Since our childhood we have been stressed to have these three vital traits – resilience, focus and perseverance. The similar requirements are needed for taking the SAT and ACT exam too. Though the foremost preparation that every aspirant should start with is, comprehensively go through the SAT exam pattern as well as ACT, learn about the ACT and SAT’s scoring method. For a candidate to train their brain for developing the above-mentioned three traits, there are few unique preparation strategies mentioned here.
Drill for Perseverance
The SAT/ACT exams continue for a duration of around 3 hours, and an aspirant who is not acquainted with such long hours of taking exams will feel exhausted. They will feel pressurized out of the massive lengthy question paper and there have been reports of candidates feeling bewildered that too around the halfway of the exam.
But it has been reportedly stated that the SAT and ACT can be excelled just like marathon runners win, through exercise. There was a publication by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Sources for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Adolescent and School Health in 2010 where it has been stated that “There is substantial evidence that physical activity can help improve academic achievement, including grades and standardized test scores.”
There is a direct relationship between exercising and development in energy as most of us know. But exercising has proven heath benefits in strengthening short term memory and especially in boosting the reading comprehension section. When taking a lengthy exam, exercising will prove massively beneficial. Choose any form of exercise, running or walking, or any other form.
Drill for Resilience
Human beings are very vulnerable when it comes to emotions, and exams can really trigger that. Especially in cases of SAT or ACT which determines the very initiation of the academic career of a candidate and also whether they would procure a scholarship , that feeling can be very traumatizing to few.
There is a great way to move from the biased thoughts and enjoy a healthy mindset, and for that a promising technique is therapeutic storytelling which can be performed in two ways:
- Penning down about an uneasy experience you’ve been through, but produce an optimistic end to it;
- Pen down a similar uneasy experience and eventually disclose the positive thing you learned from it.
About therapeutic storytelling, it has been a blessing for people suffering from insecurities, anxiety and depression.
Drill for Focus
One of the most life-changing gadgets is Smartphone, which can perform most of the tasks but in case of attaining focus, it can be challenging. A 2019 research has stated how the Americans attended their phones every ten minutes or roughly 96 times a day! For those back patting themselves for being multitaskers must know that according to science a person cannot completely focus on any other task if they’re already wondering about something else. It often happens that we are preparing a presentation but wondering if we have received a new mail, and that breaks the concentration.
Detach yourself from smartphones and other electrical gadgets, just like calculate in your head rather than approaching for the calculator or search for synonyms in your head instead of Thesaurus.com.
It is mandatory to turn off your phone while you are prepping for the SAT/ACT exams.
