12-week SAT study plan

37 skill lessons · about four a week · official practice tests in weeks 1, 6, 9, 11 and 12

Short on time? Follow the same order at double speed (two weeks of the plan each week), and spend the rest on the practice sets where your cabinet shows the lowest scores.

1

Start: how the test works

Learn the format, meet Desmos, and take an official practice test to find your starting score.

2

Lines and sentences

Read lines and slopes; fix run-on sentences; find a passage's main idea.

3

Systems and punctuation

Solve systems and inequalities; use commas, colons and dashes; see how a text is built.

4

Rates, percents and agreement

Handle units and percent change; make subjects and verbs agree; pick the right transition.

5

Expressions and evidence

Rewrite expressions and solve quadratics; use verbs and modifiers correctly; support a claim with a quotation.

6

Parabolas and data in texts

Read quadratic graphs and line–parabola systems; use tables and graphs as evidence; complete a text logically.

7

Growth, functions and paired texts

Model growth and decay; use f(x) notation; compare two texts; write from student notes.

8

Data and chance

Mean, median and spread; lines of best fit; probability from tables.

9

Samples, studies and shapes

Margin of error and what a study can prove; area and volume.

10

Triangles and circles

Angles, similar triangles, trigonometry, circle equations and arcs.

11

Fix your weak skills

Use your cabinet to find the three weakest skills; redo their lessons and practice sets; learn the vocabulary and grammar rules page.

12

Final practice and test day

One more full test under real timing, a last review of mistakes, and a test-day checklist.