<p>Let me start with introducing myself; I'm new to the cc forums. I have been sifting through various information throughout the site this past month and I found it VERY helpful. I thank all the contributors for their efforts. Correct me if I'm wrong but this is the biggest community for college admission and SAT preparation, right? </p>
<p>In any case, I am from Israel and I'm applying this upcoming year to competitive colleges as an international student. Unfortunately, English is not my first language and I decided quite late (last month) that I would apply to an american college. Thus, making me cramp all test preparations into 2-3 months, and trying to achieve the merely impossible in this time constraint - between 2100-2400 on the SAT. </p>
<p>I am optimistic, btw, because as of last month, this is the only thing I'm doing. I'm going to take the SAT on the NOV and DEC dates. I did two SAT II last week (BIO and MATH), and I'm going to take some more SAT II on JAN. As for the SAT-I, I still need to memorize about 1000 words, understand how to write an English essay and improve my critical reading skills. </p>
<p>Which leads me to my Question:</p>
<p>Can anyone recommend a decent book for me to read. Preferably one that has hard college words embedded into it, so I could - in-between reading C.R paragraphs and memorizing words - read an interesting book that would improve my vocab and reading speed. </p>
<p>And please, be creative. Imagine a person that needs to consume at least a tidbit of English literature, before his test, before his attendance to college.</p>
<p>Thank you,</p>
<p>Shiramy</p>
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