<p>So I just finished a prep course and I plan on continuing my SAT Prep on my own. The prep course gave proctored exams but never went over the test. So I just went over them myself and tried to justify why my the other 4 choices were wrong and why only 1 of the choices were right. I already have the blue book and I have taken a couple of tests. Should I use the answer explanations online? Or should I review it myself and make sense of it on my own?</p>
<p>P.S. Should I use the old SAT practice tests (Like the 2002 ones) or are they very different? I was looking at one of them and some of the CR section vocab questions look kind of weird.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t use the super old tests (i.e. the ones with the analogies and without the writing section). Try to make sense of which answer is right, then read the collegeboard solutions online.</p>
<p>The online answers from the College Board are OK, but not great. They always provide the most formal solution, never the sneaky one. </p>
<p>If you like video solutions, try KhanAcademy. But my favorite method for getting solutions (which I teach all of my students, hoping they won’t need me anymore!) is really obvious: use the google.</p>
<p>Seriously, the questions in the blue book have all been discussed many, many times at this site and others. Google a key phrase from the question. If you have google set on autocomplete, it is comical how quickly google gets the question identified. Then check out the answers. You will find many threads from here at CC. Yahoo answers is also not as lame as you might expect. </p>
<p>To me, this is a much more efficient use of your study time than using the college board site. And as compared to Khanacademy, I find reading to be a faster way of getting new info. And also, with google you get multiple threads to look out so when there is more than one way to solve a question (as is usually the case), you get to see them all.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, I gave a video presentation about Math SAT prep without a tutor. Using google to help you analyze your wrong answers is a key part of the process. It seems that most students prefer TAKING practice tests to putting in the follow-up time. But it’s the follow-up that raises your score!</p>
<p>Yeah I really just need to review my CR and Writing, my math errors are almost always careless mistakes. But I will start using Google to find the answer explanations to critical reading questions and grammer questions on the MC in writing. Thanks for the advice you guys!!</p>