<p>What is the best prep for the writing section of the SAT? What book is the best.. I heard barron is good but I want to hear what you guys think is the best...</p>
<p>btw, my writing score was a 540 first time i took it and 510 second time I took it. These scores reflected are from no prep at all.</p>
<p>Please give me suggestions.</p>
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<p>I would also like to know this...</p>
<p>Umm...well, I study from Princeton Review for the SAT, but their writing section 5UC|<5 . </p>
<p>Maybe you can check out sparknotes...I read what they had, and it sounded alright to me..</p>
<p>Kaplan Kaplan Kaplan, it got me an 800. But I must say, improving writing isnt as easy as it is deemed to be. Many questions on the real test involve uncommon grammar structures and word choice errors that books don't cover.</p>
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<p>hmmm I bought the kaplan cd and it barely helped because it was so too short.</p>
<p>At my school, we barely go over grammar. That being said, what would be a good prep book that goes over basic grammar covered in the SAT and also complement them with good questions.</p>
<p>I read through the collegeboard book on writing, all it says is "be sure to look for parallelism, modifier placement and some other stuff". Problem is... I don't know exactly what to look for because they assume that students should know this stuff already. Which book might help me clarify the contents on the writing part of the SAT.</p>
<p>I have the Barron's. I will study from it hopefully it will raise my score into the 700+ plus range (got a 610 in june :()</p>
<p>virtuso: how do you like it? does it go over all the basic grammar concept? I got a 510-540 and that's much worst.</p>
<p>I haven't really looked at it yet but there's a long section on essay and a long section on the mc. I don't need the essay part. The mc part does seem to go over common errors.</p>
<p>What are you supposed to do for the essay? I winged the essay thinking that I would do fine and I got an 8...</p>
<p>i got a 9 on the essay but i completely failed the MC. around 60% correct.</p>
<p>anybody have recommendations?</p>
<p>i've done the kaplan and the barrons and the princeton review.. i think you should do the barrons b/c it does go over the basic grammar stuff and it's neatly organised--it goes over each problem type, giving you examples and etc. check it out =) (btw i started out 520 and now i'm up to 760)</p>
<p>holy crud, life... did barron help you the most?</p>
<p>and, how much time did you invest on the barrons book compared to the other ones(princeton and kaplan).</p>
<p>I'm thinking of this as a summer thing. maybe i could have results like you have had.</p>
<p>I think I made a lot of careless mistakes on the writing because I usually do well on the practice tests. I'm thinking about getting a Kaplan. Does anyone own the Kaplan?</p>
<p>i think i'm gonna get the barron book. does anybody know if the CR barron book help?</p>
<p>well i think like actually getting to know the problem types was the reason my score boosted ca. 200 points.. (when i first got the 540 or whatever it was, i had no clue what i was doing) i first did kaplan and princeton together (freshman year summer) and i saw the big jump (to like 710ish). but the barron one was the most comprehensive and helpful (more in-depth and had more explanations on basic grammar stuff that one is prone to forget)--it had all the information kaplan and PR had in their books. i really wish i just started with the barrons freshman year. and btw like the other standardized test books, barrons is way harder than kaplan and PR. good luck.</p>
<p>I liked Kaplan
Grubers has good grammar stuff, some are obscure rules that none of the books cover and one got tested on sat!! :D</p>
<p>those 2 books along with princeton review got me grammar 77 subscore (except I got 8 on the stupid essay)=740</p>
<p>hmmm..... i went and ordered the barron writing and barron CR. I hope CR helps, but i'm not sure. does anybody know if the CR book helps.</p>