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** [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/we-are-reinstating-our-sat-act-requirement-for-future-admissions-cycles/ We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles | MIT Admissions]
** [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/we-are-reinstating-our-sat-act-requirement-for-future-admissions-cycles/ We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles | MIT Admissions]


== SAT exam Practice ==
== SAT exam prep strategies ==
* "practice" = replication of performance or game-day sitution
* "practice" = replication of performance or game-day sitution
** therefore, "SAT practice" is NOT online
** therefore, "SAT practice" is NOT online
** online "practice" is "enrichment" not "practice"
** online "practice" is "enrichment" not "practice"
=== SAT Enrichment ===  
=== SAT enrichment ===  
* enrichment means enhancement, getting better
* enrichment means enhancement, getting better
* there are many enrichment sites and manuals
* there are many enrichment sites and manuals
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** therefore, SAT prep that is not sit-down, online, with official practice or released actual tests, using pencil, clock, and bubble sheet IS NOT PRACTICE
** therefore, SAT prep that is not sit-down, online, with official practice or released actual tests, using pencil, clock, and bubble sheet IS NOT PRACTICE


=== SAT Practice ===  
=== SAT practice ===  
* practice is mimicking test-day situation
* practice is mimicking test-day situation
** research shows that replication via practice of actual exam situation yields higher actual exam results
** research shows that replication via practice of actual exam situation yields higher actual exam results
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*** can be divided by section, but not less than a section  
*** can be divided by section, but not less than a section  


=== Benefits of SAT Practice ===  
=== Benefits of SAT practice ===  
* familiarity with the types of passages and questions
* familiarity with the types of passages and questions
* developing elimination strategies  
* developing elimination strategies