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- Hi, I'm Rachel with Khan Academy.

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Are you ready to make a plan
for boosting those SAT scores

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but stuck about what to do next?

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Let's walk through two strategies

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that can help you make
the most of your prep time

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and focus on your strengths.

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Strategy one is all about
using the SAT prep courses

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in Khan Academy.

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So how do you obtain your scores?

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You can get your scores

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and performance spans from a PDF copy

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from your school counselor,

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the Big Future School mobile app

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if you provided your mobile number

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or your self-created College
Board student account.

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If you took a practice test in Blue Book,

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you can get your scores
from the College Board

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My Practice Webpage too.

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How do you understand your scores?

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The report will look a little different

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depending on if you are looking at the PDF

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or an online report.

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There are four content domains
for each section of the test.

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For example, algebra is one content domain

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assessed in the math section.

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The number of questions

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and percentage of each
domain will be different

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depending on if you took

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one of the PSAT related
assessments or the SAT.

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You'll notice that the scores
reflect the same structure

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as the digital SAT prep
courses in Khan Academy.

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Check your performance bands

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to know where to place your focus.

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If you have one to three bands shaded,

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start with foundation units.

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For four to five bands,
tackle the medium units,

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and if you're at six to
seven bands, you're ready

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for advanced content.

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With your bands identified,

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dive into SAT prep course materials.

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Use videos, articles, exercises
and quizzes to level up

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and aim for proficiency.

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Try unit tests and course
challenges to shoot for mastery.

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Strategy two is the
skills insight approach.

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Once you have your college board scores

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from an online report, use
the Skills Insight tool

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to zero in on specific skills
within your performance band

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or challenge yourself

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with questions from a
higher performance band.

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To access your scores,

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log into your college
board student account,

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or use the Big Future School mobile app

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if you registered with your mobile number.

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The report will look a little different

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depending on if you're
in the Big Future app

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or your college board account.

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There are four content domains
for each section of the test.

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The filled in part of each progress bar

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represents your level of mastery

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in that content domain and
is called a performance band.

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The more performance
bands that are filled in,

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the better you did.

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The online reports provide
a performance band score,

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which aligns to college
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Click view skills and example questions

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in Next Score Band on your report

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to access the Skills tool.

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In Skills Insight, select your domain

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and performance band score.

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Then click go to see the skills

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and knowledge you
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based on that score band.

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Skills and questions

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in the next higher score band

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are the skills you should work on.

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Remember these two strategies,

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focused courses and
targeted skills practice

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work together to build your strengths

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and boost your score.

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Let's dive in and make each
practice session count.