<p>Bleh, I've just gone over part of the math section review in the blue book. There are so many rules and stuff that I don't know, but they are very interesting and I have never encountered them before. Either that or I have forgotten it. =D I thought I was good at math too... now it is perfectly clear, I have a lot I need to learn. </p>
<p>I got a 160 on my psat which is equal to what 1600?? haha, that is a laughable score for an azn who gets straight A's in school. I omitted around 10 in both the reading/writing. I did so bad on the math too, but most were careless mistakes, same with writing. I think I could have gotten 180, but I took it too easy that day, thinking that I would get a 190 or higher. Plus, I didn't prepare at all. How do you think I will do on the next one with a half a year or prep? I can I make it to 200?? What if I study the whole summer break???</p>
<p>I'm pretty worried about the real thing, which is a little more than a year away. So, what do you think? Do you think it is possible for me to get higher than 2000 on the SAT? How much do you think I would need to study for that score? Overall, my reading and writing sucks. I scored 40ish on PSAT, but I omitted 10-15 answers each section. Guess what! All of the answers at the end that I had omitted were EASY quesitons!!!!! Arrgh.. I went back to the writing section on the website and I got like 70% of the wrong ones right. What's up with that??</p>
<p>I think I am getting off topic here, from the title at least. I like the general review that the Blue book gives. However, they don't give you a lot of practice. What books would you suggest for these individual subjects? For example, what book do you think would contain information like the exponential growth, Diophantine equation, modular arithmetic, stuff like: When you divide any postive integer by 3, the remainder must be less than or equal to 2. I want all of these concepts explain indepth, not just a general overview of them. I want to understand how it works, not just go around and remember tons of rules and theorems and such. Understanding will help me remember the rules better, similar to how I memorize formulas in Physics. I just don't know which books to buy, what material I should use!! Any help would be appreciated. </p>
<p>I have the Barron's algebra book, but I don't like it because it teaches you in a story-like manner and it is sooo annoying. It is competent for a middle schooler or some kid who likes to read, but I'm not really that type of person. I want to get straight to the facts and the insights. Please keep this in mind if you decided to recommend me some books/materials.</p>
<p>Last but not least, Thanks!!!!!! =]</p>