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<p>So I’m not looking for a book on the concepts of the SAT. I am wondering what practice test books are worth getting i.e. Princeton Review, Kaplan, Barron’s, etc. (I have already done all of the practice tests in the College Board produced books, like the BB and one of the 10 Real SATs series books.) Basically, I’ve run out of CB practice tests. So, besides CB, which are the best books for practice tests? </p>

<pre><code> Also, with these books, what are the best and worst types of sections in each (excluding CB books of course)? Like is PR good in math but bad in CR or is Kaplan good in writing but bad in math. Stuff like that.
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<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I can’t seem to find a clear consensus on which math work book is preferred. I’ve used PWN and it’s pretty good for increasing your math to around 650. The author, Mike, does a great job at explaining the different questions on the math section and provides a simple approach to solving them. I think his book helped me with medium questions mostly. I bought Dr. Chung and hopefully it will help me raise that 650 to the 700s (since I’m only getting the hard questions wrong).</p>

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<p>I would stay away from the unofficial SAT tests in the test prep books. Only practice with Official SAT tests. You can definitely use the books to learn the concepts and strategies, but that is about it. </p>

<p>Use the following:
Official SAT Course: [The</a> Official SAT Online Course: The College Board: 9781457300011: Amazon.com: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/145730001X/st06202-20]The”>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/145730001X/st06202-20)</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1277787-links-additional-official-sat-practice-tests-collegeboard.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1277787-links-additional-official-sat-practice-tests-collegeboard.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>McGraw-Hill is pretty good for Reading (but many passages are very long). They’re all pretty bad for W, but Princeton Review and McGraw-Hill are at least not totally pernicious. I don’t know about Math.</p>

<p>Real GREs are great for Reading. Great.</p>

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<p>Where can i find GRE practice passages??</p>

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<p>^Yes.</p>

<p>BTW the 3rd edition of the Blue Book has been put on hold (not clear yet whether it will be published or not), so the 2nd edition is the best resource for now besides official practice tests and the online course.</p>

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<p>I’d buy an SAT solution manual such as </p>

<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Complete Solutions to the College Board’s Official SAT Study Guide: For the New SAT (Test Masters Books) (9780976744801): Test Masters Staff: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Solutions-College-Boards-Official/dp/0976744805/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373086321&sr=8-1&keywords=testmaster+complete+solutions]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Solutions-College-Boards-Official/dp/0976744805/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373086321&sr=8-1&keywords=testmaster+complete+solutions)</p>

<p>OR</p>

<p>[Tutor</a> Ted’s SAT Solutions Manual: The Ideal Companion Volume to The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd Edition: Ted Dorsey: 9781450516501: Amazon.com: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Tutor-Teds-SAT-Solutions-Manual/dp/1450516505/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373086362&sr=1-1&keywords=ted+tutor]Tutor”>http://www.amazon.com/Tutor-Teds-SAT-Solutions-Manual/dp/1450516505/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373086362&sr=1-1&keywords=ted+tutor)</p>

<p>to get an explanation for each question. You can also find explanation on their website, but those testmakers won’t give you an easier approach to each question, I assume.</p>

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<p>How can I study sat math? I am getting around a 570 and I need a 700+. I have Grubers math workbook and Dr. Chung’s book. What can I do and how can I do this before the October SAT.
Please HELP!!! Thanks!</p>

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<p>The key is practice. Learn & review the topics covered in the books you listed along with those in the College Board’s Blue Book. After having finished those & the practices for writing & reading, move along to the tests in the College Board’s Blue Book. Remember that the required necessity to raise a score is practice; with enough practice, it should eventually happen.</p>

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<p>Thanks soooo much!!!Anymore advise out there!!!</p>

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<p>If you have problems with any specific SAT math questions, post them to this thread & I’ll try to solve & explain each.</p>

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<p>well from the title of this thread, it seems like you need more work on the writing section (SAT Math is not a verb!, haha)</p>

<p>But seriously, all you really need to do is practice. Go through a ton of practice tests, and after every single one, review (in depth) every question that you got wrong. You can find out the mistake you made, and hopefully you won’t get it wrong again.</p>

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<p>Put in about 3-4 hours in a day…so about 25-30 hours a week studying and practicing and practicing questions! I know it’s long, Boring, and not the most fun thing in the world BUT it’ll pay off with your good score in the end!</p>

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<p>Awesome, thanks for the suggestions everyone! :)</p>

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<p>Christian, What are these GRE’s and how do I find practice GRE’s?</p>

<p>Tommy, that site is great!</p>

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<p>Practice and understand which questions you’re getting wrong and why.
Practice really helps. I got a 200 point increase just by doing math problems over and over and getting used to them.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you, so should I use PWN for now then go to Chungs?</p>

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<p>Dr. Steve Warner’s 32 most effective math strategies is really helpful so far. I’m on the tenth chapter and my actual SAT math was 620. I scored 690-700 on my practice tests so far since I’ve started using his book. Also, PWN the SAT is equally as amazing.</p>

<p>Reading is the hardest section to get up, but I’d say use Direct Hits for vocab and rely on practice for getting your reading section up. </p>

<p>Writing is the easiest to get up. Just memorize the grammar rules for the SAT and learn how to recognize them. This post helped me a lot: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/747042-strangecamuss-sat-grammar-guide.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/747042-strangecamuss-sat-grammar-guide.html&lt;/a&gt; . In addition to this, use Sparknotes to memorize the major writing section rules.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1438553-cheerioswithmilks-guide-sat.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1438553-cheerioswithmilks-guide-sat.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If you go down far enough, you’ll find a list of books that I liked.</p>

<p>I really liked Barron’s writing workbook.</p>