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SAT Study Suggestions for Parents and Students 

Dear Parents and Students, 

The Khan Academy Test Prep team partners with the College Board (makers of the SAT) to create the best SAT prep materials available. 

Many of you may be wondering what you should be doing to prepare for the SAT. Some of you might be enrolled in an SAT class at school; some of you might be attending classes after school some of you may be studying on your own over summer break. That’s where Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy comes in. Rest assured we're working closely with College Board to arm you with as much information and help as possible.

This message is packed full of ideas, along with a suggested study schedule.

If you’re new to SAT on Khan Academy, please familiarize yourself with our system by taking a few minutes to check out this product tour video or reading this overview article.

Now that you’ve explored a little, here are a couple of first steps:

• Link your College Board and Khan Academy accounts to update your personalized recommendations.

Remember, the SAT is administered several times every year—SAT prep is a long game, and you’ll have a chance to take the test later on this year. The more you do it, the better you get! 

In this section:

Best practices

Suggested study schedule

Best Practices

We know from research that there are three top practices associated with greater score improvements:

Take recommendations. Our system creates personalized recommendations for students based on student performance and skill frequency in the SAT—students who follow recommendations show greater score increases.

Do full length practice tests. Full-length timed practice tests are the best way to build the stamina you’ll need on Test Day. We have eight full-length practice tests available to take online. You can also print pdfs of the tests to take on paper. Use the College Board’s Daily Practice app to scan-and-score your bubble sheets, get a score report, and update your practice recommendations!

Learn test-taking strategies while reviewing the questions you get wrong. Each question in our system features step-by-step solutions and in-depth explanations, and we also have hundreds of articles and worked example videos designed to help students understand not only how to do each problem, but also how to identify opportunities to use strategies efficiently on Test Day.

Suggested Study Schedule

You might have already been studying for months, or you might just be getting started. We encourage you to adjust the following suggested study program to your needs. 

Please note: We may update this schedule as the situation evolves. 

Week 1: Skill practice and strategies (suggestion: 30-40 mins daily)

• Recommended skill practice and timed mini-sections 

• One day, check out this new interactive article: How to approach a Literature passage on the SAT (~30 min)

• Tips & Strategies - try these! (adjust to your needs) 

  • Tips for effective, efficient studying (5 min)

  • Tips for managing your study time (5 min)

  • Controlling careless errors in Math (5 min) 

Week 2: Skill practice and strategies (suggestion: 30-40 mins daily)

• Recommended skill practice and timed mini-sections 

• Tips & Strategies - try these! (adjust to your needs)

  • Time management strategy: Two passes (5 min)

  • Time management strategy: Level of difficulty (5 min) 

Week 3: Take and review a timed practice test

• Set aside 3.5 hours to take a full-length practice test.

  • Check this out first! How to take a practice SAT (3 min)

• After the test, carefully review all of the questions you missed - read solutions, watch related videos and read related articles in Tips & Strategies (suggestion: 1-2 hours) 

Week 4: Skill practice and strategies (suggestion: 30-40 mins daily)

• Recommended skill practice and timed mini-sections

• Tips & Strategies - try these! (adjust to your needs)

  • Watch this recorded Facebook livestream - FAQ (watch it at 1.5-2X speed and skim to the parts that interest you) (~30 min)

  • Quick punctuation rules (5 min)

  • Apostrophes (3 min) 

Week 5: Skill practice and strategies (suggestion: 30-40 mins daily)

• Recommended skill practice and timed mini-sections

• Tips & Strategies - try these! (adjust to your needs)

  • Watch this recorded Facebook livestream - Top strategies (watch it at 1.5-2X speed and skim to the parts that interest you) (~30 min)

  • Setting up ideas Quick guide - this is the first of a new series of articles designed to tell you everything you need to know about every question type on the Writing and Language Test. Check out the entire series! (30-60 min) 

Week 6: Skill practice and strategies (suggestion: 30-40 mins daily)

• Recommended skill practice and timed mini-sections 

• Tips & Strategies - try these! (adjust to your needs)

  • One day, check out this new interactive article: How to approach a Social Science passage on the SAT(30 min)

  • Ready for some help in advanced Math? Check this one out: Quadratics (10 min) 

Week 7: Take and review a timed practice test

• Set aside 3.5 hours to take a full-length practice test.

  • Check this out first! How to take a practice SAT (5 min)

• Carefully review all of the questions you missed - read solutions, watch related videos and read related articles in Tips & Strategies (suggestion: 1-2 hours)

Week 8: Skill practice and strategies (suggestion: 30-40 mins daily)

• Recommended skill practice and timed mini-sections

• Tips & Strategies - try these! 

  • It’s time to get serious about The Essay: Unpacking the prompt (5 min)

  • Analyzing a passage (5 min)

• SAT Essay Glossary (5 min) 

Week 9: Skill practice and strategies (suggestion: 30-40 mins daily)

• Recommended skill practice and timed mini-sections

• Watch worked example videos in the practice tab (if you haven’t already)! 

Week 10: Skill practice and strategies (suggestion: 30-40 mins daily)

• Recommended skill practice and timed mini-sections

• Watch worked example videos in the practice tab (if you haven’t already)!

Week 11: Take and review a timed practice test

• Set aside 3.5 hours to take a full-length practice test.

  • Check this out first! How to take a practice SAT

• Carefully review all of the questions you missed - read solutions, watch related videos and read related articles in Tips & Strategies (suggestion: 1-2 hours)

Week 12: Some ideas for the final stretch

• Review all of the questions you got wrong - in Skill practice exercises and on your practice tests and review the solution steps so that you’ll know what to do when you see similar questions on Test Day (suggestion: ~45 mins daily)

• Tips & Strategies - try these!

  • Tips for Test Day (5 min)

  • What to expect and what to bring (5 min)