On the Digital SAT, the Writing and Language-style questions (now inside the Reading & Writing section) reward students who can move quickly without getting sloppy. That usually means two things: (1) spot the grammatical “signal” the test is actually measuring, and (2) use the minimum amount of reading needed to answer confidently.
Strong study habits in high school pay off twice: they help you earn better grades now and make you a stronger candidate for college admission and scholarships, especially when paired with a competitive SAT score. And in addition to leading to better grades in high school and a higher SAT score, strong study habits will serve you well in college, and beyond, in whatever career you choose. In fact, some study habits can even be applied to the process of building athletic, musical, or communication skills.
Two years ago, when College Board announced that the new Digital SAT would abandon dreaded long-passage reading comprehension questions in favor of a shorter, quicker, mixed verbal section, thousands of high school sophomores and juniors breathed a collective sigh of relief. Six paragraph science passages, plot-free fictional excerpts, and paired historical texts with flowery opaque language would all be retired with few lamenting their absence from the new exam. After all, these new passages were going to be easy! One and done! How could it possibly be difficult to guess the main idea of a five-line passage?