<p>I have "The Ultimate Guide to SAT grammar - Erica L. Meltzer", "Gruber's SAT guide 2013, McGraw-Hill's SAT 2014, Barrons CR Workbook 14th edition, barrons sat writing workbook 3rd edition.</p>
<p>Note I do not have these in book form.</p>
<p>Can you tell me which other books to get and if these are any good, I hear a lot of recommendations that the CollegeBoard blue book is good, does anyone have links to this book and can you recommend any other books needed to obtain a 2400.</p>
<p>Kind Regards</p>
<p>Nate</p>
<p>Hey Nate,</p>
<p>The books you suggested should do the trick but you may want to consider getting the blue book by the College Board, as it is the only SAT prep book that has actual SAT’s in it. </p>
<p>The most important thing however is not what books you have but how you use them. Meeting your goal of 2400 will take lots and lots of hard work and time. Practice, practice, practice!</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>The blue book is the first book you should have bought considering it is the only source of official practice tests by the creators of the SAT. You will have to pay for that book you will not find it online for free. I heard McGraw’s is not very goood though. Gruber’s is good for the math supposedly. I would say use the books you have read through them and do some practice tests and if you still don’t like your scores then go from there. I have also heard that Mike Barret’s Black Book and Direct Hits are good (I actually have these). </p>
<p>You don’t have these in book form, meaning that there are online versions of the book for sale?</p>
<p>And there aren’t really books for ‘2400’, otherwise several CCers here would have hit 2400 from all the books being recommended around. But I highly suggest the Blue Book, which I believe there is no ONLINE VERSION available</p>
<p>@medicsz He probably found pdfs, epub, mobi files online for free. </p>
<p>@medicsz OH right, the internet is a huge place to begin with… :(|) </p>
<p>The second edition. Have you taken the SAT previously by any chance? It would be easier to pick out books if you know your weaknesses and strengths. It’s the first one since it’s the second edition. I think the one with the CD might have extra tests as well. You should probably get the SAT online course on the Collegeboard site (another 10 practice tests different from the blue book). Math Level 2 get the Barron’s to study for it. </p>
<p>I have never used the Barron’s guide so I would have no idea sorry. The only books I have used so far are the Blue Book, Erica Meltzer’s, Dr. Chung’s, and Direct Hits. </p>
<p>@fnaticMSiNate Well for starters, the math level you are taking wouldn’t help AS much, because the math in SAT does not cover past pre-calc topics. Additionally, people regard the SAT Math as just a section close-examining and tricks. </p>
<p>Having a mind full of math knowledge won’t entirely help you score the best because it all comes down to whether you know the strategies to defeat questions quickly and get around the hard solutions by breaking things down</p>
<p>@fnaticMSiNate Both of them are fine, however one of them has a DVD included (more money), but can be useful for lessons I guess… never used the DVD</p>
<p>@tola2015 @medicsz </p>
<p>I have done a couple practice CB tests on the math section and have got a 780 both times, want to get this higher.</p>
<p>Do you have to pay for the online CB course?</p>
<p>And sorry is the second of the links be more newer - hence it would be better?</p>
<p>I don’t go to school - and I teach myself all of the work if that means anything too…</p>
<p>I’m not going to get tuition either.</p>
<p>@fnaticMSiNate Not that it matters or anything, but when you took the CB math section’s test, did you skip through the writing and reading sections and only complete the math?</p>
<p>–
Yes the online CB course is paid, but you get -$10 discount after purchasing the Blue Book and entering in your discount code.</p>
<p>GET THE 2nd EDITION BLUE BOOK – be careful, otherwise you might just purchase the 1st edition… not a good choice</p>
<p>You are home schooled?</p>
<p>Yes I think its 29.95 or something (I got it in January so I don’t really remember); it also contains practice lessons and quizzes. Also the online course can be used for 1 year then it expires. </p>
<p>They will both contain the SAME EXACT practice tests the only difference is that the CD might have some extra ones.</p>
<p>Tuition for what? Are you talking about college?</p>
<p>@tola2015 @medicsz I don’t go to school/college I self-teach all the work. </p>
<p>I am also an international applicant. I only did the math sections at once, so I skipped the English ones.</p>
<p>Okay thanks. is this the book you are on about <a href=“SAT Study Guide – SAT Suite | College Board”>The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board;
<p><a href=“Product listing”>The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board; <-get the course + blue book and you’ll get a 10.95 discount at checkout. </p>
<p>So are you planning on applying to an American university?</p>
<p>@tola2015
Thank you, is the course necessary in your opinion because my currency is in pounds and I am wary of the exchange rate. But thanks for the link.</p>
<p>Intend to apply to Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Princeton - but only if I get a 2400.</p>
<p>As well as the universities here in the UK.</p>
<p>Be aware that even if you score a 2400 on your SAT there is still a chance the will reject you since they are reach colleges for everyone. Did you have any safety or match colleges you were interested in located in the US?</p>
<p>It’s not necessary per se; it just gives you extra practice tests in case you run out of the ones located in the blue book.</p>
<p>@tola2015 I understand that, but with all the competition etc. I feel that the best possible chance for me would be to score a 2400, no safety colleges - not sure what you mean by match but others I am interested are MIT, Columbia, Brown, uPenn, Cornell. I don’t think I would go and study the US if it wasn’t an ivy league institute or Stanford and MIT. </p>
<p>I have 41 official practice tests so that should be enough, plus all the ones in the prep books.</p>
<p>Is there any formula to getting accepted into Harvard, would stellar grades alone be enough - stellar being in the top 1% of applicants.</p>
<p>No, Harvard rejects applicants that have 4.0 UW GPA/36 ACT/2400 SAT. They also want to see that you have been involved in your community and have done extracurricular activities. Moreover, your admission essays and recommendation letters would have to be great. All of the colleges you listed are reach colleges. Match colleges are colleges you have a good chance (like 60%+) of getting accepted into but are not 100% a sure bet. There is no formula for getting into those colleges since admissions are “holistic”. I would assume they attempt to find students that best fit their schools. Also, getting into the schools you listed is even harder for internationals. </p>
<p>Some people get accepted to those schools with less than stellar stats due to hooks: underrepresented minority, recruited athlete, low income, legacy, etc. </p>
<p>You should avoid taking practice tests that are not made by the creators of the SAT because they are much less accurate. </p>