The Ultimate Guide to the Digital SAT
Your Roadmap to a Higher Score
The Digital SAT is a predictable test. It's not a measure of intelligence, but a test of how well you understand its patterns and how consistently you can apply a specific set of skills under pressure. This guide is your roadmap. It organizes all of our expert strategy articles into a clear, step-by-step study plan.
Start here, master the concepts in each guide, and practice them on the tests available on this site. That is the path to success.
Part 1: Reading & Writing Mastery
The Reading & Writing section is 50% logic and 50% grammar rules. Our guides break this down into a manageable system, starting with foundational principles and then moving to specific strategies for every question type you'll encounter.
Start with the fundamentals. These apply to almost every question.
- Foundational SAT English Strategies: Learn to predict answers, simplify complex text, and understand the core building blocks of every sentence.
Next, master the specific question types.
- How to Tackle Every Reading Question Type: A step-by-step method for Main Idea, Command of Evidence, Inference, and Vocabulary questions.
- Mastering SAT Grammar and Punctuation: A no-fluff breakdown of the essential punctuation and sentence structure rules that are tested most often.
- Advanced Strategies for Writing Questions: Conquer the two most logic-based writing questions: Rhetorical Synthesis and Transitions.
Part 2: The Math Section Demystified
The SAT Math section tests your mastery of core concepts from Algebra, Geometry, and Data Analysis. It also gives you the most powerful tool possible: the Desmos calculator. Our comprehensive math guide shows you not only the concepts you need to know but also exactly how and when to use Desmos to solve problems faster and more accurately.
- The Ultimate Guide to SAT Math: From Fundamentals to an 800: A deep dive into the four major math categories, essential Desmos graphing strategies, and powerful problem-solving techniques like plugging in numbers.
Part 3: Practice and Mindset
Knowledge is useless without application. Once you've reviewed these guides, the most important work begins: taking full-length, timed practice tests.
- Use this website! Practice with the official tests in our database to build endurance and pinpoint your weaknesses.
- Analyze every mistake. Don't just check the right answer. Understand why your answer was wrong and why the correct answer is right.
- Stay consistent. A little bit of practice every day is more effective than a long cramming session once a week.
Good luck. You can do this.