<p>Hello I am a sophomore in high school and time is flying by and I am planning on taking the SAT in May of next year or March. I am wondering what are some good books for prepping each individual part of the SAT. Since winter, I have been studying critical reading as I took practice tests and improved from 400 to my best test of 600. I used Kaplan and currently studying with Barons. My goal is to roughly earn a 720-800 on the Critical reading section and for Vocab I have been using KAPLAN book I and II + Barons I have memorized about 300 vocab words. I plan on picking up the pace in the summer and a question I have is many people recommend the Direct Hits Vocab book I and II; anyone comment whether the direct hit books are good. For grammar, what is a good book to really focus on grammar, currently using Barons as well. My grammar and critical reading are my weakest points. My grammar portion I would say is about a 450 and I really want to improve it to a 700-750 by next year. My math and writing is exceptional but what are some good books for prepping for math. From taking PSATS and practice tests before I began studying I range at about a 1400-1500 and a sad 151 in October. Is 2200+ a goal I can achieve by May of next year?</p>
<p>Anything is possible. You’re going to have to grind things out, though. Good luck.</p>
<p>In my experience, highly motivated students who start off with a sophomore PSAT score in the 150-160 range usually top out in the 2000-2100 range…which is significant improvement in my book.</p>
<p>I’d recommend taking the SAT in the fall of your junior year. Don’t wait until May. You’ll be up to your eyeballs in AP tests by then.</p>
<p>You should also consider the opportunity cost of spending so much time on SAT test prep.</p>