Advice: Barrons is freaking horrible.

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<p>I used Barrons under the idea that the more challenging questions would make me score higher on the SAT. Later on in all sections, I managed to ace most questions(like 31/32). Assuming these are level 4/5 questions, this should mean I could AT LEAST get 2000+ in the real SAT, right? Well according to Barron's constant bullsh**ing that I would join the "2400 club" if I managed to ace the practise questions(actual words), this never happened.</p>

<p>When it came to the practise test, I scored 1990. The real test definitely felt "easier", but the test was also very DIFFERENT. </p>

<p>I'm going to buy this "blue book" soon. Hopefully I'll manage to do a tiny bit better.</p>

<p>Take the advice or leave it. I'm just putting this out there for anyone who is curious as to what Barron's is like.</p>

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<p>too bad ur advice is too late, i’ve already answered all of barrons practice tests
after finishing barons, i moved on to answering the bb, the tests seemed more difficult than barrons tests lol
maybe it’s because they were different not that they’re more difficult</p>

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<p>Are you talking about the Barron guide or the Barron 2400 guide?
I have the barron guide. :S</p>

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<p>Thanks for the warning…I own the Barron’s 2400 Guide, and had just flipped through it, but hadn’t started.</p>

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<p>Yeah barrons preps you for unnessesary things, and makes you unconfident about your score</p>

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<p>i bought my Barron’s 2400 at the beginning of summer…did like 4 pages and was raped, brutally. I got better at it, but then i stopped. I’ve heard a lot crap about it, and now its reputation has been completely tarnished and i vow not to use it. BB all the way.</p>

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<p>Prepping without the BB usually results in an abysmal score. </p>

<p>The only book that comes close to covering everything that can appear on the real SAT is the Blue Book.</p>

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<p>What do you guys think about Dr. Chung’s SAT Math book? As a supplement to the Blue Book?</p>

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<p>So your advice is that a 3rd party prep isn’t better than a 1st party prep book? :open_mouth: who would have thought? lol sry had to say that. </p>

<p>Anyway Yeah I hear Barrons just gives you more information than you need…but that’s why I like it. I want to ve over prep</p>

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<p>even i am curious about Dr. Chung’s SAT Math book.</p>

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<p>If you are that interested in Dr. Chung’s, you look inside the book using the link below. Pretty much the entire book is available for you to look at … lol! </p>

<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Dr. John Chung’s SAT Math (9781439234976): John Chung: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Dr-John-Chungs-SAT-Math/dp/1439234973/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316273819&sr=8-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Dr-John-Chungs-SAT-Math/dp/1439234973/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316273819&sr=8-1)</p>

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<p>I don’t like it, either. I did a ‘‘math only’’ SAT. I only scored average (one point until above average-like in the 500’s), when I usually score in the 600’s, maybe 700’s on other tests. Barron’s makes things hard for no real reason.</p>

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<p>I even like Dr. Chung’s a little more than Barron’s, honestly.</p>