<p>I am very new to the SAT because I live overseas and we get absolutely no training for them. I am therefore interested in buying some good books for the SATs. These won't be for the SAT subject tests, but instead I am looking for books based on Maths, Writing and Critical Reading...</p>
<p>I'm aiming for a 2200+ score, and so I'm looking for books that will make this easier to obtain. I've heard that there are a number of books specifically made for high SAT scores...</p>
<p>Any suggestions on what to get?</p>
<p>In addition, will these books include things like vocab lists and common questions that turn up in the different sections?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>You'd do better making your own vocab lists from past SAT's/PSAT's or Official practice questions. Those huge 3,000+ word lists published by Princeton Review and Barron's are just crap, considering the majority of the words are words which they <em>think</em> <em>could</em> appear on an SAT, but that have never actually appeared. </p>
<p>Everyone here seems to recommend Rocket Review (just bought it myself). But a must-have is the BB, since it has 8 Official practice tests. </p>
<p>There are books that have "2400" in them, if that's what you mean, lol. I have "Barron's 2400" and it's pretty good, but some of the material is harder than is actually on the test.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks for the tips. I'll take a look at those books. I once bought one from the UK because it was the only one they had in the store. It's called McGraw Hill or something like that. It's only got practice papers (don't know if they're official or not), so I just do those as a bit of practice. BB is the Blue Book, right?</p>
<p>And I might check out the Barron's 2400. It's always nice to have a bit of a challenge, I suppose :D</p>
<p>Any other suggestions will still be appreciated ;)</p>
<p>I don't know specifics about McGraw's tests, but generally, be wary of non-official practice tests, as indeed those are. Only tests which are produced by the College Board, the company which publishes the Blue Book (BB), are <em>official</em>. If you study with non-official practice tests, you're likely to get inflated results. I immediately noticed this upon taking a PR test. Also, the SAT uses patterns. Lots of patterns. And if you're studying questions that don't conform to these patterns, then you're studying the wrong material and it's not really going to help you. Not nearly as much as studying from an offical test would, anyway.</p>
<p>I see your point there. I actually didn't know any of this suff when I was getting the book, and I just saw "Practice Tests" and thought I'd try it out... But I'll make sure I get the Blue Book, and also the other one's you've suggested.</p>
<p>Thanks :D</p>
<p>I did the same thing, lol. I bought PR's 11 practice tests only to find out two days later that they weren't official. Goodbye Mr. Jackson :(</p>
<p>Barron's is the one who puts out the massive word list. PR's list is condensed, much smaller. There's a hit list in Cracking the SAT and also a really good list with a lot of tips for learning vocab in Word Smart (I have that one too; it's a keeper).</p>
<p>I would recommend Cracking the SAT for strategy, and yes, the tests...they are the next best ones after CB. CB tests are a MUST but when I started searching in this forum the PR tests were the most recommended after CB. I also picked up 11 Practice Tests, definitely worth it.</p>
<p>One interesting fact I learned about the CB tests...they're not actually retired tests, which everyone had told me, but they're put together from previous tests. Not that it matters, because you still really need to use them, but I thought that was interesting.</p>