<p>I have both the blue book and barrons 2400 now. I don't know where to start. Should I start by taking a full length SAT test to see which areas I need improvement? Should I review before taking it? What if I have difficulties in math, what material should I study off of? What are the best materials for separate subjects in math, cr, and writing/grammar? Can anyone recommend a few to me? Thanks!</p>
<p>I don't know about barron's but usually the first one or two chapters of a prep book talks about the SAT and how it's set up. It might help to read that first before anything just to become familiar. I suggest you take one practice test under timed conditions to see your strengths and weaknesses.</p>
<p>Math: I think it's best to just keep practicing, memorize rules and tricks which are usually covered in most prep books. If prep books, specialized in this section or not, doesn't help too much because it's not detailed enough or something then it might help to keep an algebra 2 or 1 text book on the side for reference. </p>
<p>I hear Barron's materials for writing/grammar is good because it's harder than the actual. Princeton Review worked out pretty well for me in any section. I don't suggest Kaplan because, in my experience, it was alot easier than the actual test. I kind of went through my english class's grammar textbook for some more in depth explanations and practice.</p>
<p>Barron's is definitely a good book. I also used the Barron's 2400 to study, and I found it immensely helpful. My scores certainly improved because of it.</p>
<p>For the writing section, what I did was that I went out and bought some old SAT II Writing books. They got rid of the SAT II Writing after they changed the old SAT I, but it's essentially the same as the new writing section. I found that the Barron's SAT II Writing book was especially helpful and in-depth.</p>
<p>For CR and Math, the best ways to improve is just to practice. I recommend doing the real problems, straight from the Blue Book, since they're the most realistic.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks for your guy's advice.</p>