Is Kaplan SAT Critical Reading Workbook Good?

<p>anyone has any idea on that book?
or what CR workbooks do you guys think are good?</p>

<p>and about the Prin 11 real tests
are those tests really like the real tests made by the CB?
is that book useful?</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

<p>bump i want to know too</p>

<p>I don't know about that workbook in particular</p>

<p>but I did have a Kaplan book for everything and it had A LOT of answer errors in it, like the answer would <em>obviously</em> be 3, but they said the answer was 4 =&lt;/p>

<p>hmm i'll let you know when i get my scores on june 26, just pm me around the time so that i can let you know, ok?</p>

<p>thank you,guys!</p>

<p>I'm very curious to know how good the Kaplan book is... I bought it awhile ago and actually just finished it yesterday. On the first practice test, I got 730, but on the second one I got 770. Which is AMAZINGLY good for me...</p>

<p>thecomisar
so what did you get on previous tests before using that book?</p>

<p>are the tests in that book like too easy...?or just good?
are the tests exactly the same thing as the test made by CB?</p>

<p>It's way too easy.</p>

<p>I get 770s on CR when I got a 630 on my PSAT, and I'm hoping to even break 700 on this june one.</p>

<p>The vocab questions are overly simple, that's for sure.</p>

<p>DinaZhang: the only CR thing I'd ever done before those tests was the PSAT, on which I only got 68 CR. So I don't know if it's plausible or not to have improved 90 points...</p>

<p>coolsushicutter is right about the vocab, I think. I don't think I missed a single vocab question. It's not so much that the words are easier, as that just the structure is much easier to comprehend than CB questions.</p>

<p>Crap. I was so proud of myself for getting that 770... :(</p>

<p>I thought kaplan's questions were ridicuoulsly ambiguous for critical reading. I took a practice test and got a 590. In the blue book i consistenly scored in the mid 700's.</p>

<p>Hm... I wonder if that'll be true for me. I haven't started on the blue book much yet...</p>

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<p>i decided not to buy that book </p>

<p>so what about the Prin 11 real tests</p>

<p>No personal experience, but I've heard those are pretty good.</p>

<p>really confused </p>

<p>which book should I buy then</p>

<p>PR is good for writing and math, not reading.
If you're looking to get better at reading, I would suggest McGraw Hill.
They teach you how to answer the main idea questions to PERFECTION and give helpful hints and complete explanations to all questions</p>

<p>Do you have the illustrious Blue Book?</p>

<p>yes </p>

<p>i got the illustrious blue book already
and i have subscribed the CB on-line course</p>

<p>and i am considering buying the Prin 11 real tests
and the old SAT 10 real tests made by CB</p>

<p>are the old SAT 10 real tests( the red one made by CB) still useful now</p>

<p>The old ones have analogies on them, which are no longer used. And the math is a bit different. And of course, no writing section. But otherwise, they should give you great practice with stuff like the passage based reading, etc.</p>

<p>thank you so much for your help
thecomisar!</p>

<p>You're welcome :)</p>