Week 1 24-30Aug2009 Post 2 : Problems in SAT

I had BIG problems after doing the diagnostic test from the computer, probably because I lack of sleep.

First problem is my VOCABULARY! to me, SAT is using ancient words.
[Approach] However, I noticed that certain words continue to pop up frequently, such as ambivalent, taciturn, gregarious, and vigor. I take the initiative to remember these words. of course for vocab, if I don't go through these words, I ought to forget them. These frequent words will be easier to remember than the rest.
It is of course, impossible to remember all the 1000 common words in SAT in a day, but those frequent ones will be the most proritized.

Second problem, questions with patterns; the ones with those 'However, not only, after...'
[Approach] I think the best way solve this problem is to determine whether the phrase is positive or negative. two negative statements cuts out each other (like maths) to make sure it sounds positive, and many other arithmetical statements. through practice, I believe I can easily see whether the answer I should pick is a positive or negative word/statement/... to match in the question.

Third problem, I am only Half as critical. Funny enough my marks are exactly 50% in ALL the tests. If only I can sleep longer, if only the lecturers give more time for the students to rest.
I think that half of my head is critical and the other half only wants to look at the surface.

Recommendation: NO RECOMMENDATION FOR NOW. MAYBE I WILL PUT ONE NEXT WEEK.

"Valy itchy oni!" - Yu Jin's motivational words
Thank you for not plagiarizing.