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by sokoloff 1103 days ago
I had absolutely no feeling of time pressure on the SAT. If anything, I already had too much time and the boredom of waiting to start the next section was more negative than any other effect.

I think the same is true of the overwhelming majority of people scoring 1500+.

I don’t think unlimited time is much of a cheat code if you’re faking (or getting a “light” diagnosis) and trying to break into Harvard level of SAT scoring. More time isn’t going to transpose the middle digits on a 1450.

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On the math section you can for example plug and chug each option rather than use elimination heuristics etc. that are mostly required to complete in the time limit. You can also go back and triple check all your work.