My advice is to skip this post and re-read Vogel648's. Why? It's shorter and it says the same thing. Having said that, here is my opinion. Study only as much as you feel like and not a moment more; don't let your parents or other friends stress you out. I have two reasons for this;

1) The SAT is sometimes used as an indicator of freshman year performance. I'm not sure what the ACT correlates to. In either case, your score should, taking the test many, many times, 'reflect' your 'ability'. A week or two of cramming won't change much (take this with a grain of salt though--I used to be a huge fan of analogies and enjoy math, so I may not be representative of the population). Also as a note, I am not an advocate of taking the test multiple times. I took the test once in 6th grade and once in 10th grade.

2) Stress is simply just too stressful to be useful. While that may be circular logic, I found that being relaxed did wonders for me. If you find that studying and preparing means you can approach the test relaxed, by all means, study. I find that sleeping 14 hours before important exams, doing solo Charleston, and having a mint to eat during the exam helps me relax. If you're like me, I suggest the Lifesavers pep-o-mints.

Hope this helps,


mgreenley