Ivy Lounge Test Prep®/The Ultimate Reading + Writing Guide for the Digital SAT

  • $295

The Ultimate Reading + Writing Guide for the Digital SAT

  • Course
  • 27 Lessons

Self-paced online course + ebook to teach you all the content and strategies you need to know to ACE the Digital SAT’s Reading + Writing Section…in only 4 hours!

Raise your hand for each true statement:

➡️ You think you’re just ‘bad at reading’ or ‘bad at writing’ compared to your friends

➡️ You find the Digital SAT really confusing—there are so many questions, but there doesn’t seem to be a rhyme or reason to any of it

➡️ You consider yourself ‘bad at vocab’ and hate when tests questions quiz you on this

➡️ You thought you were just supposed to comprehend what you read, so you don’t understand this stuff about “claims” and “completing examples”

➡️ You have no idea what grammar you need to know for the Digital SAT

➡️ In fact, you’ve never really learned grammar rules at all! Your teachers just correct your essays and expect you to figure it out from there

➡️ You just keep drilling Khan Academy questions and/or taking more practice tests, but you don’t have a strategy to improve your Reading + Writing Section score

➡️ That said, the Digital SAT is still a better test for you than the ACT is, so there’s a looming pressure to perform well...and a faint feeling of hopelessness that you can 

Are all of these—or any of these—getting in the way of your dream Digital SAT score?

Luckily, there’s a way you can turn things around once and for all!

Introducing...

The Ultimate Reading + Writing Guide for the Digital SAT

This binge-able course gives you ALL the strategies and content you need to know to efficiently study for the Digital SAT’s Reading + Writing section...so you can reach your target score with ease!

Improve your Reading + Writing section score in just 4 hours with a mix of video, eBook and PDF lessons.

Here’s what you’ll learn inside:


✔ Understand how the Reading + Writing section is structured in the first place

✔ Become familiar with the DSAT’s computer adaptive BlueBook technology and navigate it like a pro, so you’re not surprised on test day 

✔ My proprietary General Reading + Writing Strategy used by successful students to accurately answer more questions with less time (and headache!) 

✔ Learn winning strategies for all Reading + Writing question types so you’re never confused again 

ALL the Grammar rules for a perfect score, written in my colorful, concise, and digestible “Grammar Rules for the Digital SAT” ebook—so you can instantly GET IT and UNDERSTAND IT with ease

✔ How to successfully practice for the Digital SAT before test day, so you efficiently drill your problem areas and build momentum…WITHOUT wasting the few precious official practice tests currently available

This course is designed to be followed and implemented at your own pace. With each new strategy or piece of content, you’ll start to notice instant changes to your Reading + Writing ability. 

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Imagine sitting down to take the Digital SAT and you’re feeling:

💫 Relieved knowing you know exactly what questions are on the test—and exactly how to answer them

💫 Confident that you know every grammar rule you need for a top score

💫 Test Day feels like a total breeze!

If we're meeting for the first time, I'm Kristina!

I founded Ivy Lounge Test Prep® after serving as head tutor for two different elite Manhattan tutoring agencies...and realizing that I was the one telling THEM the latest testing news, patterns I'd noticed, and strategies I'd developed to keep my students one step ahead of the tests.

I grew up in Dallas, TX, breaking city and state records for math and general academic achievement. I graduated as valedictorian of Dallas's Talented and Gifted Magnet High School and then Magna cum Laude from Brown University (MIT was my backup school).

I've spoken all over New York about test prep and the college process, write the Ivy Lounge Test Prep® blog, and reach students on six continents with the magic of the internet.

Why am I sharing all of this with you?

Simple: I know a lot about what it takes to achieve a killer Digital SAT Reading + Writing section score, and it starts with leveraging the right content and strategies.

Here's exactly what you get inside the course:

Introduction to the Reading + Writing Section

This section lets you get your bearings! Discover how the Reading + Writing section is structured, get your questions answered about the "computer adaptive" technology, install the BlueBook app and learn your way around it, understand how this section is scored, and learn if and how to guess!

Welcome!
Structure of the Reading + Writing Section
What Does "Computer Adaptive" Mean?
Installing the BlueBook App
Navigating the BlueBook App
Scoring
DSAT Reading + Writing Scoring PDF.pdf
Guessing

The General Reading + Writing Section Strategy

This section breaks down each Reading + Writing module in the simplest way possible, so you can save valuable time and energy on Test Day! Once you understand that there IS a pattern, you can then learn my proprietary General Reading + Writing Strategy to save your sanity during the test!

Order of the Questions
Digital SAT Reading + Writing - Order of the Questions.pdf
Your General Reading + Writing Section Strategy
Digital SAT General Reading + Writing Strategy.pdf

Reading Question Types You Need to Know

Now that you understand the General Reading + Writing Strategy, we need to drill down into each question type! This section of the course goes in depth into ALL the possible Reading question types that you could be asked...and shows you exactly how to approach each one!

Vocab-In-Context ("Sentence Completion") Q's
My Favorite Hacks For Learning Vocab
Traditional Reading Comprehension Q's
"Claims" Q's
Understanding Charts, Graphs + Tables
"Logically Completes the Text" Q's

Writing Question Types You Need To Know

This section of the course tackle the other half of the Reading + Writing Section: the Writing questions! Learn exactly what grammar is on the Digital SAT, LEARN all the grammar in the most efficient and pleasurable way possible (with my "Grammar Rules for the Digital SAT" ebook!), and learn everything you need to know to answer Transition questions and Research Notes questions. By the end, you'll be unstoppable!

What Grammar is on the Digital SAT?
Grammar Rules for the Digital SAT.pdf
How to Use the "Grammar Rules" Book
Transition Q's
"Research Notes" Q's

Conclusion

Now that you've learned all the Reading + Writing question strategies and content you need to know to nail this section of the Digital SAT, you need to understand how to practice it all to peak on Test Day! I break this down for you in this section, as well as provide links to additional resources that may assist you.

Putting It All Together
Practice Makes Perfect
Additional Support + Resources
Congrats!!

Frequently asked questions

Do you guarantee Digital SAT scores or score improvements?

Ivy Lounge Test Prep® and/or its founder Kristina Semos do not guarantee scores or score improvements, as the ultimate scores are dependent on a student's work and specific performance on the day of the test. That said, these strategies, concepts and materials have helped many students improve their scores!

Does this course include practice tests and/or practice questions?

Nope! This course does NOT have practice question drills in it, as there are many other resources for that, including the College Board website itself and Khan Academy!  And I DO tell you exactly which ones to use for what purpose and where to find them!

The purpose of this course is to help you UNDERSTAND, in record time, the concepts and strategies that these other resources are either not very good at explaining, don’t explain at ALL—or explain in far too long-winded of a way.

Think of it as getting me as your private tutor to teach you the Reading + Writing section—at a $1000+ discount!

Can I get a refund?

I stand behind my products, and your satisfaction with them is important to me. However, since you'll have immediate access and can easily download the ebook and learn all the strategies in a few hours, there will be no refunds or returns.

Are you ready to finally improve your Reading + Writing section score on the Digital SAT? Let’s make it happen.