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Looking for some help with SAT prep? Well first you should probably SIT on down and watch this video.
Transcript
- 00:03
hi I'm Dave siminoff and i'm the founder of shmoop guess what i used to be a [Dave appears in office]
- 00:08
student too i am now however almost fully recovered from the experience
- 00:12
almost well the goal of this little video is to help you understand how to
- 00:15
best use shmoop to improve your essay t-scores have a better life conquer the
- 00:19
world and someday you become president horn or not it looks like a really bad [Man skidding in president's office]
Full Transcript
- 00:24
gig actually all right none of me in order to use shmoop here's what you
- 00:28
gotta do signing too shmoop with your username and password you probably [username and password prompt appears for shmoop website]
- 00:32
created your account sometime in the not-too-distant past but if you have
- 00:36
fried your brain watching too much reality TV and can't remember whether [Boy sits down at desk]
- 00:39
your password is chocolate monkey your monkey chocolate still click on the
- 00:42
login link instead of putting in your username and password 47 times hoping
- 00:46
that somehow that'll fix things just click the forgot password link will
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fedex a new one over or better yet send one email step 2 click on s80 this is [FedEx van arrives at a house]
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for Nia do your SAT training if you've had the good fortune to have access to
- 01:00
more than one shmoop test prep guide unit you will see everything you own
- 01:04
listed on my passes well this is like a pass to a football game or Disneyland
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sorry in advance we are way less exciting than a good football game or [Football player appears at Disneyland Castle]
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Disneyland if you're having trouble getting to this point you may need to
- 01:16
join your teachers virtual classroom simply visit your profile page and type
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in your teacher's classroom code and you'll be all set now Alice you have [Alice appears at shmoop dashboard]
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officially fallen down the schmoop rabbit hole and have arrived in a
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wonderland we like to call the dashboard then our should look simple with s80
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training as with call of duty modern warfare this would be your HQ you have [Man with military gear on appears]
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everything you need here mental weights brain weaponry and full rations of SAT
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know how so what do you do first how best to tackle the beast that is the s80 [Man tackling SAT beast]
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well let's break down your dashboard a bit the scorecard shows your sh moines
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total drills attempted review topics covered and practice exams taken then
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there's the skills tab which tracks how you're trending within the entire exam [Cursor clicks on skills tab]
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prep basically every question within a test prep is tagged to a specific skill
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so you can use a skills report to identify your strengths and weaknesses
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if you're a world grand master of geometry you shouldn't need this
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and extra time on your angles but if geometry makes your head want to explode [Woman standing by board of angles]
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you can dig more and we'll bring you up to speed next there's a joints
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leaderboard and Geeks sorry where you can compare yourself with other shmoopers
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around the world and finally game day tips which has great advice on what [Game day tips appear on website]
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to do and what not to do trying out a new Thai place the night before the exam
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would be a good example of what not to do yeah trust us we've been there not [Man trying to get into toilet]
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pretty whenever you submit a practice exam or a drill question we not only
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display your score but we tell you what the correct answer is and why and we
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show you the skill that is tagged to that question well often you'll also see
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a video explanation of the problem too and you don't have to sit through 15
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minutes of trailers first either alright once you've got the ladle and it's time
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to get started first enter the date of the s80 you're planning on taking the
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number of days you have until the exam will then appear in the right-hand
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corner of the dashboard and will be your constant friendly reminder when you log
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in you only have twenty two more days until you face off with the SATs so you [Dashboard and SAT reminder]
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know get your game face on your dashboard looks pretty empty at this
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point so it's time to fill er up keep in mind that your dashboard will make
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recommendations of areas you might want to take a look at but in the end the
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path you create is up to you if there's something you're especially interested
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in it won't manhandle you into studying functions or splitting infinitives so
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breathe easy okay first things first the diagnostic our diagnostic test is like [Cursor clicks on diagnostic test link]
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getting a little checkup at the doctor and we'll let you know how s80 healthy
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you are don't worry if you score on the low side this time that's what we're [Girl sitting in exam hall]
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here for and whenever we figure out how to deliver virtual lollipops and you'll
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be the first to know you should take the full diagnostic but for brevity of this
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training video will show you the math click here then here sort of deal you
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know all right you'll be timed and it'll be scary never fear the Diagnostics are
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shorter than the actual exams but they are definitely just as hard if not
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harder if you do well in our Diagnostics you can rest easy s80 day when you're
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going through the exam if you need to guess or come back to answers later mark
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that question when you're done sitting in a flurry of eraser shavings and use [Diagnostic page loading with results]
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graph paper or perhaps you've just worn down your keyboard a little there click
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I'm done this will bring up your diagnostic report well unlike many a [Diagnostic report appears]
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book report you delivered in your youth this report is monumentally important it
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shows you which answers you got right which you got wrong and even how you did
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over time cool most important numbers here are your raw score and projected
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score if you click here it shows you which skills you own and what skills you
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need to work on we're dropping more data than r2d2's math teacher which means you [Man in room with R2D2]
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are now ready to tackle the topics you may save this report you can also send
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it to your teacher hit the review topics tab here you'll find anything and
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everything you need to study for the SAT start with the overview knowing exactly
- 05:12
how the test is set up is just as important as knowing what's on the test
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this isn't the terms and conditions page on your most recent iTunes upgrade so [Man reading terms and conditions on macbook]
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actually read it the intro the do's and don'ts on the Q&A section next move on
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to the real meat of the subject you can hop right on over to the algebra and
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numbers word problems section and get the complete lowdown well this is
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perfect for topics you covered years ago geometry anyone be sure to check off [Man crying at board of angles]
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when you've read a section just for your own records when you feel comfortable
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with a topic drill it to access the drills head back to the dashboard and
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click a what do you click Oh drills yeah the drills questions are set up like the [Cursor clicks drills link]
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practice exam but aren't timed move to any skill and drill until your heart's
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content you'll always be able to look at answer explanations and save your work
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so that you can review past drills to take a bit of pain out of test prep
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we've included test breaks within the answer explanations as well as within
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review guides so you can give your brain a mini vacay now and then once you've [Person completing maths answer on paper]
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reviewed reviewed and reviewed some more then drilled up a storm you should be
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ready for a practice exam well these are full length and the real deal feel free
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to sit down and take a full one that'll be a whopping three hours and 45 minutes
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of your life you'll never get back so be sure you set your DVR to record that [The Voice judges appear]
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episode of the voice in aura just take sections to get your timing down our
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practice is just like taking the actual exam and may even be a bit harder so get
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to let your brain sweat let's take a section together now when you're
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finished you can see your results check answer explanations and save your work
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you can even send it to your teacher or mom or best friend or dog if he or she
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has an email address if you didn't deliver a gold medal winning performance [Person checks out end of exam report]
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don't worry there are four full-length exams tons more drills and more review
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to be done as you get your study on take time to go back to your dashboard it'll
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show you how many points you've earned not to mention where you stand on the
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schmansky leaderboard as well as how many topics drills and exams you've
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covered it will even show you how much you've improved or sucked worse you know [Person navigating skills page]
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just keeping it real here people remember that diagnostic exam well that
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was your baseline now that you've done a lot of practice your dashboard will show
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you how much progress you're making hopefully and where you still need to
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work if you're a little rough around the edges on the math side of things for
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example check out mass shack where you'll have access to an infinite number
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of problems in pre-algebra algebra geometry and more and where you can
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remind by mastering various topics also be sure to take a gander at our
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thousands of helpful videos covering everything from algebra english and [Maths video appears]
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grammar to literary analyses to well there are thousands of them so we'll
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stop there but go check them out keep studying until you feel like you could
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take the SAT with your eyes closed but don't do that eyes open good eyes closed [Man with eyes closed sitting the SAT]
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bad right didn't didn't mr. Miyagi say that or was that shmoop on shmoop off yeah
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well whatever good luck
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