[@marvellousmridhul7481]

Thank you! This is my first time taking the SAT!

[@SetteleTutoring]

Good luck! I’m sure you’re going to do great!

[@elcinseydayev4904]

it will my second test. December 02 my score was 1260 (700 math 560 verbal) .My goal is 1500+. Everyone said its impossible but ı really want to do it. Appreciating you for this video.

[@JihadQasim]

Hello, Is the official DSAT more difficult than the 4 practice tests in Bluebook app?

[@elcinseydayev4904]

​@@JihadQasimhi Practice 1 and 3 are easy, but practice 2 and 4 are hard. DSAT was like 4. If you will read carefully, you will do it very well. I did not read carefully, so i did not do very well.

[@elcinseydayev4904]

@@JihadQasim nope. L'kely same

[@JihadQasim]

First of all thanks for replying I made very bad in practice 4 so I neeed to work hard The problem is that the exam is a week away so no time unfortunately My goal is to get a 1200 I think it’s to low for you but it’s high for me

[@elcinseydayev4904]

@@JihadQasim It is not the end of the world. It is your first exam. If you can not get 1200 at March, you will easily get 1200+ at second exam.. Trust to yourself. You must hard work for another exams.

[@lmao_eduardo]

thank you for the tutorials tomorrow is the big day!

[@SetteleTutoring]

I hope you had a good test!

[@nkmurra]

Thank you for the video! The question about retinol is extremely confusing, like for me C and D seemed equally dubios. I don't think that removing retinol 99% means no increased collagen concentrations, so I still don't get it. Hope there won't be many such questions on a real SAT 🙏🏻🤓

[@SetteleTutoring]

It’s definitely one of the hardest questions you’d see on the test, so there won’t be very many like this at all. You’re right that removing retinol doesn’t guarantee that collagen won’t change, but we have to follow the pattern that the passage is setting up. They want us to see that R=C, basically. So noR=noC is the simplest move. And since Choice C uses the word “may”, we can pick it without closing the door to the possibility that aloe actually does increase collagen. Choice D is a little more certain that aloe boosts collagen, which is always risky on the SAT. I know these seem like very minor differences, but they matter. The SAT’s hardest questions will come down to noticing words that we might otherwise ignore. When in doubt, follow the advice in the video and go with whichever choice feels more vague and weak. It’s more likely to be correct!

[@Prod.ByJohnnnnnn]

Love you bro this is my first sat

[@SetteleTutoring]

Good luck! You’re going to do great!

[@Swapnil-cl8nu]

Thank you! Hopefully I can get higher than 1550+!!

[@SetteleTutoring]

Yes! Just be as careful as possible. Above 1500 is mostly about playing a very good defense. There will always be a few unpredictable, difficult questions, but if you can lock down everything else, then you have the room to play with those hard ones.

[@kienpham1176]

Thanks for your video! It is very helpful ❤

[@SetteleTutoring]

You're welcome 😊

[@PEYVANDDOLATIARJAGH]

this was reaaaallllyyyyy helpful thank u

[@SetteleTutoring]

So glad I could help! Good luck on the test!

[@hanj6852]

last year in march i scored 1210. today i've done a practice test and got 1440. i'm aiming for 1500+

[@SetteleTutoring]

That’s awesome! Try to cut out any “careless” mistakes to save those last few points. The grammar, transitions, and outlines are the easiest Reading questions to answer perfectly before Saturday. In Math, use the strategies when the questions get tough - Plug Points Into Equations, Arithmetize, and Desmos.

[@hanj6852]

@@SetteleTutoring i actually had a perfect score in math, and my grammer is pretty good as well. unfortunately, most of my mistakes are from the reading section.

[@SetteleTutoring]

@@hanj6852 Yes, I find the passages the most difficult part of the test too. The main strategy is to use Dumb Summaries. Sometimes the connotation of the passage is enough to eliminate a few choices right away. Then look out for the SAT’s most common traps. In my experience, the most common reason people get Reading questions wrong is not that they don’t understand the passages, but that they don’t understand the answer choices. They miss key words that make a choice too extreme.

[@theuwaiss]

Thank You Very Much Sir...

[@SetteleTutoring]

You’re welcome! Good luck on the test!

[@shirin.b1238]

Can you write stuff on test day 6:34

[@ahmedijaz6031]

They never said only retinol exclusively increase collage but collagen is important for overcoming the wrinkle so I think D is more coherent

[@SetteleTutoring]

Be careful with your assumptions. You’re right that they never said retinol is the only way to increase collagen, but they also never said that collagen is important for overcoming wrinkles. It seems like there’s more than one way to lower wrinkles, and without retinol, aloe may be providing that other path. Choice C is acknowledging that possibility without completely closing the door to your point that collagen could still be the cause. Words like “may” are very useful in SAT answer choices because they weaken answers so that we’re not stuck saying something “must” be so.

[@madamada219]

They never said that only a presence of collagen can reduce wrinkles. You can't make assumptions.

[@tylerdavison1653]

Got a 950 last time, I’m praying for at least a 1100

[@SetteleTutoring]

My advice is to review the grammar rules and math strategies. That is a pretty reliable way to add a good amount of points. Here are three links that should help if you haven’t seen them already: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYGqn6annaqDeM0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWKQfHiad6iYldU kzbin.info/aero/PLlvPF6rDVN_sI7_GMkQzL6I4W8is0pCte

[@PhươngLyNguyễn-z2t]

I watched the connotiation one. Can this tip be applied? The tip: play positive/negative (connotation of the text and the options) (which mean if the text indicates positivity, the ans will stay consistent with it)

[@SetteleTutoring]

I don’t know how much connotations work with the retinol question, since the whole thing feels very scientific and neutral to me, but the connotation/Dumb Summary strategy definitely works on LOTS of Reading questions. I use it all the time. At the least, it’s a good place to start because you’re right that a positive text will likely have a positive answer, so you would be able to cross out negative answers pretty easily. You might need to think deeper to get the one right answer, but connotations help filter out bad choices quickly and simply.

[@chadchampion7985]

lmao i started preparing for this Saturday's SAT yesterday wish me luck

[@SetteleTutoring]

😬 Start with my strategy playlist! kzbin.info/aero/PLlvPF6rDVN_tZC7TZtEwOUuYWQ9ZfJKeF

[@CeliNe-c3n]

Thank you, Sir.. That will be my second attempt. The first one was 1280, i hope i will do more than 1350 or i might pass even 1400. Thank you for everything, your videos helped me so much🤍

[@SetteleTutoring]

You can do it! I’m so glad I could help!

[@shirin.b1238]

Do we get scratch paper on reading test sat

[@SetteleTutoring]

Yes, you get scratch paper for both Reading and Math. In fact, I believe that they give you all of the scratch paper at the start of the test. So if there are any math formulas that you are afraid you’ll forget, you can write them down immediately when the test starts. You can also ask for more paper if you run out. They’ll collect all of it at the end of the test.

[@msubhan_malik]

Hi, thanks for your incredible strategies. I am really exhausted after doing numerous questions of Reading Section still ending in getting them incorrect. Now only 3 days are left and I am really depressed. Kindly give some tip in such a way that I can both complete the English Section in time and atleast getting 700. I scored 670 in recent test but I knew one question from it and answered it. Now after seeing questions from SAT Suite Bank, I am really getting depressed because most of them are getting incorrect. Plz help me. I can eliminate 2 choices most of the time and get stuck with 2 choices that are relevant.

[@SetteleTutoring]

I’m happy to help! The most important thing with the time left would be to focus on the grammar, transitions, and outlines, since those questions tend to be the easiest overall. Plus, they involve a bit more memorization, which is controllable. The grammar playlist in the description is a great review of most rules. If you’re getting the passage questions wrong, it’s probably because you’re falling for the SAT’s traps, especially when you’re down to 2 similar answers. If you haven’t already watched my lesson on Trap Answers, I highly recommend it (link below). I also just released some of the Question Bank questions on the Logic/Inference questions, which tend to be very hard, especially the first one I posted. Do you think your vocabulary is getting in the way? Are there words you don’t know the definitions of? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKXXfaJ3or55odU kzbin.info/aero/PLlvPF6rDVN_sOFJzuhgHR7TGQ3gL5Ow_B&si=YFRLWBCpO81HzW9y

[@msubhan_malik]

@@SetteleTutoring I think my vocab is fine. The real issue is with Reading questions. I will surely watch your video. Thanks for suggestion and reply. One thing I can't figure out is that should I annotate or write on the paper or just read slowly enough to understand each line (while completing the test in time) because while doing SAT Suite Bank Hard Questions, I figured that I couldn't get the meaning of whole sentence and relation of one thing to another. I saw that I missed this thing and that thing from the passage that could ultimately help me in selecting the best choice. And Thanks a lot. Your videos especially 10 Days Strategies have helped me a lot.

[@SetteleTutoring]

@@msubhan_malik You don’t usually need to understand everything you read. I recommend reading faster and noticing Strong Words that move the story along. Usually they have some sort of positive or negative connotation, but other times they are just words that emphasize a specific idea. I use the paper for some questions, but most I can do in my head because I keep my summary very simple/dumb. Most of the work is done analyzing the choices. They usually contain Strong Words that you can go hunting for in the passages. That’s usually easier than trying to understand the entire passage. Just try to understand what the choices tell you to go looking for.

[@msubhan_malik]

@@SetteleTutoring Okay Great then. Thanks for your time and tips Sir.

[@fifififi3407]

4:42 math section was WAY easier, got 760, but the reading and writing abused the sh!t out of me I got 640 on it...

[@SetteleTutoring]

Are you talking about a real test? No way did you get in-school SAT scores back from this week already. I assume a test in the fall somewhere outside the USA?

[@fifififi3407]

@@SetteleTutoring yes, took it in Turkey on 2nd of December. Got 1400. Just got back from today's test, I expect something around 1460. Shouldn't have underestimated the math section, did me dirty 🥲. The questions were easy actually, too easy that reread them all just to be sure (I'm talking about the second section here) but then the last 9 were kinda hard and since I wasted my time on the first questions I was only able to do give of them and had to leave the other four since time was up.

[@LajwantiMutyala]

hey this is my second time writing the SAT, the first time which i wrote in august last year i got a 1370 and my target score is 1500+, do you have any tips for me?

[@SetteleTutoring]

Yes, the jump in score from 1300s to 1500s starts to be more about perfection than about knowledge. You need to know all the formulas and grammar rules, for sure. But you also need to use the strategies whenever possible to be flexible when the questions get weird. Have you watched my Strategy Series yet? kzbin.info/aero/PLlvPF6rDVN_tZC7TZtEwOUuYWQ9ZfJKeF

[@LajwantiMutyala]

@@SetteleTutoring heyy thanks im going to look at your strategy series today

[@pronixplays]

Merci

[@SetteleTutoring]

You’re welcome!

[@Jibrail5726]

I did practice tests 1 and 2 and got 1280 and 1270 respectively. I attmepted psat 10 and got 1250 on that. I will do practice test 3 today. Any chance i can get a 1350 next week? Its my first SAT and its making me anxious

[@SetteleTutoring]

Yes, the difference between a 1280 and 1350 is only about 6-10 questions, so you can get there. Have you noticed any patterns in what you’re getting wrong? Are you surprised by your wrong answers or do you see them coming because you get the ones wrong that you struggle with?

[@Jibrail5726]

Yes, polynomials, exponentials, inferences, and cross text passages are what im struggling with. Im grinding on Khan academy till the test date. Hope to get a good score :D. The dsat playlist was also very helpfull!@@SetteleTutoring

[@SetteleTutoring]

@@Jibrail5726 With polynomials and exponentials, Desmos will help a lot. You can often get rid of the algebra completely. Inferences are always tough, but I’m about to record some extra practice questions on those, which I’ll post as soon as I can!

[@Jibrail5726]

@@SetteleTutoring thank you so much! Your explainations and tips really helped me!

[@Jibrail5726]

@@SetteleTutoring ive done practice tests 3 and 4..i got 1330 and 1320 respectively. I have my sat tommorow. Im nervous but i hope i score good.

[@fifififi3407]

0:48 spoiler alert, they did NOT release new tests 😔 I had to buy overpriced ones...

[@SetteleTutoring]

Ugh I know. I’m very mad at the CB for dropping the ball. And the fact that the Question Bank includes all of the questions from the practice tests is such an insane oversight. They make a great test, but terrible resources.

[@brando3465]

It was harder than practice test 4

[@SetteleTutoring]

The real SAT? Did you take it in school? Both subjects were harder or just the Reading?

[@brando3465]

@@SetteleTutoring yes both were harder imo

[@Toptier-qn5yk]

@@SetteleTutoring both were harder.. but math was substantially harder

[@SetteleTutoring]

@@Toptier-qn5yk Thanks! That seems to be the consensus. Did your score seem better or worse than you expected it to be after the test was over?

[@Toptier-qn5yk]

@@SetteleTutoring I was aiming for a 770 or higher for math realistically based on the princeton review and bluebook practices I took before the test... but I ended up with a 730. There were some percentage complex and long percentage problems that I probably got wrong because I was not prepared for those types of questions. They were essentially the concept of finding the percentage of a percentage (but in a word problem context of course) There was also a really tricky circle problem that was asked that was unlike anything I have seen, and it asked to find something like an angle of the circle given the arc length and three points on a circle. This was probably an experimental question, but if you know a math problem that is similar to what I am talking about, please let me know so I don't fall for it when I take the school SAT (which is less than two weeks from now). Btw thanks... I love your videos and I think for my reading score to improve I would need to comprehend only the "very difficult" inferencing and command of textual evidence questions

[@ribeiro4960]

Me watching the intro on March the 8th 🤡

[@SetteleTutoring]

I hope it went well anyway!