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<p>I'm rather worried, as my score is nearly the same as it was when I took the PSAT Sophomore Year. I bought the Princeton 11 practice tests, and my study method is just test and review. However, while this worked great on AP European History, it's not going so well with the SAT. My Writing and Reading score is not changing at all. My math is slowly going up, however. I've printed out a bunch of vocab words and I'm studying the sheets, but are there better methods for studying than taking a bunch of practice tests? I'm trying to get at least 2200+, so this is going to be a rather hard push. My goal is to take the SAT at January, hopefully.</p>

<p>Edit; Reading up on a few things, I realized the Princeton Practice Tests was just basically pointless, it seems. Should I bother buying the college board released tests or just stick with Princeton?</p>

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<p>Buy this and work on these practice tests (Its made by the Collegeboard)</p>

<p>[Amazon.com:</a> The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd edition (9780874478525): The College Board: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Official-SAT-Study-Guide-2nd/dp/0874478529/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277166412&sr=8-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Official-SAT-Study-Guide-2nd/dp/0874478529/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277166412&sr=8-1)</p>

<p>Hope that helps.</p>

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<p>Try directhits and rocket review</p>

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<p>All right, thanks, I’ll grab the Official SAT Guide as soon as possible. I sort of just went with Princeton because it seemed like a safe bet, but I haven’t ever found their stuff to be that great.</p>

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<p>try Grammatix. Absolutely dominant stratagies for CR and W. Gotta get that book.</p>

<p>I never thought a few sentences could actually boost my CR score by 100 points from 650 to 750+.</p>

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<p>I’d go with the College Board, but I disagree with other people who say Princeton Review questions are pointless.</p>

<p>I think what’s most important is that you review each question thoroughly.</p>

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<p>If you want to study effectively, you have to use the right resources. For vocabulary, use Direct Hits Volumes I & II and for practice tests/everything else, use the College Board Blue Book.</p>

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<p>Do you highly recommend using Direct Hits if a person is capable of memorizing vocabulary pretty easily? I’m just going through pages and pages of past SAT words printed out from sites. I will be able to know what these words mean if I see them by doing this, but I will probably not be able to pull them out for the essay as I won’t remember them.</p>

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<p>whats the best way to do better on long passage reading?</p>

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<p>I’d say somehow get into the topic. I tend to do better and am more attentive when I am interested in the topic. It’s like reading an intriguing book V a dull one. You’re likely to memorize events in the former.</p>

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<p>i see. i am using the barrons practice tests. how similar are they to the BB tests? cuz im completely failing at them right now…</p>

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<p>guys… all you need is Grammatix and a BB. Thats your 2300+ right there.</p>

<p>If you follow the Grammatix strategies for CR and W, those two sections will have clear answers. When i first began SAT prep, CR killed me. But after reading Grammatix, it made more sense and the correct answers became clearer.
Source: From a 2350+ SAT person (myself)</p>

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<p>^Where do you get Grammatix?</p>

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<p>Yeah, I can’t find Grammatix anywhere either. </p>

<p>The CR isn’t difficult for me, writing is okay but not great, I’ll see how I do with the blue book. The only issue I have with CR is vocabulary, and I have that down anyhow. I don’t miss much on passages. Maybe 1. It’s just vocab.</p>

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<p>Grammatix used to be free online, I don’t know if it still is.</p>