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M easurable
This is really two parts: 1) Is your goal measurable? 2) If so, how will you measure it?
The answer to the first question is easy: obviously, it’s measurable. The answer to the second question is easy too (sort of): take practice tests. But not just one and not just one right after the other. You need to take several tests and learn from each one. You must practice deliberate practice. Deliberate practice is focused, structured training aimed at improving specific weaknesses through repetition, feedback, and refinement. It’s about working smarter , not just harder. It’s a systematic, effortful, goal-directed training regimen designed to push your boundaries and improve specific elements of your performance.
“The man who does things makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all—doing nothing.” — Benjamin Franklin
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” — John Dewey
How many practice tests, you ask? How often? Use the following planner:
PLANNER
Today’s Date: Date of Practice SAT 1: Date of Practice SAT 2: Date of Practice SAT 3: Date of the official SAT:
“You want me to take three practice tests?” “Actually, we recommend four to six.” “What?! Why so many?” “Because practice makes possible.” “Don’t you mean perfect?” “No. POSSIBLE.”
A chievable
This is really two parts as well: 1) Can you do it? 2) If not, why not? What can make it achievable?
Let’s say you want a 400-point increase: 200 in Reading/Writing and 200 in Math. Is this achievable? You tell me! How bad do you want it?
“Don’t you mean, ‘How badly’”? “Touché!”
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