<p>I've been lurking/signed in on this thread for a couple of weeks trying to absorb tips, and look at any shorcuts, if given. Now, what I'm sur[rised to see is:
Everyon kknows that the questions in the Blue Book are simular to the ones in the actual test, but are they the same? Not virturally the sam, but actually the samme thing. Say you take every goddamn test n the book, so that person ponders: how else can he/she use this book? So what I'm asking you is, if the book actually is the same thing as the SAT, why can't instead of using the book as a 'skill-level assigner' and use it as a actual guide to the SAT buy looking at all the probllems,, looking at the solutions, and study them? (since if you know them all, you won't be surprised one bit come test time) Just thought I throw this one in the discussion pool...</p>
<p>I'm not sure what your question is. The Blue Book is just a compilation of previous SATs for people to use for practice.</p>
<p>OP... I don't understand your question either , mainly because it's riddled with spelling errors.... is English your first language?
Anyway, the test changes every year...the blue book apparently holds past SAT questions and answers; but there's no guarantee that any of those questions would pop up on your test. THe complilation (in the blue book) is of many years past , as are repeated questions on the test....but they wouldn't literally give you last year's test(, nor would you most likely be able to memorize all questions and answers in that book to a "t" and be able remember their answers too. There are too many variables that would make it almost impossible for you to literally have studied ALL the questions and know ALL the answers.)</p>
<p>They look more like typos than spelling errors.</p>
<p>.....but chances are out of 8 practice tests AT LEAST half of the questions on the actual SAT you've probably done in the past. In these forums, they (you guys) advise nnew test takers to use the Blue Book for tests and tests only, but what about AFTER the practice test you've taken. Why not take the questions you've got wrong, look them over, annd study them? This way, when it comes up on the SAT, you will know how to slove/appproacch it.
You guys NEVER EVER menntion anything about say 'evalluating your resullts' or 'look over what you did wrong, and try to solve the problem'. Just take the tests to see where you're up to, and how ou did from where you started to where you are now, annd not much inbetween.</p>
<p>lol! It's this damn Mac keyboard. The kkeys are so slippery and so thin that it's almost imposible to not make mistakes. It looks nice, though I'lll give it that, and it is alot faster to type on, even if makes whatever you write riddled with typs</p>
<p>not the answers, but solutions.. Many problems basically stay the same, minus the nnumbers given.</p>
<p>after reading your question several times, mozillamister, i believe what you're saying is </p>
<p>that if the blue book is what people say it is then why not memorize the whole thing and enter the test with that knowlege?
right!?</p>
<p>well, i guess that that would work for math, if you memorized the TACTICS and not the actual questions.
The CR is too unpredicatable so that wouldn't work.</p>
<p>The only section that that would work in would be the writing, grammar is grammar: they can't change anything about it.</p>
<p>hope this helps.</p>
<p>...but why is it never recommennded by anyone? I diddn't say "If this question annswer is 88, then evvery other problem WILL be 88 as welll. If you did that, then you'd get a 200 in Math. Basic principles. It''lll never chaannge.. Math on it's own right neveer chaanges. The variables mmay, but the problem itself won''t.
The samme way 3-1 is diffrent from 2-1. It's still using the samme problemm, but the variables are diffrent.</p>
<p>Ok..so the problems in math do not necessarily change, but instead take similar forms. What exactly are you trying to say? Do you mean that just memorizing the strategies is enough to get a perfect score in math?</p>
<p>memorize strategies and make sure to do alot of practice questions in order to make sure you know how to implement them</p>
<p>memorizing isn't enough, of course.</p>
<p>I think what mozilla is saying is that there are only so many types of math questions asked on the SAT, there are only so many vocab words tested, and there are only so many gramatical skills tested. Therefore you should be able to memorize basically all the types of problems there are if you get enough real tests to study from.</p>
<p>Well..That may be true..however the problem is whether the real SAT test will mirror those in the book. That is what I am truly worried about.</p>
<p>if the same people made both tests then they will morror those in the book.</p>
<p>The test makers are only human, they can't make up a completely unfamiliar question overnight. trust the bluebook.</p>
<p>The only problem is I don't use the bluebook.</p>
<p>Well, not an exact definiton of what I said big<em>al</em>40...
Memorize CONCEPTS, not the question. (i.e: what they say=what they want you to do) Say you have a Easy problem all te way in the front of the book. Now, in another test, you see a very simular question asking you pretty much the same problem, oonlly with a twist. Now, a Hard problem wouldn't have an easy solution, so there HAS to be a twist. (This refers mostlly to word problems) The idea iss to catch that twist BEFORE you go ahead and sign your death warent by putting the 'answer' on the answer booklet. By analyzing that Hard question, you can identify those same type of problems that you will get on the SAT.
To almost aanyone who has studied the SAT for more than a minute, the Math by thhemmselves is easy. It's the wording of the questions,, or howa geommetric equation, or a graph that makes you stumble. That is what I'm trying to get to\ here.
I didn't mean memmorise as in saaying the question 500x over, I mean mmemorize the priciples of the question. (or just looking at it 500x. BIG diffrence from memorizing or repeating)</p>
<p>hmmm...
okay. there is no harm in doing those tests, they are extra practice. and practice makes perfect, right?</p>
<p>but in the end you will have to use the bluebook; it;s the best thing there is. or do the online Qs on the CB.</p>
<p>Okay, even simpler: You don't have the time to analyze a question on a test by reading it 1000x, or contemplating what they mean for even more than 2 minutes.</p>
<p>ok, so? thats common knowledge.</p>
<p>So, how about 'Meemorizing' (if you want to call it that) the ways in how they trick you into thinking of something else? Okay, here's what I mean:
Order Of Operatons of Studing Blue Book:
1. Take 1 Test
2. Look and see what you did wrong
3. Dedicate some time to analyze what you did wrong (AKA: memorizing)
4. Try to understand what you did wrong, and correct your mistake</p>
<p>Now, when you guys tell others on the forum what to do with the Blue Book, alll you telll them is 'Practice Tests', NOT 2, 3, or 4.</p>
<p>So, say those word problems I was mentionning before? If you got a question wrong and it's anywhere above the first 9 questions, why don't you attack the question, with knowing the answer and see what you can find? Once you know the problem, why not 'memorize' the reason why you were tricked as well? Shouldn't this help you with Word problems o any other problems that cause you troble? If so, how come NO ONE recommends it or even mentions it?
Food for thought...</p>