is 10th grade to early to study?

<p>I am a sophomore and wondering if it is to early to start studying for the SAT's since I want to achieve a 2100plus. Will the Princeton Review 2007 edition work?</p>

<p>u serious? shoulda started prepping in 7th grade man.... slacker!</p>

<p>yeah, sophomore year is a good year to start prepping. i studied for the PSAT the summer after freshman year and until october in sophomore year, and then i didnt do anything the rest of the year until the summer after sophomore year, and then i studied about 3-5 hours a week during the summer.</p>

<p>not too early to start some studying, but don't start really serious prepping.</p>

<p>You guys all make me feel like ****.</p>

<p>If you like your PSAT scores, don't bother prepping till the summer. If you don't, go ahead and start studying.
Don't, however, bother taking the SAT until January of your junior year.</p>

<p>Just the existence of this question demonstrates that it's too early for you. Who cares what other people think. Go to a bookstore and flip through a prep book. Decide for yourself. Don't procrastinate on CC.</p>

<p>it's not too early</p>

<p>I took my 1st 'new' SAT I in sophomore year, (without really... any studying ._.) and it gave me a nice view of where I was @ the time and what I should try to improve (well, technically I did the PSAT first, then I took the SAT like a month later)</p>

<p>some people need to prep a lot, some don't - especially since your goal is a 2100+ not a 2300+, I don't think you need to pour on heavy-duty studying right now as a sophomore. You don't even really have to sit down for a full 3hours+ and take a full practice test.. just do one of the sections whenever you have spare half an hour (if you want to practice endurance (so that you don't get brain-dead when you reach the last section)) you can take 2 or 3 sections in a row.</p>

<p>I think serious studying right now won't help all that much because in sophomore year, most people haven't covered everything on the math portion and just haven't experienced a ton of reading comprehension passages like those presented in the SAT.</p>

<p>I study for the SATs a lot, but only because I didn't know about them in freshmen year (and I skipped sophomore, so I am a junior preparing) and I highly recommend that you begin studying now. Also the Princeton Review 2007 book is the one I use (along with the Collegeboard blue book) and I HIGHLY recommend it.</p>

<p>You don't have to prep that much.. finishing all the practice tests in one book should get you there (maybe work every weekend for a month or so..)</p>

<p>I recommend Kaplan.</p>

<p>i started 2 weeks before my sat and got a 2150 lol.</p>

<p>uchopeful91: I'm in the 10th grade too and I started prepping this year. Judging from your name, I guess you want to get into UC Berkely or UCLA... You're very similar to me :D I'm UCLA hopeful :) .... I also hope to score a 2100+ on the SATs</p>

<p>Just study your vocab; I'd do everything else in the summer.</p>

<p>I didn't do anything until the summer before, used Princeton Review, didn't do anything until a week before, and pulled off a 2360. (I think I have lucky stars).</p>

<p>i recommend 6 weeks which is what i ask of my tutees</p>

<p>lol/...... no
yew.h.fhjk</p>

<p>it is not too early, just make sure to save the best books (blue book, red book...etc) till your junior year so you won't run out of books.</p>

<p>Personally, I'd say it is too early. Have a life. Get good grades, develop passions for extracurriculars, relax a little in your last somewhat low-stress year of high school. Besides having more fun that way, you'll have a more interesting application and be a more interesting person, which will shine through on essays and in interviews. That may well do you more good than a slight SAT increase. It's just not worth giving up too much of your life for one test, which may not even end up affecting your future.</p>

<p>If you have extra time and the desire to help yourself out more directly on the SAT, try reading some complex and interesting books in your free time. You'll improve your reading comprehension, your vocab and your writing. You have the advantage of having enought time for this tactic to make a difference, unlike a late junior or senior.</p>

<p>The only kind of studying for the SAT that must be started extremely early if you want to do it is memorizing huge lists of vocab words. Yes, if you want to make sure you know every word that might come up on the SAT you need to start early, but that's certainly not necessary to get a 2100, especially if you're planning to take the test more than once in case you get very unlucky on vocab selection on one test.</p>

<p>This is just my opinion. Plenty of people do start studying sophomore year and do fine. I think that since you obviously are willing to work hard on this, you could wait at least until the summer (personally, I'd wait until next january, but most wouldn't agree with waiting quite that long).</p>