<p>I wonder how much one should spend on improving all parts of their SAT score (CR,M,W)</p>
<p>(Technically) Free:
SAT QOTD by College Board
College Board Practice
(If you have Internet access) Tons of guides and advice on this forum
Advice from your Math and English Teacher</p>
<p><$100:
The SAT Blue Book, 2nd edition: ~$15
SAT Math-specialized workbook: ~$15
SAT CR-specialized workbook: ~$15
SAT Writing-specialized workbook: ~$15
SAT Vocabulary book: ~$20-30
Pencils, Paper, and a calculator: $10-20$</p>
<p>I don’t understand the question here…</p>
<p>But I’m going to take a shot at it in the dark and say that spend as much as YOU need. Get all the stuff YOU will need to get the score you want.</p>
<p>Haha, it’s just to discuss how much people paid for. I wasn’t necessarily asking a question, my apologies… :D</p>
<p>The SAT Blue Book, 2nd edition: ~$13
Princeton Review 11 practice tests 2011: ~$2
Cracking the SAT, Princeton Review : ~$11
Barron’s: ~$11
DH Volume 1 (didn’t waste money on second though. though direct hits is amazing, I didn’t feel like it was worth it to buy vocab books for 20+ dollars): ~$11
Pencils, Paper, and a calculator: 0 (I had the calculator since I was in 5th grade… pencils and paper I get for free because at the end of the school year, everyone at my school threw away their new and unused school utensils, and I obviously took the opportunity to scavenge for everything I could get. :3)</p>
<p>+3.99 shipping</p>
<p>Kaplan 12 SAT Practice Tests: Free, got a used from cousin and erased all of his work
Jan 2011 Q&A Service (sat practice test): Free, from cousin</p>
<p>3 PSATS (2010, 2011, 2011 practice): Free, decided to take the PSAT during 9th and 10th grade</p>
<p>CC’s links to additional SAT practice tests: Free
Regular Kaplan SAT book: Free (borrowed from library)
College Confidential: Free
Collegeboard SAT QOD: Free
Sparknotes and 5000 vocab words + other sources for vocab: Free (why I didn’t want to buy more DH-I’m kind of a cheapskate)
The Internet: Free… err… sort of. But not counting the cost of our plan since I don’t JUST use the internet to study for the SAT… o____O</p>
<p>This looks like overkill but it’s actually not lol. I study intermittently throughout the day, and sometimes I don’t even study at all. /lazybum
I’ve neglected studying vocab for the last week so … :D</p>
<p>I’ve been taking around 1-2 practice tests every week since June and I managed to bring my score up from an 1890 to a 2400 on the last practice tests and constant 2300+ before that (WITHOUT the essay of course lolol). I was scoring in the 1500s before that too.</p>
<p>$15 on the blue book</p>
<p>that’s all you need. if you go through the whole book, you should be good to go. you should at least be able to get a 2200+</p>
<p>I didn’t go through the whole book, but I didn’t get 2200+ haha. I did get 2000+ though :D</p>
<p>^That’s amazing! Also, congratulations on your score!</p>