Three Month SAT Study Schedule

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Three months is an ideal timeframe for comprehensive SAT preparation! It will allow you to thoroughly explore all the modules on the Magoosh dashboard at a comfortable pace. Now, if you’ve landed on this page but, in fact, have less than three months for SAT prep, we do have other schedule options to check out. But, if you’re right where you want to be, let’s get to it! This three-month SAT study schedule gives you a week-by-week, day-by-day plan–every lesson module, practice session, and full-length practice test, mapped across twelve weeks of Digital SAT prep.

Not sure where you’re starting from? Take Magoosh’s free SAT practice test first–your baseline score will tell you which parts of this schedule deserve the most attention.

Have more or less time before test day? We also have one-month, two-month, and six-month versions of this SAT study schedule.

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Make it your own | Time commitment | Materials & resources
Weeks 1-4: Strategies, Algebra & Advanced Math | Weeks 5-8: Advanced Math, Data & Geometry | Weeks 9-12: Trig, Practice Tests & Review
Three-month SAT prep FAQs

Time Commitment

This schedule is structured to be demanding but manageable. To successfully complete it in three months, you can expect to dedicate five days each week, with an additional sixth day on some of the practice test weeks. Each study session will require around 1 to 1.5 hours, which, hopefully, you can squeeze into your daily routine. All that being said, the daily commitment can vary significantly based on your individual strengths and goals for score improvement. Tailoring your study sessions to meet your needs is crucial. For example, if you have a busy schedule during the week, consider reducing your weekday workload and focusing on longer study sessions over the weekends.

Make it Your Own

This schedule is designed with flexibility in mind. How much time you devote to each study session and how much of the content you cover really comes down to whether it will benefit your individual study needs. You are welcome to skip lessons within modules, or even entire modules, or just skim through lessons that cover material you already know or that don’t suit your learning goals. For example:

If you’re stronger in math, you might choose to skip math content that you’re familiar with, spending extra time honing your verbal skills through additional practice and review.
Conversely, if your reading and writing skills are stronger, consider skipping some of that content, supplementing your practice with more math-focused work.
Word to the wise: If a module is full of lessons on topics you’re comfortable with, skip that module’s lessons but still consider doing the quizzes and any associated practice. That way you can catch any unexpected weaknesses.
If you aren’t aiming for an incredibly high score, you don’t need to spend a lot (or any) time on lessons or practice for the most difficult, less frequently tested concepts, i.e., Trigonometry and the toughest Advanced Math lessons.
If you already have an above average score and are aiming to push into the highest percentiles, you don’t need to spend a lot (or any) time on intro or fundamental concepts–you’ve likely already mastered these. Prioritize the more difficult questions and spend considerable time reviewing and analyzing the questions you’re missing.

How to use This Schedule

Consider it like a living document. As you move through the schedule, feel free to adjust your focus based on your performance in practice tests and quizzes. It’s essential to monitor your progress and adapt your study plan to maximize your growth.

Review is Essential

You’ll notice that we’ve estimated quite a bit of time for each quiz and practice set, and that’s because we really want you to devote considerable time to review.

After you work through a set of questions, be sure that, for any question you missed, or got right but feel shaky on or took too long to solve, you make note of the content and question type and carefully read the answer explanation. Ideally, you’ll keep a digital document or journal where you can jot down the question type and why you missed it. This is a crucial step in determining whether any patterns emerge in the content or question types that are challenges for you.

Materials & Resources

Free SAT Practice Test

Before Day 1, get a baseline: Magoosh’s free SAT practice test shows you where you stand and which sections need the most work–so you can customize this schedule from the very first day.

Magoosh SAT Prep

That’s us! Our SAT Prep includes lessons and questions that you will work through, thereby increasing your SAT familiarity. Bonus! Magoosh’s digital format mimics what you’ll see on test day. You’ll need a Magoosh account to work through this 3-month schedule. Not ready to commit yet? No worries! We’ve got you covered with a Free 1-Week Trial of the Magoosh product 😄

And, if you happen to prefer studying on your phone, our SAT Test Prep App makes studying on the go easy for both iPhone and Android users.

Official Digital SAT Study Resources

To get as close as possible to the real SAT experience, we highly recommend the full-length practice exams on Bluebook, the College Board’s online testing platform. These full-length practice tests let you explore the interface, format, and scoring of the digital exam. Bonus! they’re totally free!

Note: The first four full-length practice exams in this schedule will be taken through your Magoosh account. The last four exams should be the College Board Bluebook Official exams. Why? Well, for one, there’s a finite number of questions in Magoosh. After four tests, it’s very likely that you’ll start seeing repeat questions. The second reason is that the Bluebook tests are written by the folks who write the test you’ll be taking on test day. As that day nears, it’s ideal to take advantage of those free, official practice exams.

Khan Academy Official SAT Practice (Optional)

If you are hankering for additional practice, the partnership between The College Board and Khan Academy includes lessons and practice to help you understand the content tested on the digital SAT.

Magoosh’s Daily Three-Month Schedule

Week One: Strategies & Desmos

Day 1: Guided Practice setup + general strategies

Estimated Time: 70 minutes

Let’s kick things off with where you need to go in your Magoosh Account, and that’s Guided Practice. To get there, you need to select the Reading & Writing or Math link at the top of the Dashboard. Once you click either of those section options, you’ll see a box with your current stats for that section. Under that box, you’ll see two options: Guided Practice or Custom Practice. Select Guided Practice. That’s the default. Only select Custom Practice when directed to do so.

Math Module: Introduction to SAT Math

General Strategies I
General Strategies II
Learn From Mistakes
Student-Produced Response Questions
Quiz

Reading & Writing Module: General Reading Strategies

Reading Basic Approach
Tricky Passage Types
Quiz

*Remember, the estimated time will vary depending on the rate at which you watch the lessons, whether you’ve skipped any lessons, and how long it takes you to complete and review the quiz and practice questions.

Day 2: Specific math strategies

Estimated Time: 60 minutes

Three Month SAT Study Schedule

Time Commitment

Make it Your Own

How to use This Schedule

Review is Essential

Materials & Resources

Free SAT Practice Test

Magoosh SAT Prep

Official Digital SAT Study Resources

Khan Academy Official SAT Practice (Optional)

Magoosh’s Daily Three-Month Schedule

Week One: Strategies & Desmos

Day 1: Guided Practice setup + general strategies

Day 2: Specific math strategies

Day 3: Craft and Structure: vocab & purpose

Day 4: Desmos Basics I + RW practice

Day 5: Desmos Basics II

Day 6 and Day 7: Rest days

Week Two: Arithmetic & Algebra Basics

Day 8: Arithmetic foundations + Craft and Structure

Day 9: Fractions, decimals & percents

Day 10: Central Ideas and Details + math practice

Day 11: Algebra fundamentals & linear equations

Day 12: Command of Evidence + math practice

Day 13: Full-length practice test

Day 14: Rest or catch up

Week Three: Linear Equations & Grammar

Day 15: Score and review your test

Day 16: Linear equations in two variables

Day 17: Linear functions + RW practice

Day 18: Grammar basics + math practice

Day 19: Solving systems + RW practice

Day 20 and Day 21: Rest or catch up

Week Four: Advanced Math Fundamentals

Day 22: Exponents & radicals + RW practice

Day 23: Grammar Rules: Boundaries I

Day 24: Polynomials & quadratics

Day 25: Grammar Rules: Boundaries II

Day 26: Factoring

Day 27: Full-length practice test

Day 28: Rest day

Week Five: Non-Linear Equations & Grammar

Day 29: Score and review your test

Day 30: Equivalent expressions + Boundaries III

Day 31: Non-linear equations I + RW practice

Day 32: Non-linear equations II

Day 33: Verbs & agreement + math practice

Day 34 and Day 35: Rest or catch up

Week Six: Functions, Percents & Data

Day 36: Non-linear functions + RW practice

Day 37: Verb form & parallelism

Day 38: Ratios, rates & percents

Day 39: Nouns, pronouns & modifiers

Day 40: Mean, median & range

Day 41: Full-length practice test

Day 42: Rest day

Week Seven: Data Analysis & Rhetoric

Day 43: Score and review your test

Day 44: Standard deviation + RW practice

Day 45: Graphs & scatterplots

Day 46: Rhetoric + math practice

Day 47: Probability, samples & surveys

Day 48 and Day 49: Rest or catch up

Week Eight: Geometry Foundations

Day 50: Geometry fundamentals

Day 51: Triangles

Day 52: Custom practice

Day 53: Quadrilaterals & polygons

Day 54: Custom practice

Day 55: Full-length practice test

Day 56: Rest day

Week Nine: Circles, 3D & Trig

Day 57: Score and review your test

Day 58: 3D figures & volume

Day 59: Circles + RW practice

Day 60: Geometry in the XY plane

Day 61: Trigonometry fundamentals

Day 62: Full-length practice test

Day 63: Rest day

Week Ten: Unit Circle & Essay