SAT Author With A Perfect Score: The Shorter Passages Are Not Easier - Brian Stewart

The digital SAT's reading passages are a fraction of the length they used to be. Brian Stewart wrote the book on it, and he says assuming that makes the test easier is one of the most costly misreads a family can make. He has a perfect SAT score, 30,000 logged tutoring hours, and a blunt answer about hacks: there aren't any worth having. Dr. Joe sits down with Brian Stewart — Princeton grad, perfect SAT scorer, bestselling author of Barron's SAT, ACT, and PSAT prep books, and founder of BWS Education Consulting — for a conversation about what actually moves scores. Brian is a former high school history teacher who left the classroom in 2011 and has since written multiple editions of the digital SAT guide. He breaks down the section-adaptive format and why getting into the harder second module matters, how the Desmos calculator changed math strategy, what prep looks like for students with IEPs, 504 plans, and extended time, and why he built a free test prep site. 📲 Connect with them: https://freetestprep.com/ https://bwseducationconsulting.com/ Youtube:    / @brianstewartbarrons   📲 Learn more about us: https://supportedtutoring.com/ Facebook: Dr. Joe Instagram: @dr_joe_ap_exams [CHAPTERS] 1:00 Perfect SAT, 30,000 Hours, And He Writes The Books 2:20 History Teacher To Barron's Author, And Why He Left In 2011 3:50 His Wife Is A Doctor Of Occupational Therapy: IEPs And 504s 5:30 What Changed: 150-Word Passages And The Desmos Calculator 6:06 Shorter Passages Do Not Mean An Easier Test 7:21 Section Adaptive: Hit 60 To 65% To Reach The Harder Module 8:45 Bluebook Is The Gold Standard, And Why The Book Now Points To It 9:44 SAT Or ACT: One Third Math Versus Half Math 11:28 "Tricks Or Hacks": The One Grammar Pattern He'll Admit To 15:16 Thousands On Tutoring Or $20 On A Book? 16:21 Extended Time, Dyslexia, And The Branch Campus That Fixed Her Score 19:55 What Actually Drives A 330-Point Jump 21:23 Helpful Or Helicopter: Sleep, Homework, And Sharing Your Own Test Stories 23:28 Middle School Prep Is Overkill, And AP Lang Is Cross-Training 25:16 Lightning Round: Put The Ruler Away, And Why A 4.0 Guarantees Nothing