<p>I've been looking for a good SAT math book, but there are so many different books. PLEASE help me find the best one.</p>
<p>Blue book! Look and understand your mistakes. However, grubers and Chung are viewed on CC as the best math prep books for the SAT.</p>
<p>Can you clarify what you mean by BB? I am uncertain since what I look up doesn’t seem to be the one. Thanks!</p>
<p>^BB is the Blue Book by the College Board. Also, I disagree with the poster above you about Dr. Chung. I’ve sensed a consensus that his books are not helpful. I do agree with the Grubers suggestion and can also recommend PWN the SAT for math.</p>
<p>PWN the SAT for Math or Barrons Math.</p>
<p>If you use Barron’s, do not use any of their practice tests</p>
<p>chd2013, Why would you not use their practice tests.
Barrons is typically harder. If you want to top 700, you need to get some hard questions correct. Getting all the easy/medium will only get you 600.</p>
<p>^There is a consensus that tests written by the college board are very helpful; others are not or even counterproductive. Search the forum for more detail as this has been covered many times.</p>
<p>I’m well aware of that.
Where did you read that I said not to do any BB practice tests.
BB Practice Tests should ONLY be used for FULLY timed tests. Recommended to do 6-8 prior to taking the real thing.<br>
So you have to save them and can’t use them as “practice problems”.
Barrons practice tests should be used for untimed additional practice problems.</p>
<p>^I completely disagree and stand by my last post. There are around 20+ college board tests you can obtain legally. That’s enough for most people. </p>
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<p>There is a reason why posters are asked to post similar questions in one and the first threads and NOT start similar threads over and over. That reason is to avoid the reposting of opinions that are hardly supported by facts. In this precise case, the suggestions listed above are erroneous. </p>
<p>To repeat what has been widely shared on CC for more than a decade, it is best to avoid ANY of the synthetic tests a la Barrons or Kaplan. Not only are they riddled with errors, but also remain irrelevant. Simply stated, the perception that harder tests prepare students bette is plain wrong. One does not pick a GMAT or GRE test to prepare for the SAT; he needs to use SAT-centric material that has been carefully prepared. And for this, there is only ONE source. </p>
<p>Fwiw, although there are different opinions about the need to take timed tests (as opposed to partial tests) there is no confusion about the need to stay away from the garbage produced by wannabe test writers. And, especially when the “real tests” are both abundant and easy to find. </p>
<p>I usually use Barrons Math Workbook for students at that level. It has good illustrative problems in categories. It has material that teaches the math you need for the test. However, the sections teaching the math in the general Barrons SAT book and Dr. Chung’s may be better. </p>
<p>I is important to study the math on the test, as well as just doing problems. If you are going to do real SAT problems, do the ones towards the end of the sections, which are harder. The real problems usually don’t come with explanations. So I don’t agree with only doing real problems, particularly for someone at that level.</p>
<p>For someone who has already scored 740+, there are harder books such as Crush the Math SAT and Math SAT 800. I don’t see any point in using those if you scored 630 though.</p>
<p>Xiggi. Totally disagree.
Someone who has scored 630 and targeting 700+ means they got all the Easy and Mediums correct.
Need to do more hard and Barrons has harder questions. Doing some of those for untimed practice problems is no harm and in fact a good thing. Many have seen score improvements from Barron’s Math and hit a wall when just doing CB practice tests.
Using CB for fully timed practice tests is Given.
You spew false info. Barrons Math 5th edition is NOT riddled with errors.</p>
<p>^Ok, who should we trust? Xiggi has been here for years providing guidance and information that have helped thousands. There is a general consensus in this forum that xiggi’s guide is the gold standard and that he is right a whole lot more than he isn’t. Now on the other hand we could consider trusting TRP. He has been here for two weeks and purports to be an expert on everything. He spouts off about firing guidance counselors with no info on context. He assures someone old prep books can be sold in the OPs school when the OP has said nothing about the school - are there 50, students there? are there 5,000? Is the OP homeschooled? None of that info is necessary for TRP to provide his expert opinion.</p>
<p>Look, if you want to add value perhaps you can read xiggi’s prior critiques on Barron’s and come up with a well thought out rationale for your disagreement. Or are you just a ■■■■■ shilling for Barron’s and looking for an audience to show your superior wisdom (regardless of how rash, bereft of facts. and ill-informed it is)?</p>
<p>Xiggi hasn’t tutored anyone and no results to stand by.</p>
<p>The #1 self proclaimed SAT tutor (Anthony Green… google him) uses Barrons and McGraw Hill for practice/homework, etc.
He uses CB Blue Book for fully timed.
Just ignore CHD.</p>
<p>btw… Anthony Green gets 400pt increase on average and charges $500/hr to tutor.</p>
<p>Funny, I don’t see xiggi or silverturtle guides published/sold on amazon!!</p>
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<p>Interesting. Neither of those claims are consistent with what he states on his website. Accuracy is something that is valued by many readers here (yes, he claims to raise scores a lot - but not quite 400 points and he also claims to charge a lot, actually more than $500/hr) so it might be best to do a little research before posting something that is easily verifiable. Also, do you consider being a “self-proclaimed” expert like Mr. Green does a valuable honorific?</p>
<p>With regard to your prior points, you’re entitled to disagree with the consensus from years of discussion, but to act like a bull in a china shop with your aggressive pronouncements will just make the majority of readers discount your posts. Go for it if you want to, there’s not really any way to stop you.</p>
<p>Funny,
There isn’t consensus of xiggi or silverturtle otherwise Barrons, PR, Kaplan, tutors, etc would be out of business.</p>
<p>I don’t accept any 1 premise.
I looked at what the best of the best do and their results.
Xiggi has no results to stand by…
neither does silverturtle…
Their premise is based upon… do lots of practice and your scores will go up!! DUH.</p>
<p>btw…
I’ve look at all the study guides… and compared them side by side.
I know which are good and which are bad.
I even looked at their amazon reviews and reviews by PhD tutors (satdude).
Funny, I can’t seem to find xiggi or silverturtle guides sold anywhere.</p>