<p>There's sparknotes, Barron's(the 350 high frequency ones, NOT the 3500 list), and now I've come to like RocketReview. It's getting hard, but I'm trying to memorize these major words by testday. I'll try my best to finish RocketReview, and then move onto Barron's high frequency, and check out Sparknotes however much I can. What did you guys do for vocab?</p>
<p>I'm working on memorizing the entire 3500 word list by next year (sophomore now). I hope my huge headstart will get it all in.</p>
<p>Not much...I just read a lot (novels, news articles, other random articles I stumble across online) and looked up any words I didn't understand (I usually just use scraps of paper as bookmarks, so if I'm reading a book, I'll jot the word down on the paper and look it up later). I don't have the motivation to sit down and memorize lists of words :P</p>
<p>I memorized my own list of about 500 words from a variety sources (including Barron's, PR, and novels I was reading at the time) by reviewing it for a little while everyday. Your need to memorize words depends on how well-read you are. In my opinion, doing things like creating mnemonic devices and drawing pictures for hundreds of words is probably a waste of time - you are better off just learning by rote memorization. Also, attempting to memorize anything over 1,000 words in preparation for the test is largely excessive. Beyond that point, the marginal benefit of memorizing additional words decreases sharply. I got an 800.</p>
<p>Well, I can't really answer the question "how much vocab did I look at," but if you could be so kind as to change the preterit tense to the present progressive, I would be glad to answer.</p>
<p>I've memorized, thus far, around. . . . I want to say 300, words. The vast majority of my words are from official questions, practice tests, psat's, etc. I do the collegeboard QOD, and I've gotten about 50ish words from that so far. I've also taken some words from Barron's 2400 (the practice questions, little 10 word lists, etc.) and the one PR test that I took. </p>
<p>In regards to that spectrum that alpha tacitly (look, an SAT word! lmao) mentioned, I would be toward the "not well read" side. It's imperative that I, and even those who are well read, read extensively in preparation for the test. However, since my ability to memorize vocab far exceeds my current achievement in reading, I will continue this method of mine. If you've taken a practice test, go through and see how many words you don't know. I personally don't take words from the passages themselves, but I do take them from the questions about the passages. Iin the BB test I took, there were 24 words that I didn't know (ooo, let's compete with Godfather! Quick! Count up the words you didn't know in BB test #1, divide it by 2, and then post that he missed 3 times the words you did!). If you only find 6 or 7, then memorizing a big list of words is a bit excessive. </p>
<p>Btw, if you're interested in my list, pm me.</p>
<p>I memorized Gruber's 3400 word list and it has really helped...although I must say that while it gives you an advantage of having a wide spectrum of words, nobody can really maintain a 100% accuracy rate with so much at once and may be beneficial to focus on less but more prevalent words.</p>