Free Online SAT Prep Workshops with Brainfuse

Free SAT Prep: January–March 2026

Get ready for the SAT with a free live workshop series from Brainfuse led by Brian Stewart, author of Barron’s ACT, SAT, and PSAT prep books.

Each session runs 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time and focuses on core SAT skills, including reading strategies, grammar fundamentals, and using Desmos™ for math. The first session begins Wednesday, January 7, 2026.

How to Register

• Register for Most of the Series: Use this Zoom registration link.
• Register for the March 9 Session: Use this Zoom registration link.
• Your Choice: Register for the full series to attend one, some, or all sessions. The March 9 session has its own Zoom registration.
• Recordings: If you can't attend live, you can still register and get the recordings.

Workshop Schedule

• Reading and Writing Focus:          
  • January 7 - SAT Introduction: General strategies for the SAT, how colleges use the test in admissions, and similarities and differences between the SAT and ACT.
  • January 14 - Reading Information & Ideas: How to attack Central Idea and Detail questions, Evidence questions, and Inference questions.
  • January 21 - Reading Craft and Structure: Resources for building Vocabulary, strategies for Purpose and Text 1 & Text 2 questions.
  • January 28 - Writing Expression of Ideas: Understanding transition words and techniques for the Rhetorical Synthesis questions.
  • February 4 - Writing Boundaries: Thorough discussion of Commas, Semicolons, Colons, Dashes, and Apostrophes.
  • February 11 - Writing Form, Structure, & Sense: Conceptual review of misplaced modifiers, subject-verb agreement, and verb tense.
• Math Focus:            
  • February 18 - Math using Desmos™: The most helpful ways to use Desmos to save time and improve accuracy on the SAT Math.
  • February 25 - Math Algebra: Slope-intercept form, systems of linear equations, linear functions, and linear inequalities.
  • March 4 - Math Advanced Topics in Math: Working with equivalent expressions, systems of quadratic equations, and nonlinear functions.
  • March 9 - Math Problem Solving and Data Analysis: Percentages, unit conversion, measures of center, probability, and statistics.
  • March 11 - Math Geometry & Trigonometry: Area, volume, right triangles, circles, sine, cosine, and tangent.

More Online Study Options

Are you not able to attend the workshop but still want help with the SAT, ACT, or another exam? We have several free online options for you:

• Brainfuse HelpNow: Live online tutoring in English and Spanish, plus self-paced test prep tools.           
  • For test prep, choose Skill Surfer, then College Entrance Test Prep. This includes PSAT, SAT, ACT, AP exams, TOEFL iBT, TOEIC, CLEP, THEA, and Nursing Entrance Exams.
  • College admissions resources are available under the College tab in Skill Surfer.
  • The recordings of the SAT Prep workshop will also be available in Skill Surfer eventually.
  • Need help with financial aid? Live FAFSA Help is available under Featured Services. The FAFSA deadline is March 2, 2026.
• Prepare for College from LearningExpress: Practice tests and study guides, plus tools for finding scholarships, writing a strong college essay, and planning for how to pay for college.
• Gale Presents: Peterson's Test and Career Prep: Test prep eBooks, practice exams, scholarship searching, and career exploration resources.