P/SAT tips?

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Hey!
Does anyone have any tips for taking the SATs, especially as an aspie who has very little understanding of math?
Please share your tips here!

I don't know. I did bad and only got a 500 in math.

For reference, I got a score of 2140: 690 Writing, 720 Critical Reading, 730 Math.

Some of my tips:

1) Practice, practice, practice! I believe this is the best way to prepare for the SATs. Get the Blue Book (along with other prep books with practice tests) and take as many practice tests as you can.
2) When it came to preparing for CR, after a practice test, I would circle all the words I didn't know. I also went online to look up lists of SAT words. Also downloaded several apps on my iPod.
3) Relax. I seemed to have struggled with math while preparing for the SATs. But it was because I panicked the most with that section and that took away energy from actually analyzing the questions. I decided to focus on taking the math sections and I began getting used to it. The prep books (again, I recommend the Blue Book!) will have sections where they'll explain some information you'd need on the test.
4) Underline important parts of a question. This way you won't misread/misunderstand it.
5) For Writing (what messed my score up was a really weird essay question, I only missed 2-3 questions on the multiple choice), I found that Sparknotes really summed up what you need to know for this. They seem to have several pages for this, so I'll post that up when I find it.
6) Put out a lot of time to study for this! Or well, it also depends on what score you're aiming for. I was aiming for the 2250-2300 range but honestly only seriously studied for a month. Perhaps take a mock exam (some SAT prep organizations will hold free mock exam sessions) and use that score to figure out how much time you need to put into studying to reach your goal.
7) College Confidential might have some other really useful advice. Just don't stumble into the Chances sub-forum.
This is one thing I regret not doing. If you have Asperger's, you will most likely be able to get accommodations during the SATs, including extra time.

Hope this helped!

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