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ALL-IN ACE   
 
Purposeful, Methodical, Comprehensive 
 
By resolving to get an early start on your SAT preparation, you’re taking a comprehensive approach and no section, subject, or 
question type is out of reach for you. Even with time on your side, you’ll need a purposeful and methodical study plan to 
conquer the entire exam. Start practicing now so that, by test day, you’ll be indomitable.  
 
How to Use Your Study Plan: The study plan below is based on your results. Each week, the Recommended chapters cover the 
topics that are worth the most points on the SAT, so be sure to prioritize those items. To make your prep as efficient as possible, 
choose Optional items that best fit your study needs and schedule. If you fall behind or don’t have 12 full weeks to study, be sure 
to prioritize the Recommended items. Happy prepping! 
 
 
   

3 Month Study Plan

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WEEKS 1-2 
Format of the SAT 
Knowing what to expect on each section of the SAT will give you confidence on test day—you’ll have no surprises about what 
types of questions you’ll be asked. You will take a full Practice Test during these weeks; take the time to carefully review your 
results to give yourself an idea of where you stand on each section of the test. 
 
During these weeks, you’ll: 
● Become comfortable with the structure of the SAT 
● Take a diagnostic Practice Test 
● Learn the Kaplan Methods for each test section 
 
Week 1 
Overall Study  Math 

Recommended:  Recommended: 
❏ Practice Test 1 (in-book)  ❏ Chapter 3: The Method for SAT Math Questions 
❏ Review Practice Test 1 
❏ Chapter 1: Inside the SAT  Optional: 
❏ Chapter 2: Prerequisite Skills and Calculator Use 
❏ Online Video: The Method for SAT Math Questions 
 
   

3 Month Study Plan 

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Week 2 
Math  Reading    Writing and Language 

Recommended:  Recommended:  Recommended: 

❏ Chapter 4: Linear Equations and  ❏ Chapter 13: The SAT Reading  ❏ Chapter 17: The Method for SAT 
Graphs  Method  Writing and Language 

Optional:  Optional: 
❏ Online Video: The Method for  ❏ Online Video: The Method for 
SAT Reading Questions  SAT Writing and Language 
Questions 

   

3 Month Study Plan 

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WEEKS 3-5 
Highest-Yield Topics 
Let’s cut right to the chase: some topics are tested on the SAT more heavily than others. That means that mastering those topics 
has the potential to earn you a ton of points on test day. 
 
During these weeks, you’ll: 
● Study the highest point yield topics in Math and Writing and Language 
● Master the foundations of strategic Reading and learn strategies for every Reading question type 
 
Week 3 
Math  Reading    Writing and Language 

Recommended:  Recommended:  Recommended: 

Choose one chapter:  ❏ Chapter 14: SAT Reading Passage  ❏ Chapter 18: Spotting and Fixing 
❏ Chapter 5: Systems of Equations  Strategies  Errors 
—OR—  Sentence Structure 
❏ Chapter 6: Inequalities  ❏ The Basics 
❏ Commas, Dashes, and 
Colons 

Optional:  Optional: 
❏ Additional Chapter: 5 or 6  ❏ Online Chapter: The Method for 
the SAT Essay  
(If you’re unsure about whether to 
take the essay on test day, check out 
the section Should I Write the SAT 
Essay?) 
 

3 Month Study Plan 

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Week 4 
Math  Reading    Writing and Language 

Recommended:  Recommended:  Recommended: 

❏ Chapter 7: Rates, Ratios,  ❏ Chapter 15: SAT Reading  ❏ Chapter 18: Spotting and Fixing 
Proportions, and Percents  Question Types  Errors 
Agreement 
Optional:  ❏ Verbs 
❏ Additional Chapter: 5 or 6  ❏ Pronouns 
 
Week 5 
Math  Reading    Writing and Language 

Recommended:  Recommended:  Recommended: 

Choose one chapter:  ❏ Chapter 16: Answering SAT  ❏ Chapter 18: Spotting and Fixing 
❏ Chapter 8: Tables, Statistics, and  Reading Questions  Errors 
Probability —OR—  Agreement 
❏ Chapter 9: Scatterplots  ❏ Modifiers 
❏ Idioms 
Optional: 
❏ Additional Chapter: 5, 6, 8, or 9 
   

3 Month Study Plan 

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WEEKS 6-7 
Areas of Opportunity 
Now it's time to dig into some challenging topics. You can do this! Your goal is not to learn everything about, say, geometry or 
punctuation, but rather to learn the most commonly-tested SAT concepts and to familiarize yourself with questions in that 
category. 
 
During these weeks, you’ll: 
● Improve your performance on your areas of opportunity in Math 
● Improve your performance on your areas of opportunity in Writing and Language 
● Expand your Reading skills by learning strategies for special passage types: Paired Passages and Literature 
 
Week 6 
Math  Reading    Writing and Language 

Recommended:  Recommended:  Recommended: 

❏ Chapter 10: Functions  ❏ Online Chapter: Paired Passages  ❏ Online Chapter: Spotting and 
Fixing Issues 
Optional:  Organization 
❏ Chapter 11: Exponents, Radicals,  ❏ Conciseness 
Polynomials, and Rational  ❏ Transitions 
Expressions  ❏ Sentence Placement 
 
 
   

3 Month Study Plan 

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Week 7 
Math  Reading    Writing and Language 

Recommended:  Recommended:  Recommended: 

❏ Chapter 12: Quadratics  ❏ Online Chapter: Literature  ❏ Choose chapter(s) to review based 
Passages  on your areas of opportunity 
Optional: 
❏ Additional Chapter: 5, 6, 8, 9, or 
11 
 
   

3 Month Study Plan 

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WEEK 8 
Practice Test 
You’ve worked hard and learned a lot over the previous weeks! Now, put that study to work on some authentic practice. Taking a 
Practice Test under real test-like conditions is the best way to solidify what you’ve learned and to practice test-taking strategies. 
Plus, your results will help you make a plan for your remaining weeks until test day. 
 
Tips for Taking Practice Tests:  
Make the Practice Test count! Time yourself, eliminate distractions, and use your test-taking strategies (see Chapter 1), just as 
you would for the real test. Practice using the Methods for each test section (Math, Reading, and Writing and Language) on every 
question—even if doing so takes more time now, practicing will improve your speed so the Methods are second nature on the 
real test day.  
 
After finishing the Practice Test, it is vital that you review your results. Dig into each question—think not only about why you got a 
question correct or incorrect but also about whether you approached the question strategically. For each question, ask yourself: 
What can I learn about this type of question? After reviewing, use your test results to help you plan what to study until test day. 
 
During this week, you’ll: 
● Take a Practice Test 
● Review the Practice Test 
 
Week 8 
Overall Study 

Recommended: 
❏ Practice Test 2 (online) with optional essay 
❏ Review Practice Test 2 
 
3 Month Study Plan 

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WEEKS 9-10 
Section Management 
Congratulations! Here's the payoff for the time you spent taking and reviewing your Practice Test in Week 8. Use those results to 
choose new chapters to study and previously completed chapters to review. Weeks 9 and 10 are your last opportunity to focus 
on areas you find particularly challenging, so plan accordingly. From now until test day, you'll focus more and more on 
consolidating your SAT knowledge and learning strategies for each section of the test. 
 
During these weeks, you’ll: 
● Study your areas of opportunity as identified by your Practice Test results 
● Begin learning section management strategies for each section of the SAT 
 
Week 9 
Math  Reading  Writing and Language 

Recommended:  Recommended:  Recommended: 

❏ Online Chapter: Geometry  ❏ Review chapter(s) based on  ❏ Online Chapter: Spotting and 
Practice Test results  Fixing Issues 
  Development 
  ❏ Precision 
❏ Relevance 
❏ Revising Text 
❏ Introductions and 
Conclusions 
❏ Graphs 

Optional:  Optional: 
❏ Review chapter(s) based on  ❏ Review chapter(s) based on 
Practice Test results  Practice Test results 

3 Month Study Plan 

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Week 10 
Math  Reading  Writing and Language 

Recommended:  Recommended:  Recommended: 

❏ Online Chapter: SAT Math:  ❏ Online Chapter: SAT Reading:  ❏ Review chapter(s) based on 
Timing and Section Management  Timing and Section Management  Practice Test results 
Strategies  Strategies   
❏ Review chapter(s) based on 
Practice Test results 

   

3 Month Study Plan 

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WEEKS 11-12 
Strengths Focus 
You’ve worked so hard! A few weeks left, but you are well-situated for success. Now things get kind of fun: take those topics 
you’re awesome at, and get more awesome at them before test day! Celebrate your successes and take this opportunity to get 
even better. You’ll also finish learning section management strategies and take one last Practice Test about a week before your 
test date. As usual, take the time to dig into your results. Finally, do some light practice leading up to the big day.  
 
During these weeks, you’ll: 
● Focus on your strongest topics to build confidence for test day 
● Take a Practice Test, about a week before your scheduled test day 
● Do light practice until test day 
 
Week 11 
Overall Study  Math  Writing and Language 

Recommended:  Recommended:  Recommended: 

❏ Chapter 19:  ❏ Review chapter(s) based on  ❏ Online Chapter: SAT 
Countdown to  Practice Test results  Writing and Language: 
Test Day  Timing and Section 
Optional:  Management Strategies 
Choose one chapter: 
❏ Online Chapter: Trigonometry 
—OR— 
❏ Online Chapter: Imaginary 
Numbers 
 
 
 
3 Month Study Plan 

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Week 12 
Overall Study  Math  Reading  Writing and Language 

Recommended:  Recommended:  Recommended:  Recommended: 

❏ College Board  ❏ Review chapter(s)  ❏ Review chapter(s)  ❏ Review chapter(s) 
Practice Test (online)  based on Practice Test  based on Practice Test  based on Practice Test 
with optional essay  results  results  results 
❏ Review College Board   
Practice Test   
  
Congratulations! You’ve put in the purposeful, methodical effort to complete your comprehensive review of the SAT, following 
the way of the All-in Ace. Feel confident in your expert preparation! 

3 Month Study Plan 

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