<p>For those of you who have taken the SAT already, how does the practice tests in the blue book compare to the actual SATs? I am asking this because before purchasing the blue book, I had the Princeton Review 11 Practice test, the questions in there were not only hard, but kind of random as well (especially the long passages). There were no patterns, and you can never learn from your mistakes, many of the answer choices were so bland and confusing. So then I decided to buy the official study guide and did a couple of those sections, and they turned out to be so much easier. It was quite a relief to find out that perhaps I am not another Joe Blogg. However, I am still worried about the actual difficulty of the real SATs. So if any of you have taken the SATs, please give me some feedback as to whether the real SAT looks anything like the ones in the blue book, or maybe they are as confusing as the ones in the 11 PR. Thx so much, :)</p>
<p>The practice tests in the blue book are real SAT's... if I'm not mistaken</p>
<p>Dargh. People keep asking this. The tests are practically the same. Some people say they are easier or harder, but that has to do with the environment, conditions, and circumstances under which you take the tests. In other words, the tests are comparable. PR 11 is known for being harder than the real thing (which is why I liked it).</p>
<p>I've found that the unreleased tests available through the College Board's online program can be considerably more difficult than the previously released tests they have available. It varies test to test and user to user, however.</p>
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I've found that the unreleased tests available through the College Board's online program can be considerably more difficult than the previously released tests they have available. It varies test to test and user to user, however.
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hah i noticed the same, the online tests were much harder then the blue book tests..</p>
<p>I don't even mean Blue Book tests; I mean the two tests (not sure of the dates issued) that they actually released and then posted online. The Blue Book thing may be true, too, though.</p>
<p>If PR tests are harder, then what is the estimated equivalent of a 2050 on a CB one? 700M 670R 680W...This whole SAT business is getting me really frustrated, I can usually get by without studying much, but to get a 2250 is like trying to grow 2 inches (which i still haven't achieved..:( ...) Any advice would be helpful (on the SAT of course)..much thx...</p>
<p>I didn't know that PR tests were harder than the blue book. How do they compare to Barron's?</p>
<p>Barron's suck....especially the critical reading for long passages, i bought the CR workbook, it was completely useless. First of all, the levels were retarded, B and C were harder than A, which was suppose to be the easiest. And the answer choices were just really different from CB and PR. Not necessarily easier tought, just useless.....I don't think it will be anything close the actualy SAT (long passages).</p>
<p>I am in a Princeton Review SAT prep class, and the practice tests are pretty hard compared to the blue book.</p>
<p>Blue book test = real SAT. The same people make them, what do you expect?</p>
<p>^ Well the same people also make the Online SAT course, yet a lot of people say that it's a lot harder than the real thing.</p>