SAT Prep Workshops by BrainFuse

Ready to boost your SAT score? The SAT Prep series breaks the test into clear, manageable steps and shows you the strategies top scorers use. Brian Stewart, author of Barron’s SAT/ACT prep books, will walk you through real shortcuts, smart ways to save time, and how to avoid the traps that slow students down. Join one session or the whole series and walk into test day with confidence.

PLEASE NOTE The Monday, March 9th session is a separate registration (listed below). To attend all sessions in the series, please be sure to register via both links. All Sessions from 3-4pm PST.

Wednesdays - Registration for Wednesday Sessions Below

1. January 7: SAT Introduction. General strategies for the SAT, how colleges use the test in admissions, and similarities/differences between the SAT and ACT.

2. January 14: Reading—Information and Ideas. How to attack Central Idea and Detail questions, Evidence questions, and Inference questions.

3. January 21: Reading—Craft and Structure. Resources for building Vocabulary, strategies for Purpose and Text 1 & Text 2 questions.

4. January 28: Writing—Expression of Ideas. Understanding transition words and techniques for the Rhetorical Synthesis questions.

5. February 4: Writing—Boundaries. Thorough discussion of Commas, Semicolons, Colons, Dashes, and Apostrophes.

6. February 11: Writing—Form, Structure, and Sense. Conceptual review of misplaced modifiers, subject-verb agreement, and verb tense.

7. February 18: Math—Using Desmos on the SAT. The most helpful ways to use Desmos to save time and improve accuracy on the SAT Math.

8. February 25: Math—Algebra. Slope-intercept form, systems of linear equations, linear functions, and linear inequalities.

9. March 4: Math—Advanced Topics in Math. Working with equivalent expressions, systems of quadratic equations, and nonlinear functions.

10. March 11: Math—Geometry and Trigonometry. Area, volume, right triangles, circles, sine, cosine, and tangent.

Additional Registration - To sign up for Monday March 9 - Additionally register here.

March 9: Math—Problem Solving and Data Analysis. Percentages, unit conversion, measures of center, probability, and statistics.

All programs are subject to change or cancellation without prior notice.