Study Prof

At the beginning of both the SAT and the GRE you will have to write an essay–two on the GRE. This is a prime place to rack up some extra points and get your test started off with a bang. It’s also a prime place to do something really stupid and write yourself into a corner with no time to undo the damage. Here’s how to avoid those stupid mistakes…

1. Prepare ahead of time. That means knowing exactly how you will analyze whatever topic you are given, as well as how you will generate some good ideas. (more…)

Here are some of the most effective and powerful techniques from past posts…

Slow and Steady Makes Study Easy!

You Study Too Much

Study Less and Get Better Grades

Get Rid of Those Bad Study Habits That Hold You Back!

Seven Simple Ways to Stop Procrastinating

I tell my students to learn at least 300 new words, but that is really the bare minimum. Why? It takes at least that many before you have a snowball’s chance in H-E-double-hockey-sticks of seeing enough of them on the test to actually nudge up your score.

Consider, if the GRE or SAT has 4,500 possible vocabulary words to choose from (a rough guesstimate), and you see, say, 150 on any given verbal section, what are the chances that one of the 300 new words you studied will be among them? (more…)

Studies show that simply tracking how many times you engage in a good habit (or sideslip a bad habit) will cause most people to up those numbers. How simple is that?! So start tallying up those push ups, timing your study hours, and counting your calories, to become master of your domain!

Amble on over to this nifty site for tracking your trends. Enter absolutely anything you want–number of periwinkle blue caravans you’ve narrowly avoided purchasing, amount of salmon mousse consumed with no lethal effects, quantity of fleshy-headed mutants you’ve found friendly, total number of obscure movie references you’ve noticed in this post, whatever–and the site will keep track of it and allow you to display it in a variety of tres-hip ways.

This could save you some time on the GRE or SAT…

Cool Math Trick – Really Fast Multiplication !!! – Funny blooper videos are here

I’ve expanded and updated my SECRETS SMART STUDENTS KNOW ebook. You can find out all about it here…

Discover all the simple tricks and techniques to learn more in less time, give you a memory like a steel trap, beat procrastination cold, avoid test anxiety, and get the BEST GRADES EVER!

Get the ebook now for $10 off the regular price BUT do it NOW! The special price expires Thursday, June 25th, 2009, at 3:13 PM!

You can find out the details here.

It’s the new, expanded second edition. I’ve added lot’s more on test anxiety, procrastination, and memory techniques. (Already a member? Just go download it again … you’ll automatically get the new version!).

Check your grammar, style, and spelling with After The Deadline, a free online tool. Just paste your writing into the box and After The Deadline will underline words or phrases that need a closer look. Click on the word or phrase for suggestions and explanations. This would be a great way to revise those rough drafts.

At http://www.online-stopwatch.com/ they have an online stopwatch and timer, but you can also download them as flash programs.  Need more than one stopwatch/timer running at a time? You can launch multiple instances of the flash program. A must have for timing those study sessions. And all for the low, low price of FREE.