<p>My son is going to be taking the PSAT this year as a practice test. Another parent mentioned to me the other day that it, too, is new like the new SAT. How has the test changed and what do you all suggest as study materials? Thanks!</p>
<p>PSAT princeton review 2005 is a good book</p>
<p>i'm using Kaplan 2006... Kaplan '05 was supposedly the best</p>
<p>Use 10 Real SATs minus the analogies in verbal and comparison in math.
And the above suggestions.</p>
<p>When it comes time for the "real" PSAT (junior year), use one or two practice tests from the Official SAT Study Guide.</p>
<p>Check my August 2004 Review</p>
<p>"I started with the juggernaut: Princeton Review. In the past, I have liked their SAT books sufficiently to recommend buying them. I do, however, recommend to buy as many books as you can afford, check them out, and use the strategies that works for your individual situation. </p>
<p>Having read the 2005 version for the PSAT/NMSQT, my verdict is that the acronym should stand for Never Mind the Sub-par Quality of our Textbook! Seeing such books being published helps me understand why so many students do NOT do well on the PSAT. In many circles, the PSAT is viewed solely as a test run for the SAT, schools do not encourage the students to prepare for it -unless the student tries to score the the NM level. In a typical scenario, the vast majority of juniors will take the test after GLANCING at the flyers distributed at school. A great number of students will also face a parental gift: a book like the PR in question that was picked up at the local bookstore by the concerned parents. After all, doesn't the cover spell out "EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR THE NEW PSAT"? "</p>
<p>Xiggi,
I've reviewed your posts on prepping for the SAT and wondered if that's what you recommend for the PSAT also? How is the 'new' PSAT different from the "new" SAT? He has plenty of prep time (starting a year early) and has seen the benefit of a high score (sis got a full ride based on her score), so is willing to really do some serious review.</p>
<p>The "New" PSAT will only have 5 sections compared to the New SAT's 10; however, it will only be shorter by an hour or so. The New PSAT won't have a essay section and, like always, probably wont have the same level difficulty problems as the SAT.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>In terms of preparing for the PSAT, I would recommend follow the same course as preparing for the SAT. Use real tests from College Board and go through them in the ways described in detail in the "Xiggi Method" thread. You might also want to see if your school has a stockpile of old PSAT tests, but since your son is (presumably) a sophomore and only taking the test as a practice run, I would save some of these practice materials for when he is prepping for the PSAT and SAT his junior year</p>
<p>So the test in PR PSAT aren't even representative of the real ones..I also have a 2003 SAT Book by SPARKNOTES..the vocab list they give is alot better than PR..but besides the analogies is the book helpful for studying for PSAT?</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions.</p>