SAT Tips

Alexandra Kourtelidis • October 4, 2026

Upcoming SAT Dates at PVMHS:

• November 7, 2026

• December 5, 2026

Study Sources:

• College Board SAT Question of the Day:

• If you create or login to your college board account, you can find that it has an SAT question of the day where you can choose one subject for the day. Either Reading and Writing or Math of varying randomly selected difficulty levels. You can choose which subject you would like to work on and it gives you one practice question. Once you respond, it lets you know if you are right or wrong and gives an in-depth explanation of the right answer.

• SAT Review Books:

• At the Peabody Institute Library, you can borrow SAT review books with no cost

• Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and Target are all places that have a selection of physical SAT review books to purchase and mark up however you want.

• Online Review Sources:

• Khan Academy has some practice and study materials.

• Bluebook has online practice tests that you can log into and take and it gives you your score back.

What SAT’s Consist Of:

• The Reading and Writing section comes first and there are 2 modules. Each module is 32 minutes long and 27 questions each.

• There is a scheduled 10 minute break between the two different sections, but not in between the modules within a section.

• The Math section is second and there are 2 modules. Each module is 35 minutes long and 22 questions each.

• The entire test will be around 134 minutes long or a little above 2 hours

• You may take unscheduled breaks during testing time but your test will not pause and you will lose testing time.

What To Bring:

• Testing device (computer, chromebook, Macbook, etc)

• Pen and/or pencil

• Calculator

• Photo ID (school ID, drivers license, passport) *NOT ELECTRONIC

• Bluebook admission ticket

• College Board username and password

• Water and snack for break period

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