Real Test Harder than Practice Tests — Common SAT Weakness

Are your scores on the real SAT lower than your practice test scores? It might have to do with the practice tests you take, or you could be nervous on the real exam. But if you think the real test is harder, it might be that you’re just wrong. The lesson gives you some ideas to help you make the real test feel more like the practice tests.

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[Nightlight]

Thank you so much for these videos, I just got a 1500 after getting a 1370 on a practice test a few days before my last test by watching your videos

[saahirbeotra]

Hey Mike, Thank you so much for your videos. Helped me a ton I scored a 1510 (790M / 720 RW) on the August Test which really went beyond my expectations. Was scoring mid 1400’s and had never scored >700 on reading so huge surprise. Thanks for all your help!! Finally done with this annoying test and time to apply to colleges 😅

[crescentsu]

Thank you for your videos! Without you, I wouldn’t have been able to get a 1530. 660 (march) to 740 English :)

[A__ThaiLamMinhTriet]

Hey, I just want to say that your videos really help me to achieve a 1460 on the August SAT 🎉🎉
So I just want to say thank you for making these videos❤.I will recommend your channel to any of my friends who want to take the SAT.😊

[xjessie]

Hey Mike! I don't know if you still remember me; I asked you many questions😅I took the August SAT! And I checked my score yesterday...I didn't expect it at all--> I got a 1490 with 710 in English and 780 in Math!!! I hope I could try a little bit harder in math so i can break the 1500. My goal was 800 math since I am pretty good at math. However, I always got some minor mistakes or might be just mission some concepts. So I keep getting 770 780 or 790 in Math even for practice exams. And I found I was really stressful on the real test; The time for math went by a lot quicker than I expected. Thus, I didn't get to check my second module. But thank you for all your videos; I cannot get this score without your videos, and patience for responding my comments! I will keep working on it and take the October SAT to break the 1500. My next goal is 1530 and get to my dream colleges since it is my senior year!!

[FieldDandelionProject]

Do you have any advice? I scored consistently 1560~1580 ( which was the score I got on practice six) on all of the practice tests. When I watch your videos, they all make sense! I implemented that on my exam but the level of difficulty were so much harder than the questions on bluebook and int he sat question bank. The math section even included a cause and effect relationship type question which I had never seen before... I ended up getting a 1470 on the August exam and im quite upset. Any advice or resources to get harder questions?

[AnneFisher-okoy]

thanks for this video. Can tutors take the real SAT? it would be good for them to see what it's really like, if it's actually harder than the practice tests or else student feelings about it...Also do you think there are more unpredictable questions on the real test on the Reading/Writing section that haven't been seen before on the bluebook tests? or is it more the math that seems unpredictable and new stuff that isn't seen before...

[Iamtrishna]

I share your videos to my friends..you are really lifesaver..btw, can we score 1400 in 40 days regular practice

[kagantenekeci]

I do not know what happened but I got 1490. Not the score that i was expecting but still my pr so far
Thank you Mike

[MarleeSidor]

I got 1570 on tests 4, 5, and 6, but ended up getting a 1410.. (710 English, 700 math) any advice?? I’m planning to retake it, but I hate how I can’t know what exact question types I got wrong, even with the skills performance.

[dadams]

Hey Mike, unfortunately I did worse than I wanted. I wanted a 1450 and got a 1390. I improved 70 points from last time but I didn’t get the score I wanted. 700 RW and 690 Math. What do I do to get a better math I’m starting to want to give up on the SAT and just full send the essay

[AniNalbandyan-ip]

hey, my practice test scores were around 1440-1450, I got 1410 on real test, but it really was much harder, 2 modules of both sections had many more time consuming questions then there should have been(

[gabilanhaus]

I got 1490 on practice test 5 and 1500 on test 6. When I took the August SAT just a few days later I got 1410, it’s pretty upsetting

[sweatyslush]

Does the new sat test surface area of a cone and cylinder?

[Spo_ng]

do you know which test number for the psatnmsqt have the same difficulty as the real test?

[abhiram]

i used to get 1300 in practice tests, but in exam i got a 1250.

[kabirhasan]

my aug score comes out in a bit
just wanna thank you for all u did

edit: came out 1530 :(

[AvengeZealot]

Got a 1550 on pt 6, but 1480 on real test😭