<p>Well, I'm a Junior who took the Psat last in 10th Grade. I got a 1350 then. Right now, I'm taking the SAt in June. I'm using the Barrons Math workbook for the new SAT, and Kaplan SAT 2006 GOLD editio CD. So far, the CD it's not bad. I mean, it's pretty god for practicing for the SAT itself, but the CD'd curiculum seems limited. The Barron's book on the other hand is too damn big. My school gave me this book (as a suplement for not helping us out on the SAT one bit. Thnkks alot.)
and it jus seems to have TOO much material. I mean, over 300 pages for just math? What about the other 2 sections? I got only a month to study this test. </p>
<p>Does anyone kknow any simple good books to study from? (something that is <200 pages for all 3 subjectss)
(I'm still getting used to my mac's keyboard, soo don't ming my spellling errors)</p>
<p>Ok so you're a junior. I'd say that you should have the mathematical/writing/reading knowledge to do the SAT by know. I'd say freshen up on any topics that you don't really remember, but don't study all the topics, it would be a waste of your time. Use that left over time to practice as much as you can. In general Math is easy, but what screws people over ( myself included) are the tricks CB includes in the problems. The same goes for the other two sections. G'luck.</p>
<p>practice, practice, and practice...and check out Xigi's thread</p>
<p>"I'd say that you should have the mathematical/writing/reading knowledge to do the SAT by know." Trust me: You don't know my school. My school is extremly behind . It seems (from the CD I used, at leasst) I need to brush up on my Math A., and Writing Skills need improvment. The Cd, though, is trash, to be honest. The explanations are kept to a minimum, and I canlearn more on 25 pages on my Math book, than on all 3 subjects. There's very little information given, and most of the "tricks" provided are common sence. Oh well, a waste of 20 bucks right there. I checked his thread...nice tips, but it's just too damn long. I need to find out some good books in a hurry. I'm getting the Collegeboard book from thhe lbrary tomorrow, but I need a good study book. From the looks of things, I doubt the SAT has that advance Math thatthe Barrons book shows in the last chapter or so. I think it just gives up too much info. for one test. Like I said, I need to find the best review book possible that is studiable ina month, and has all subjects, not just Math.</p>
<p>The official college board book is excellent--really if you just do the practice exams you should be well off. Frankly, I think that writing skills are something you build up throughout your high school career so it'd be hard to improve them in a hurry.</p>
<p>If you've done Math A, for me at least, I think doing the practice tests is good in that it gets you back into the swing of lower level math complete with cursed probability, combinations, etc. It should help you polish up your skills and let you figure out which topics you have the most difficulty with in which case--can't you consult with a peer or teacher?</p>
<p>The SATs is supposed to be a cumulative test. If there was a super book that one could study in a month and had everything you needed, I guarantee everyone would be using it. As long as you aren't learning -everything- from scratch you should be well off.</p>
<p>Yeah, I wasn't asking for a "superbook". Just a good review book. I have the Collegeboard, but the explanations aren't the greatest. I use it for the tests and nothing else. What I need is a good review book that, dosen't fill my head with countless useless math, yet is perfect for review. Same goes foe Writing and Reading. Easily, though, Reading is my easiest part of the test for me.</p>
<p>hmm, on reading .. if get irritated by the long passages, don't start from the end.. you'll just eat up your time and end up rushing the easy questions ( i almost didn't finish.)</p>
<p>I know. Say at the end you get a 24-30 long passage. Generally, they will ask "from line 10...", which the question is the 1st paragraph. Then next question the next, or next 2 paragraphs, and so on until you finish. And always start with the easier one's first. I knew this when I took the PSAT, and I got the top 85 percentile of 10th graders taking the PSAT. (Though the other ones are a diffrent story)</p>
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Yeah, I wasn't asking for a "superbook". Just a good review book. I have the Collegeboard, but the explanations aren't the greatest. I use it for the tests and nothing else. What I need is a good review book that, dosen't fill my head with countless useless math, yet is perfect for review. Same goes foe Writing and Reading. Easily, though, Reading is my easiest part of the test for me.</p>
<p>XD This is my technique. I would look up the answers in the back of the SAT book to figure out how they got the answers and why. For the Math, you just got to know how they got it and try to figure things out. I recommend looking up the answers so you can see how they got it and remember it in case you ever come across another one like that. The reading with only 1 passage, mostly the answers are in order. I recommend using your finger as your read the passage because you will get lost or will get bored with the passage. Each paragraph have some questions on them. So let's say you finish paragraph 1 go to the questions. Then the next paragraph read it and answer the next questions. However for 2 passages, I would skip the question about compare or contrast the passages so I can answer the other questions about one passage instead of two passages. Then later I will go back and answer the questions about both passages. For the sentence completions, you just get to know your vocabulary. I recommend going to this website <a href="http://www.number2.com%5B/url%5D">www.number2.com</a>. ^<em>^ Use this website to build your vocabulary skills. For the writing, you just have to know your grammar. =] Writing the essay is kind of fun. ^</em>_^ Find a method you can always use, and use it for the SAT like vocabulary words, or saying sometimes this is true because blah blah blah....:] I hope that helps!</p>