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Strategies for Studying
Strategies for Studying
This Guide to Admissions Testing is a great resource that explains the standardized testing landscape.
Trinity partners with Mindspire Tutoring and Test Prep and Compass Prep to help students learn the test-taking strategies and content covered in the SAT and ACT. Mindspire offers free in-person and online practice tests, Compass Prep offers free strategy workshops.
Both Mindspire and Compass Prep offer paid tutoring support as well. For a list of paid tutors that Trinity families have used in the past check out this resource listing outside tutors and providers.
See the Study Resources sections below for additional links to test prep resources for both the SAT and ACT.
Waivers and accommodations
Waivers and accommodations
Please contact College Counseling for more information if you feel your family would qualify for a fee waiver for the SAT (eligibility) or ACT (eligibility). These can often be used to waive application fees as well.
Please contact Trinity's Learning Services department for more information if you would like to apply for accommodations for standardized testing. Please be sure you are aware of policies around SAT accommodations and ACT accommodations.
Study resources for the SAT
Study resources for the SAT
Khan Academy is a nonprofit tutoring platform started by Sal Khan (the founder of Khan Academy®), to research the impact of a free, online SAT® tutoring program run by volunteer peer tutors. Over the past year, the program has supported more than 10,000 students, and research suggests a 40–55 average point increase in overall SAT scores for boot camp versus non-boot camp participants.
The College Board question bank - You can choose from categories and levels of difficulty.
For help with the math section, check out this DESMOS webinar. Mindspire tutoring is seeing students raise their math scores from the low 600's to the mid to high 700's by knowing how to use Desmos. If used efficiently, Desmos can help test-takers solve at least 50% of the math questions without taking the time to manually solve them mathematically.
Study the SAT vocabulary list as well!
Study resources for the ACT
Study resources for the ACT
For help with the math section, check out this DESMOS webinar. Mindspire tutoring is seeing students raise their math scores from the low 600's to the mid to high 700's by knowing how to use Desmos. If used efficiently, Desmos can help test-takers solve at least 50% of the math questions without taking the time to manually solve them mathematically.
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