<p>Is the Princeton Review composed of real SAT tests or are they just practice tests created by the Princeton Review?</p>
<p>If they are created by the Princeton Review, how well do they compare to real SAT tests?</p>
<p>I'm thinking about buying it, but I don't want to be practicing with easy tests.</p>
<p>Theyre not real, and ive heard that they're actually harder than the real thing</p>
<p>All right. Thank you. Harder is better, to some extent. Better than easier at least.</p>
<p>"Theyre not real, and ive heard that they're actually harder than the real thing"</p>
<p>This is true. On the Math sections of the practice tests, I would usually score around 660 or 670. On the real thing, I got a 710.</p>
<p>it is not representative of the real test either</p>
<p>well its good its harder so its easier when u take it on test day</p>
<p>ha..no it's a private company. not real tests. I think their math can be harder and english is slightly easier.</p>
<p>I'd debate that -- scored 800s on all the PR math tests, but had 770 on the real thing. (Admittedly, the curve was Of Suck, but still.)</p>
<p>The English sections generally are easier, although PR (I've found) can be a bit vague in the CR questions.</p>
<p>from my experience, the math section on the princeton review practice tests is harder than the real thing, but the writing/critical reading is easier than the real SAT</p>
<p>So basically, from all the previous posts in this thread:</p>
<p>Math = harder than the real SAT
CR = easier than the real SAT</p>
<p>So what book has CR questions that are harder than the real SAT?</p>
<p>mcgrawhill's reading and math are much harder than those of real sat.
and grammar and math study guides or strategies are very good.</p>
<p>I guess Barron's will serve for both CR and Math in terms of questions being harder. I've heard a lot about Grammatix out here in CC, haven't tried it yet, but think it can be a great deal too.</p>
<p>i took a pr course in the fall and imo, their tests were the most similar ones to the real thing...</p>
<p>i actually think that the Barron's CR questions are a load of b.s., they just don't "feel" like real SAT questions..</p>
<p>The old "10 Real SATs" has good CR practice passages. They can be bought used starting at approximately 25 cents (white book) and $2.50 (red book) plus shipping on used books on Amazon. Can't use them for scoring because they have analogies in the CR sections. But, lots of reading passage practice -- written by the real test writers.</p>
<p>Are there any sites that sell good downloadable sat practice tests?</p>
<p>I think people here on CC posted some, if you search around for them</p>
<p>spiffystars--although i advice many the same thing u just said, I myself find it pretty disturbing to search for something, since most of the times I forget what I was searching for when I start reading some other interesting post! :) However when it's simply NECESSITY, I rely on browsing a bit (but till now hardly I faced situations like that)</p>