Secrets of SAT Reading & Writing
The SAT is called "standardized" for a reason — and that works in your favor.
Starts Tue, Jun 9
11:30 PM UTC · 1h
Brian
Outcomes, not lecture notes.
Recognize the recurring question structures the SAT Reading & Writing section uses across every test
Identify the specific types of trap answers that appear most frequently and understand why they're designed to mislead
Use the SAT's own structural clues to eliminate wrong answers even when you're uncertain of the right one
Decode how Command of Evidence questions work and what "the evidence" actually means in practice
Understand the rules governing Transitions, Sentence Structure, and Rhetorical Purpose questions — and how to answer them efficiently
Apply a strategic reading approach that saves time without sacrificing accuracy on passage-based questions
Recognize the difference between answers that sound right and answers that are right — a distinction the SAT exploits relentlessly
Meet Brian.
Brian
Varsity Tutors' Chief Academic Officer Brian Galvin has taught tens of thousands of SAT, ACT, GMAT, and GRE students around the world. The owner of 99th percentile scores on several standardized tests, he has been invited to teach test prep classes by admissions offices at top universities including UC-Berkeley, the University of Pennsylvania, and Trinity College - Dublin, and his test prep YouTube videos have over 3 million views. He spent over a decade hiring, training, and learning from top test prep tutors at Veritas Prep, and loves imparting all of that wisdom to test takers in their quest to maximize their scores.
The SAT is called "standardized" for a reason — and that works in your favor. In this one-session class, Brian Galvin reveals the recurring patterns, predictable trap answers, and structural tells that appear on every SAT Reading & Writing section. You'll learn exactly how the SAT constructs its hardest questions, why the wrong answers are designed to look right, and how to spot the clues the test hides in plain sight. Whether you're aiming for a score bump or chasing perfection, the insights in this class give you a real competitive edge — not more content to memorize, but smarter ways to think about every question you see.
Live Q&A
Cameras / mics optional
Recordings
Available within 1 hour, kept 90 days
Materials
No special materials required
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DAYS04
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MINTue, Jun 9 • 11:30pm UTC
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Secrets of SAT Reading & Writing