How many hours should you study for SAT?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I had a mom at my kids school say to me when i asked her; ”If you have 50-60 days left to an SAT exam, you’re pretty much screwed”

My husband is american , im not. Ive never taken the SAT so idk if the mom is being truthful or not

She’s insane

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks!

I thought like 3-4 hours a day..

Oh lord, no! Please don't make your kid do 3-4 hours a day of SAT study.

Because of personal reasons she has 2 months. Do you really believe 1 hour a day is enough then? :/

You need to get a baseline for her with a practice test, and then set a score goal based on that baseline. That will guide you on how much time she needs to put in for the next 2 months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I had a mom at my kids school say to me when i asked her; ”If you have 50-60 days left to an SAT exam, you’re pretty much screwed”

My husband is american , im not. Ive never taken the SAT so idk if the mom is being truthful or not

She’s insane

She’s just like Gloria pritchett from modern family. Except not funny/nice/down to earth like Gloria.
But gorgeous.

So her saying im screwed is her bullying me?😂 Sorry im tired . I guess shes screwing w me

[Anonymous]

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I didn't study at all, and got excellent SAT scores, but things are different now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:zero

I didn't study at all, and got excellent SAT scores, but things are different now.

We cant all be geniuses like you (not sarcasm) good for you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks!

I thought like 3-4 hours a day..

Oh lord, no! Please don't make your kid do 3-4 hours a day of SAT study.

Because of personal reasons she has 2 months. Do you really believe 1 hour a day is enough then? :/

Is she a senior and this is her last chance to take it? Even if so, yes, one hour a day is enough.

How do you even fit 3-4 hours in a typical high school student's day? She comes home from school and essentially does nothing else but SAT study, eat dinner, and then homework?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks!

I thought like 3-4 hours a day..

Oh lord, no! Please don't make your kid do 3-4 hours a day of SAT study.

Because of personal reasons she has 2 months. Do you really believe 1 hour a day is enough then? :/

Is she a senior and this is her last chance to take it? Even if so, yes, one hour a day is enough.

How do you even fit 3-4 hours in a typical high school student's day? She comes home from school and essentially does nothing else but SAT study, eat dinner, and then homework?


No we havent done that! I was just asking! U really think 2 months is enough for an average kid. My kid knows the concepts etc but they’re slow when it comes to time

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:zero

I didn't study at all, and got excellent SAT scores, but things are different now.

Me too. I'm floored to hear that people really study and hour a day for weeks or months. That seems insane, even if things are different now.

[Anonymous]

OP, this is your second post about this, and it sounds like you're not familiar with the US system and are really stressed about this, which is entirely understandable.

Is your child a junior or a senior? If she's a junior there's a reasonable argument to be made for taking it without studying or with minimal studying (maybe just a few practice tests to get a feel of the pacing, since you say she tends to be slower). See what the score is and then decide whether and how much to study before she retakes it (and yes, most kids take it more than once).

If she's a senior this is harder, because there's less opportunity to retake it. In that case I would get a full practice test (look for study books in the bookstore or library that have practice tests) to get an idea what her baseline score would be. The book should then have a program she can work through to study.

Another option is to sign her up for one of the commercial SAT prep classes. They'll go through a similar process - have her take a practice test, identify her strengths and weaknesses and then have her work on weaker areas. If you're not familiar with the US SAT system works and you can afford this, it might be the option that makes most sense for you.

[Anonymous]

It really depends on your kid. Some kids can study a few hours a day for 3 weeks and get a perfect score. Others need to study for months and don't do so well. This is such a subjective question. Your kid should study as much as he needs to get the score he wants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is doing a one on one tutor and they meet 4 hours a week plus he has 2-3 hours of homework. This will last a few months. It is complete craziness but he wants to do this because his diagnostic test was insanely low. I am not going to discourage him. Plus it does have some academic value.

Entitlement at it's best

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is doing a one on one tutor and they meet 4 hours a week plus he has 2-3 hours of homework. This will last a few months. It is complete craziness but he wants to do this because his diagnostic test was insanely low. I am not going to discourage him. Plus it does have some academic value.

Entitlement at it's best

Wait what do you mean?

[Anonymous]

DC is doing Saturday and Sunday tutoring through Princeton Review. They are 3hr chunks and it’s 4 weeks long.

[Anonymous]

Our private tutor is one hour a week.

[Anonymous]

My DS did maybe 60 or 90 minutes total on Khan Academy over an entire summer (so 10 or 15 minutes on occasion) plus one or two practice tests. He did fine with this amount. His PSAT score was decent and he was not looking for a 1550+ score. (He actually did slightly better on ACT and did no prep for that).