(Project) Hail Mary
The test strategy for any blind/"hail mary" guesses when completely stuck or running out of time.
What is "Pick a Letter for the Day"? (ex: A/F, B/G, C/H, D/J)
Best strategy for managing your time to answer as many questions as possible on the Math Section.
What is make multiple passes? (ex: first do the easiest, then doable but takes more time, and finally the hardest questions)
A red flag behavior that you should NOT do tonight.
What is stay up super late, or not eat a good meal?
The formula for finding the area of rectangles/squares.
What is A = length x width?
What to do on EVERY section before time runs out.
What is ensure that you have selected an answer for EVERY question?
The first step to attempt when stumped on a question.
What is use process of elimination to remove any obviously wrong answers first, then try to make an educated guess from the remaining options?
What is answer questions as you encounter them and not skipping non-underlined sections(aka read the whole passage!)?
A common red flag answer in the English section that you can quickly eliminate.
What is an answer that is redundant?
The formula for finding the area of a circle.
What is A = πr2 ?
An important part of your answer to check matches the options on the Math section.
What is that the unit of measurement matches what the question is asking for? (ex: ft vs. ft2, feet/sec vs mph, etc.)
The best choice for an educated hail mary guess on the English section.
What is the shortest answer?
The strategy that saves you time and helps you remember each paragraph better and reduces the need to reread as much on the Reading Section.
What is note (mentally or physically) a brief summary of each paragraph and the passage as a whole as you read through each passage?
A common red flag in answers on both the English and Reading sections.
What are "absolute" answers? (ex: "always", "never", "only", etc. These answers are often incorrect.)
The mnemonic for the trigonometric ratios.
What is SOHCAHTOA?
Mnemonic for checking your answers on the English section.
What is GCR? (Grammatically Correct, Most Concise, Most Relevant Option)
Best choice to for an answer to eliminate on the English exam.
What is an answer that is redundant?
How to save time on the Science Section.
What is mark up the passages with important keywords, scientific process indicators and numerical figures?
A red flag for "Vocab-In-Context" questions on the Reading Section.
What is the most common meaning of a word.
The formula for finding the volume of a cylinder.
What is V = πr2h?
The best method for conquering "Vocab-In-Context" questions.
The thing to remember so that you don't spend too much time on questions you don't know on your first pass through a section.
What is that every question is worth the same amount of points?
What you should do whenever you hear/see "5 Minutes Remaining".
A red flag that you might miss if rushing in the answers on both the Math and Science sections.
What is not checking that the unit of measurement in your answer matches what the question is looking for?
The quadratic formula.
What is
x = (-b +- sqrt (b^2 - 4ac))/(2a)
The question to ask yourself before moving to the next question in the Math Section.
What is "Did I answer the right question?" (This means double checking that you solved for the right variable, answered specifically what the question asked and did not skip or miss any steps included in the question.)