<p>Is the Grammatix guide worth it to learn strategies from? For those of you who have used it before, which tips do you think are the most useful to you? Please, I would like your subjective opinions on this. I would like to know which parts are good and which parts are bad (so I don't need to read it as thoroughly). Thank you very much.</p>
<p>I haven't read the other parts but as far as CR goes</p>
<p>His strats on passages will help you go from 500s to 600s. After that you can deviate and develop your own methods to get to the 700 mark. </p>
<p>Also, excellent sentence completion strategies when you don't know the words.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply. I will be sure to check out the parts that you've mentioned. Anyone else have any opinions? Thanks!</p>
<p>I personally didn't find it very enlightening. "My guide is the only guide that works, abandon all your old strategies" over and over and over.</p>
<p>CR: Gr8! Search CC.......u'll find TONS of threads on this topic! :)</p>
<p>I found his essay strategy very helpful. His approach really helps when you get the most out of those 25-min</p>
<p>not sure..I just started reading Grammatix
but just don't subscribe to his emails..all he does is rant that the SAT sections can be figured out by using his strategies and at the end, he doesn't tell you any and just tries to persuade you to buy the book.</p>
<p>Lolz, read the CR section of Grammatix for 5 minutes, and my CR score went up by 150 points. WOOT!!</p>
<p>150 point increase in 5 minutes= phenomonal</p>
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<li><p>as for the emails, i don't think i agree. the emails tell you what you need to do, but don't do it for you; the book does it for you. for example, the emails say "don't waste your time learning to write for the SAT essay--instead, just study the existing high-scoring essays and work on imitating them." that's important for people to know, and it puts them on the right track. in the guide, i actually explain one way to go about imitating the high-scoring essays. so the information in the email is still useful, because it points you in the right direction towards developing your own technique if that's what you want to do. without reading that email, most people would still try to write for the SAT essay the same way they write a school essay or an AP essay.</p></li>
<li><p>those strategies are the ones i used to score an 800 on the cr section and 790s on the other two sections (to my eternal shame). i do encourage everybody to modify any strategies, whether mine or someone else's, to make them their own, though. i'm just saying they worked fine for me.</p></li>
<li><p>and yeah, post 12 isn't cool :)</p></li>
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<p>I disagree with akahmed. His strategies will get you all the way to 800s. Even before I started Grammatix I easily hit 600s. I'm in the 700s now and moving toward 750s. Then I'll go for 800s.</p>
<p>I guess I was telling you how it worked for me, I cant seem to get an 800 on the CR using his passage strategies. They seem to be too, unstable, like I need a surefire way to answer them, not just skip around.</p>
<p>Unless of course Mike would like to explain what I am doing wrong :)</p>
<p>The only thing a really liked about it was the essay strategy.</p>
<p>what techniqwue do you guys use?
leaving a blank or the eliminating choices and then guess...</p>
<p>is Grammatix good only for CR?
What about other sections? Anybody tried M or W? Was it effective?
Because Barrons and Gruber's Math and Writing sections can take me wells into high 700s.</p>
<p>I wouldn't mind paying $50 only if Grammatix is also helpful for M and W, since it's much more condensed as compared to the thick prep-books.</p>
<p>grammatix is so overrated</p>
<p>Actually, compared to all the other garbage that has been shoved in front of me at least, passing off as critical reading help, grammatix is the best. No other company or prep guide can give you as much insight on the SAT or get you into ETSs mind as well as this one does.</p>
<p>Here's a challenge, name something better</p>
<p>sorry, nothing is better than Grammatix, especially in CR</p>
<p>The essay advice is awesome too. Not to mention how Mike is courteous. He doesn't say, "My way or the highway." He openly admits his way is one road up the mountain and there may be others. Thirdly, he offers one on one help and responds fairly quickly.</p>