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The SAT is weeks away! Whether you’ve been following the progression or are starting now, these steps can make a nice difference and add quite a few points to your score.

 Work or revisit the practice questions in Chapters 4, 6, 8, and Part 4 of this book. If you can answer the question easily, you’re good — but if you struggle with a question, review the chapter pages that show you how to answer it. Then you can find similar questions in 1,001 SAT Practice Questions For Dummies (also written by coauthor Ron and published by Wiley).

 Work at least one practice exam from Part 5 or www.collegeboard.org. Do your diligence and keep practicing! Get your stamina ready for the SAT marathon plus get a sense of what’s on the exam. Review your practice exam afterwards, so you know where to focus. Best case, review it with a friend who is also taking the SAT and has taken the same practice. Check out Chapter 20 for good ways to use the practice exam to boost your score.

 Clear your calendar of all unnecessary activity so you can study as much as possible. It’s time to prioritize, and it’s just for a few weeks. Anything that can wait: Let it wait. Right now is crucial, and an hour in the weeks before your exam is worth a lot more than an hour in the weeks after. That movie or golf game can wait.

 Get a wristwatch so you can manage your time. Now is the time (so to speak) to go to the store or online and get a nice, simple wristwatch that has absolutely no functionality at all except to tell the time. Try it out, make sure it’s comfortable, and most of all, make sure it doesn’t beep, otherwise the proctors will take it. More on the cutting-edge, exam-changing, night-and-day difference that the advantage of having a wristwatch gives you in the upcoming section “It’s All You: What to Do the Morning of Your SAT.”