I took the August SAT and genuinely felt blindsided by the Reading/Writing section, especially Module 1. The first 3–5 questions were already way harder than what I was used to, the vocab was insane, and some of the passages/questions just did not feel similar to the official practice material I had been using.
The problem is I genuinely don’t know what else to study for September. I’ve done basically everything 😭 I did all of Khan Academy, Bluebook practice tests, a TON of the College Board Question Bank (including the newer 2026 questions), Ravi’s Academy, Prep Expert, OnePrep, etc. I’ve taken a lot of practice tests too, so I feel like I have a pretty good idea of what SAT RW normally feels like, and August felt noticeably different/harder.
For anyone else who took August and felt the same way: what are you doing differently to prepare for September?
Are there any resources that actually have:
- vocab as difficult as August
- harder Words in Context questions
- really dense science/literature passages
- harder inference/evidence questions
- questions that actually felt similar to the August test
I don’t really want another generic “do Khan Academy/Question Bank/Bluebook” recommendation because I’ve already exhausted those. I’m specifically looking for harder material that can prepare me if September RW is like August again.
If you took August, PLEASE tell me what you’re using