If your 7th grader took the SAT with Duke TiP

[PeachyDoodle]

Did you do anything to prep? DD is a month away from her test date. We are only doing this for the opportunity to experience the test in a low-pressure environment, so I don't want to add stress by making her practice. But I wonder if it will be helpful to run through a few things so she has some idea what to expect.

[Lucy the Valiant]

We showed them what it looked like (long), and told them it would count for their year-end annual testing in our state (which it can). They were cool with it - our goal was to introduce it more like a game than a test.

[MinivanMom]

My daughter took a full practice test a few weeks ahead of time. She even insisted on taking it at 8 am on Sat morning for realistic testing conditions. I think that was helpful for her in gaining familiarity with the questions and the stamina necessary to test for that long.

 

My current 7th grade son is also taking the SAT next month, but he doesn't have any interest in taking a full practice test. I'll probably just make sure he looks over the practice test so he's familiar with the different sections and the types of questions that will be asked.

[daijobu]

Not really.  Just the provided practice test so she could see what the format is.  

[Xahm]

I can't remember details, but I know when I was in that situation, our math teacher ran us through a few of the kinds of math problems that we hasn't gotten to yet but that were relatively easy. I'm pretty sure it was mostly geometry stuff that we weren't scheduled to do until the following year.