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How far in advance should I prepare for the SAT?

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Laura Rheinauer
Associate Director, Educational Connections
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A native of Allentown Pennsylvania, Laura Rheinauer received both her B.A. in History and M.Ed. in Secondary Education from Lehigh University.  Passionate about the field of education, she wrote her Master's thesis on efficacy issues surrounding after-school tutoring programs.  Throughout her undergrad and graduate years she worked as a reading tutor. After working in admissions at both Lehigh and Dickinson College, Laura now assists high school juniors and seniors in making their college application stand out to an admissions committee.  Laura moved down to VA to join Educational Connections as Associate Director to oversee the SSAT administration, test prep, and specialized reading programs.  Orton-Gillingham and Wilson trained, Laura helps place students with reading disabilities in appropriate multi-sensory programs with their assigned tutor.

How far in advance should I prepare for the SAT?

 

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Host: How far in advance should I prepare for the SAT?

Laura Rheinauer: Well, I think like even first graders are starting to prepare for the SAT because it seems so important. I don't recommend that, but I even don't recommend waiting until the very last minute too. You want to give yourself a good window of prep time, usually, three to four months at least. You can start in earnest I would say in your Junior Year start to prepare for the spring SAT date. It's also really good if you could do some prep in the summer between your junior and the senior year and then even a little more prep in the fall of your senior year. That's really where you are going to see a good score increase. There are a lot of students out there that do prepare for the PSAT. This is a great idea. It gives you some information about the PSAT and remember that the PSAT does translate into the SAT pretty well. So a good familiarization with that test can you help you then in the SAT.

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