and before you start the video and in
case you were wondering here are the
exact details of high school on the SAT
I got 15 4719 math and 750 in English in
English in the writing section I got 360
out of 400 in the critical reading
section I got 390 out of 400 so it means
I almost got perfect score in the math
section which is 790 out of 800 almost
perfect score in the critical reading
section 390 out of 400 and I did a few
mistakes in the writing section 360 out
of 400
hi everyone for those new to my channel
I'm see I'm sure ignore a rising senior
Bangladeshi studying applied math at
Harvard this is a playlist about getting
into top universities after starting
this playlist around 20 days back I have
received a lot of positive responses I
got over 50,000 views from nine
countries and this playlist alone has
brought me over two thousand subscribers
now I know these numbers are very little
however they mean a lot to me so thank
you so much for the support this video
in particular is a video about one
question that I got a lot after getting
to Harvard and over the past few years
is that how did I do so well on the SAT
if you want more videos like these on
different topics and interviews with
amazing students who get into top
universities smash smash that like
button please subscribe the only fact
that you are actually doing this is
proof that my videos are doing well
compared to previous performances so
please support me and I can bring you
more content that would help you in your
university admission journey yes this
video wasn't a clickbait I got a 1540
which is a 99 percentile on the SAT on
my first attempt in just two months of
preparation I did not use any paid
resources except one which is the SAT
book by Princeton Review the link to
that book from different versions of
different years although there wouldn't
be that much differences between the
versions are in the descriptions below
the other resource that I mainly
prioritize during my time was Khan
Academy is the most important resource
according to me and I think that is what
made the difference when it comes to my
SAT journey at the same time since I
came from a national curriculum
background in Bangladesh there where
topics that I struggle with and I feel a
lot of National Curriculum students will
face the same struggle and there are
some tricky topics in general
in each section when I'm discussing the
topics I will talk about which are kind
of like topics national programs
students or students international
smooth in general might struggle with so
those are extra tips that you can
utilize for a better performance let's
start with the format of the SAT it is
scored in 1600 points 800 math 800
English among 800 math you have two
subsections Mac wit calculator which is
38 questions in 55 minutes and Mac
without calculator which is 20 questions
in 25 minutes
both of this session as I might have
mentioned before is 400 points each now
let's talk about how you will plan your
SAT journey step number one go to Khan
Academy open an account it is to be
noted that Khan Academy stopped paying
me to do this video in Maya city journey
I felt kana kanum is the most important
resource on that you can use to get even
a perfect score and that is the only
resource you would require in my opinion
the practice exams that Khan Academy
offers are very accurate and
representative of what you will actually
see in the main exams Khan Academy's
also breaks down topics into very very
attackable modules that you can approach
one by one to master the skills that are
tested in SAT SAT really test certain
skills so if you master those skills
separately in Khan Academy you can
really do well on the actual exam when
it comes to Khan Academy you start your
journey by taking a practice exam you
have taken in an actual environment
which means that you have to take it
timed in a quiet environment maintaining
the breath breaks they usually offer in
the actual exam after you take the
practice exam look back at which modules
or type of questions that you did Battin
Khan Academy will divide them for you
and the type of questions you did well
in then you list down those modules from
bad to good and then you look at how
much time you have to prepare for
the SAT in Hope if you have two or three
months think about how many modules you
can tackle in each of those months and
then plan out the number of practice
exams to take each week to tackle each
of these modules how I did it was I I
used to take a practice exam every week
and I used to cover every single module
that was in the entire SAT Khan Academy
kind of SAT section and then I used to
give the practice exam and repeat the
procedure all over again this was the
plan I use however it might change
anyway you might have time to relax a
bit more if you have three or four
months but this was the strategy that I
used
here is the seven-step general strategy
I'm used to tackle the math section of
the SAT number one go to Khan Academy
and go to the topic Y section of math
number two practice each topic
individually higher ties by your
performance on your past practice exam
number two practice until you get to
four skill level of each topic which
Khan Academy will show it's in level
you're on number four try each topic at
a four skill level without doing a turn
any errors so five in a row of correct
answers number five always note down the
mistakes you made and then learn their
concepts the exact concept will be
tested on a CT and the exact concepts
have to be mastered in connect enemy for
you to be well number six always time
yourself while doing so and finally
number seven learn the basic usage of a
scientific calculator which will be
useful for your calculator section in
battle these were the seven like steps I
use to solve the math problems in SAT
and the math section in general this
entire process should take you a few
days after a few days start giving them
many overall math tests and keep up the
practice my video format test I mean
suppose you have 20 questions in 25
minutes for the no calculator part you
can do that section as your math
practice I do not have any errors and
instantly the moment you do a mistake in
a particular concept mastered the
concept by me by looking at the steps I
mentioned just before once you master
the concepts following those steps
without any mistake repeat the process
all over again and this should be enough
for the math section I will now talk
about the different types of topics I
struggle coming from a national
curriculum chances are you will find
yourself struggling in each of these
topics as well number one learn how
graph shifts work and how the graph
changes based on the changes in the
number two get a hang of circle formulas
learn how degrees of a circle sector for
instance can be used to find out the
area or circumference of a circle number
three understand how a parabolic
equation works and how you can convert
it into its vertex form and what each
variable in the equation means number
four know how standard deviation or mean
are represented in a scatter plot or a
graph and see what it means for the
graph to have low standard deviation or
mean number five learn names of various
data collection methods and know what
they mean and finally number six the
basic linear and exponential growth
function should be learned and what they
mean a lot of these terms might not mean
anything to you might seem difficult
however when you practice an academy
just using the strategy I mention you
start to see what I'm talking about
because that terms I use are the exact
trans Khan Academy uses and then you
will know what to do
here's an extra key there's a be a lot
of points on the ICT it might seem
redundant and you might not do it or
feel the need to however trust me it
save me a lot of points and chances are
it can do the same for you
always understand and underline what the
question wants focus on underline
most of the math errors sometimes come
from not a lack of knowledge but are
silly mistakes underlining the specific
part of a question minimizes that here's
an example 2x plus 6 equal to 12 find
out 3x plus 6 our brain kind of is
trained throughout high school to find X
and not to find 3x plus 6 and the value
the exact value of X might be provided
in the multiple choices actually they
will most certainly be provided so a
brain will do that mistake and circle
that value when in reality where it has
to find out 3x plus X and not X so in
that case what you have to do is
underline what the question exactly asks
we just find out 3x plus 6 when you
build a habit of underlining one amount
I shall escort what an English question
asked moot you're less likely to do that
mistake in my opinion thank you for
making it this far these are the exact
tips and strategies I use they're not
perfect however they worked for me
this is particularly used for someone
who has no idea on how to start a
kissing if you can I hope this video
will be useful for you if you like this
video and you want more resources like
this match the like button subscribe so
our video can help more students and I
can continue to make such videos for
university admissions an important thing
to note is that SATs and the only
criteria of deciding your chances of
admission into a university so even if
you have a very good score if you have
lacking in other areas you might not get
in so it is important to not only focus
on the SAT but focus on everything else
as well
if you want more topics that I should
talk about comment them below if you
want to really interview a student of a
particular University comment them down
below if you found this video useful
please share it with your friends who
are also taking the SAT with you it will
mean a lot to them and I hope this video
can really help them improve their SAT
scores just to mention again the links
to the resources I used will be provided
in the description do check them out
below and I hope you found this video
useful see you next time