Do you have any SAT prep tips for a beginner????

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<p>I was unsatisfied with my PSAT score (I think it was 155). I know I could do a lot better if I knew more and practiced. But that's the problem - I don't know where to start! I need prep books, but when I got Kaplan's, people told me to "burn that trash." Basically my questions are:</p>

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<li>How was your SAT experience like?</li>
<li>What prep book did you use and/or recommend? </li>
<li>Besides reading the prep book, what else should I be doing?</li>
<li>Any other tips/advice you'd like to share?</li>
<li>Did you take the ACT as well? How as it?</li>
<li>What's the diff. b/t SAT I, SAT II, SAT Subject Tests, the "regular SAT," and any others that I missed?</li>
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<p>Thanks for your time! I'd really like to score 2000+, and would love your help. Care to share what score you got?</p>

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<p>[SAT</a> Preparation - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/]SAT”>SAT Preparation - College Confidential Forums) would probably be a more helpful place to post this. We mostly party here.</p>

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<li>Bubble in your answers every 5 questions. Truthfully, this was a great way to make sure that I wouldn’t misgrid, and I still use this tactic for tests at school.</li>
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<p>here’s what you need to do:</p>

<p>-get the blue book

  • review over some of the chapters (briefly or in-depth depending on how much time you have and how much patience you have)
  • do practice runs on different sections (i.e. take a practice section, not the whole test). do this a couple of times
  • do one or a few whole tests (if you have time and have the patience to do it)
  • take the test</p>

<p>this was my experience. methods that are helpful for you may be a bit different. good luck :)</p>

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<p>Take the ACT instead.</p>

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<p>Totally irrelevant but I accidentally clicked on your profile and ohmygosh you have the same birthday as me! Different year though.</p>