<p>So I have a little over a month left until the SAT test on Oct. 4th.I have Princeton Review's, "Cracking the SAT-2009 Edition" and "11 Tests for the SAT and PSAT-2007 Edition" and also the Blue Book.So I have a total of 22 practice tests.I've been studying, but quite ineffective and not enough because I haven't seen improvement(I've actually regressed on one diagnostics test) from my PSAT scores a year ago but pretty much I haven't taken any timed full length practice tests.</p>
<p>To sum it up I pretty much need help in all 3 sections, CR being my strongest,and Math being my weakest.I want a SAT score of 2000+, I feel like if I'm really on top of my game I can get a at least 600 on both CR and Writing but my math is horrendous, it's always been in the 450-490 range. </p>
<p>Couple of questions:</p>
<p>1) I did memorize 250 SAT vocabulary words down cold, from PR. Is this enough if I'm aiming for a 720+ on the CR or do I need more?</p>
<p>2)How many full length timed practice tests a week?</p>
<p>3)How should I study on a daily basis?</p>
<p>4)Math advice?I get the easy questions right and sometimes the medium questions right but that's pretty much it.</p>
<p>5)Tips on Passage Based Reading?My problem is I can't focus in on the passage because of it's length and the monotony of the subject.</p>
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<li>No, read or memorize roots instead.</li>
<li>One is sufficient.</li>
<li>That certainly can't hurt.</li>
<li>Look at the explanations of the questions you missed. For math, you either need insight or know how the test makers think.</li>
<li>You could read it part by part, answering questions in between.</li>
<li>Writing is definitely the most teachable section. It's essentially memorizing grammar rules. Just do enough sections and sift through your mistakes until you know all the rules.</li>
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<p>Just go through the blue book and do as many sections as you can handle at a time. Maybe math one day, critical reading the next, and so on. And if you have any prep books, pick a time of the day to read an hour of any section you do not feel comfortable with.</p>
<p>Ok bro, ditch the PR completely.....and just get the blue book</p>
<p>Do the practice tests and I'm sure you'll be fine. I hate princeton review for the SAT 1 with a strong passion. Screw Joe Bloggs. I have to say I hate PR's strategy for ballparking and guessing.</p>
<p>Oh and math is the easiest to improve...just do practice question after practice question with the blue book for it. The SAT math is actually pretty basic and even though sometimes the problems may look difficult, there's always a simple solution...</p>
<p>Well I think you're in luck cuz imo math is the easiest to improve on (too bad for me I suck at the CR and trying my @$$ off to improve but my score barely budge)...like shiomi said get the BB for practice and GET GRUBERS for the math portion. I have grubers (never read the math portion though since I'm already pretty solid) and it has 100+ pages that deal with elementary-advance math concepts, it has EVERYTHING you need to know on the math portion. From what I've heard peoples' math scores went from 500s-700s using that book.</p>
<p>k sorry if i repeat some advice - for some reason i didn't feel like reading everyone else's reply at this time...i'll do that tomorrow xD</p>
<p>1) that depends on what kind of vocab words you memorized. If you memorized 250 basic words, then probably no. If you already use basic SAT vocab words daily and memorized an additional 250 words, then yes. BUT *** very important is that vocabulary does not guarantee a good score. Most questions, you can figure out a question with good logic. Of course, the most difficult questions require very good logic WITH difficult vocabulary. But for 720, it may be fine to rely on logic. Of course, this depends on your intuition with words. Does a word "sound" good or bad to you? Etc. Latin/Greek and reading good literature helps in this vein.</p>
<p>3) That really depends on your style. What I will say is that you should plan to study a little bit every day. Set aside the same hour or two every day to do something. Consistency is really important.</p>
<p>4) Depends on your situation. When you see the solution, do you understand them? Do you know the material and make silly mistakes or do you not know the material itself? If the former, then slow down, and read</p>
<p>5) Barron's 2400 suggests that you break it up into reasonable pieces. I can concentrate through the whole passage, so I found it distracting. But their method could work for you. Basically chunk the passage and only answer the questions from that section. Etc. Take a look at the book for detail.</p>
<p>6) Get a good grammar book and do a lot of practice questions. I used to get EVERY single one wrong. Now I don't get a single one wrong, and all I had have done so far is read a short, two page grammar review and do about 50+ practice questions. Definitely very easy to improve.</p>
<p>Why so much hate for PR?The books were bought for me,the practice tests can't be that bad,can they?</p>
<p>Also any tips on just building up stamina through a full length test?Or do I just have to get use to it by taking many full length, timed practice tests.I start of pretty good but I think sometimes the long CR passages drag on for me and I get weary of them and it effects my performance.Right now I still going section by section with breaks in between.</p>
<p>trust us... PR IS that bad. as for the stamina, just try to keep your concentration when you find yourself drifting off. you might want to try skimming on the CR and not actually reading the whole thing.</p>