<p>idk both books are pretty good...I dont have too much time or money...which should I buy?</p>
<p>Barron's 2400</p>
<p>I've heard pretty good things about barrons 2400. Never used it myself though.</p>
<p>I used Kaplan. Let's just say that the title was not a misnomer. I have great appreciation for Kaplan services; others may disagree. I personally like specific strategies for each section rather than general strategies for the test, and I think that Kaplan does that very well.</p>
<p>Barron's. I liked how they automatically assumed you're a high-achiever, and skipped all the basic stuff like "how does a 30-60-90 triangle work?" and instead went straight to the hardest problems. </p>
<p>Helped me QUITE a lot with writing section, actually. I used to get 7-8 grammar questions wrong on practice tests, but after doing Barron's 2400, I got 2-3 wrong on grammar sections.</p>
<p>I have both of these, and plan to read them both this summer as prep for the oct. 08 test. I know both of them emphasize the "you know the easy stuff - so were going to make sure you can dominate the hard stuff" thing - but - asking anyone that has used these books, do you think there is a lot of more basic stuff that you will miss out on by just reading these ? stuff that's important to the test??</p>
<p>I know the kaplan one has a whole math index in the back, and thats the kind of thing im talking about.
do you guys think these books provide enough info and prep so that you are prepared for almost any question - or do they assume (maybe too much) and only cover a few strategies?</p>
<p>well TTwhite, I'm already scoring 1750s in the practice tests I'm doing so If these books assume that I already have a basic understanding of most questions then its ok. I'm actually gonna revise the basic strategies and do a few more practice tests myself before I start either those books...mayb you should do the same?</p>
<p>urg...I'm still confused about which one to buy :p</p>
<p>Get both, if money is not a problem for you. If it is, then maybe the library has them and you can skim through them and pick one to use.</p>
<p>If you're already good and scoring like 2100s Barron's 2400 isn't very helpful. Honestly, I think they're more for those people trying to break 2100. I skipped the math portion cos I didn't have enough time and I was... lazy. Hahaha the CR sections are good BUT the practice is killer. You dont need these killer passages. You need to do more CR practice from CB to actually do well, imo. Writing is supposedly good I've heard but I WAS LAZY and skipped most. Hahaha</p>
<p>I guess I'll just have to do more practice tests from the blue book to see if I am missing any basic, easy ones. I scored 1980 my first test with no real practice (690, 690, 600wr) and I remember I didn't have enough time on the passage based reading. </p>
<p>Never mind my other question, i guess. the only real section you need to remember concepts from is the math section. writing and CR sections it is kind of common sense and vocabulary.</p>
<p>this is actually a good question. i've been wondering the same thing. should someone make a poll about this?</p>
<p>i've been thinking that a lot of things on this forum should be polls, but im not sure you can make polls on this forum.</p>
<p>Barron's. don't think twice either.
Kaplan's has too many mistakes and gives you really easy questions that MAY boost your self-confidence, but it won't help you out in any way.
Barron's has pretty nice questions, hard but reasonable. With lots of practice you will do well on the SAT</p>
<p>(this coming from a guy who scored a 700 composite on the old SAT...worked through several SAT books and now I'm positive i got over a 2100 on the JUNE SAT)</p>