<p>what books has the explanations because the blue book does not have explanations.</p>
<p>PR always has explanations.</p>
<p>Just order Testmasters zainuu.. they have a complete solutions guide to the Blue Book. I purchased it and it's pretty helpful.</p>
<p>can u post a link from amazon to testmasters please? and i dont want to use PR.. only college board.</p>
<p>Sorry I'm feeling lazy.. but you can check it out at testmasters .com I don't think you can buy it at Amazon right now, but I'm not 100% sure about that.</p>
<p>Books I had:
10 RS
Barrons
Barrons 2400
Kaplan 2400
Blue Book
McGraw Hill
PR Cracking
PR 11 Tests</p>
<p>Books I used:
None</p>
<p>What I got: 2220 (june 07), prediction ~2350 (nov 07)</p>
<p>I agree with Proud Dad. My scores improved by just taking the PSAT in 10th/11th grades: my scores went from 190 to 201 then 2220 SAT and now I'm confident I broke 2300 on the SAT I took last week. Studying for the SAT won't get you far, preparing for it might get you somewhere.</p>
<p>My D used Princeton Review after looking at Barrons and Others. </p>
<p>Results SAT I: 2290 (June 07), SAT II: Math Level II 800, Bio 780 (June 07), Chem 760 (June 06). Had no desire to take again this year, had other "hooks".</p>
<p>I am so scared of retaking the my 2210 and I won't because more than likely I will never do what I did the night before again: I went to an advanced chorale all-night party, watched 3 movies, went to sleep in a friend's room (i live in a dorm), talked all night, had 4 hours of sleep, woke up, finished the math section in the mini SAT-prep book that comes with the packet, then went to take the test.</p>
<p>So......the mini-SAT prep book is my answer. lol. And, honestly, in all seriousness, not being stressed out about it REALLY helps, and just letting loose, because in a two week-period I had AP tests, SAT, and the nationals of the AAA Travel Challenge, and I was just like "screw it, I'm not going to kill myself", and I ended up doing pretty well on each one.</p>
<p>I got a 2100 so I guess i'd fit. ^_^
CB Bluebook -> Your ultimate buddy.
Barrons WR> Improved my WR score by 210 from my 10th grade psat
Barrons CR> didn't use THAT much, but I'm sure it helps ( Made a 670 CR if that makes any diff)
Barrons 2400> good CR practice.
CB Bluebook> YOU ULTIMATE CR BUDDY! haha</p>
<p>the CB bluebook was the backbone of my prep work. but i used a few other books - princeton review's 11 practice tests and the barron's and kaplan new sat guide books. a tip - u might want to try go through the princeton review sat 2 math book before you go give the sat 1.</p>
<p>I did all the reading/writing sections in the CB bluebook.
I also bought Barrons' How to Prepare for hte SAT (with 6 tests, I believe), 11 Practice Tests for the SAT by Princeton Review, and the rather cartoony Underground Guide to SAT. I regret the last three purchases--I never read them for more than three minutes. To sum things up, I think CB Bluebook is sufficient for you to get a "feel" of the real SAT. The rest is your regular vocabulary work, essay-writing, and novel-reading in English class. A lot of people view practice (many of my friends who are at Harvard tell me so) as the superior technique but I really would put a good night's sleep and a peaceful mentality over any extraneous amount of practice.
2340-- R740, M800, W800 (12).</p>
<p>what about a person who depends on the SAT ALOT.. and has like a 1500. I need to bring that up t0 2000+, i have not studied from any book. that 1500 was a diagnostic from PR and i din take it very seriously. but still!</p>
<p>2240 w/ no prep. I've used PR and Kaplan for PSATs but still don't know my scores on those.</p>
<p>Princeton Review Math workout owns</p>