<p>I'm a Junior who wants to take the Sat I in October. I don't have the time in Spring or Winter to study for it with AP exams and sports, so October's my best bet since I get two solid months of Summer to study, and then September. So my question is this, does anybody know if the two Blue Books might have overlapping tests? I don't want to get both and then find out the 2nd has same as the 1st.</p>
<p>I dont think anybody knows the answer to this yet except maybe College Board. I too have ordered the 2nd edition. But, in the description it says “3 new recently administered tests” so there will be at least 3 new tests. But its being released July 21 so I’m sure we’ll know by then if the other 7 tests in the 2nd edition overlap with the 1st edition.</p>
<p>Looking forward to that new edition, especially for the new practice tests!</p>
<p>I also wonder if these overlap with the 7 online course practice tests…</p>
<p>yea, you should buy the second edition when it comes out, since it is the better buy of the two with 2 extra practice tests. Then, when you run out, you should take a look at the old one and see if there are any different tests in it.</p>
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<p>Meaning that the new blue book will include 3 QAS’s.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine College Board going out of its way to make 7 new SAT’s for this book, so there will probably be some overlap with the old BB and maybe the online course.</p>
<p>the 3 new tests in the 2ed Official Guide (OG) aka “blue book” are as follows:</p>
<p>Test 1 = Oct 2006 QAS
Test 2 = Jan 2007 QAS
Test 3 = May 2007 QAS
Tests 4~10 are in the NEW OG are simply tests 2~8 from the OLD OG.</p>
<p>You don’t even need to buy the 2ed OG if you have some upperclassmen buddies willing to give you the above QAS test booklets they might’ve received several years ago. A quick internet search will also turn up the above QAS online in PDF format.</p>
<p>-jun</p>
<p>You are correct; however, this thread is more than a year old.</p>
<p>^However, it provided me with some useful info.</p>
<p>The 2nd edition also has online explanations for the practice tests.</p>
<p>Is it true that the 1st test in 1st edition is not anywhere in the 2nd edition?</p>