<p>Are the Barron’s SAT I prep book practice test harder than the real thing? I personally believe that they are, but was wondering if anyone else felt the same. </p>
<p>I’m starting to feel like a broken record, but . . . don’t use any practice tests that were not written by the college board. The Barron’s tests are not a good use of your time when you have the option to use real CB tests.</p>
<p>Well, I just finished the Barron’s practice test and got a 650 CR, 630 M, and 700 W. Definitely seems harder than the actual thing.</p>
<p>Also, I know that this has been asked before, but are there any links that you could give me to actual past SATs? I would greatly appreciate it!</p>
<p>Never mind, I found three new ones on some site. They are much easier than the Barron’s. Only missed one math on the last section. </p>
<p>Thanks for your responses. I heard a lot from this site that huge word lists like Barron’s 3500 are a bad choice for improving vocabulary, but I think that is said for American or other English speaking nations. What about international students whose paper based TOEFL level is about 500? Is it a nice plan to use those word lists for such people?</p>
<p>^^No. Its much more efficient to learn vocab while doing practice tests (i.e. looking up and learning all words you do not know). The best word lists come from old tests, so this method allows a student to learn vocab and gain experience with the test at the same time.</p>
<p>^^Thanks. However, I think it would be better to tackle official practice tests only after a really good preparation. That means, I will not touch these tests until I am well prepared for them. If so, is it fine to use Barron’s practice tests for vocab improvement during that preparation? Are the words from Barron’s tests similar to those from CollegeBoard’s ones? </p>
<p>Guys.Which book do you prefer for developing CR skills?and what was the average score development?
Please reply</p>
<p>Hey guys. So I need help in math and writing for the SATs. In math, I understand how to do all the basic concepts and equations and stuff, but I just have trouble applying it to the actual SAT math questions. And writing I get confused with detecting some grammar stuff. Any good books you guys can recommend? I already have blue book and Kaplan book. Thanks. </p>
<p>The Barron’s math problems sometimes illustrate concepts better than real problems. Also, yes they are harder than the real test.</p>
<p>I don’t agree with only using real problems. It depends. For students with high scores, materials with harder problems are probably better.</p>
<p>There are other books full of just really hard problems if you want that.</p>
<p>Bottom Line:-
Best books for sat prep are:-
1-The Official SAT Study Guide. (This book has practice test exactly simulate the actual SAT test)
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<p>2-Barron’s SAT, 26th Edition (This book is harder in study and may over-prepare you).
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<p>The best tip to get higher score in the SAT test is by doing a lot of practice tests.</p>
<p>Hello Everyone. I’d like to know what could be the best vocabulary source for an international student whose English is weak but not poor. Many people claim that huge word lists like Barron’s are waste of time, but is that said only for English-speaking nations? Should international students with weak English also avoid using those lists?</p>
<p>Does it matter which year/edition you buy of the Gruber’s Complete SAT Guide?</p>
<p>It doesn’t change much (if at all) from year to year</p>
<p>I have read on this board that the College Board Bluebook is the way to go but don’t necessarily use their solutions as a means of learning the way to go about solving the problems. If that is the case, do folks recommend getting another book for the solutions and if so, which one? Thanks</p>
<p>How come Xiggi says Dr. Chung’s book is crap but everyone else says it’s great?</p>
<p>I need an SAT book mainly for critical reading and writing. I just completely struggle on both, on vocab, sentence completion, passage analysis. I got around a 600 on both. Any suggestions? I do not necessarily need one book that covers everything. I just want one (or a couple of) book(s) that can help me on critical reading and writing.</p>
<p>redeng2614, It is easy to improve your reading and writing skills, you need to read newspapers like New York Times, read newspapers articles from New York Times, memorize the words of Direct Hits (improve your vocab), and take notes while reading passages (write main ideas only). For the writing, you need to prepare using the SAT prep books like the Official SAT Study Guide.
The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd edition by The College Board
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<p>Direct Hits Core Vocabulary of the SAT 5th ed.
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<p>would you guys recommend PWN or Dr. Stevens for math? I’m too afraid of getting Chung and Grubers because there is so much debate about the books. PWN and Dr. Stevens are pretty pricey, so I need to make the right choice! Please do reply as I need to buy the books ASAP</p>
<p>Dr. Steve gives excellent advice on this site, but I’ve never seen his books. The PWN the SAT math guide is excellent too. I don’t think you can go wrong with either choice. You might want to check out the PWN website first to see what you think.</p>