<p>Barrons is the most beneficial of all</p>
<p>Good one, Lovetheself.</p>
<p>You could read:
Anna Karenina
The Kite Runner
1984
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Brave New World
The Scarlet Letter</p>
<p>and you can find other books on [The</a> College Board?s SAT recommended reading list](<a href=“http://missyween.com/?page_id=13]The”>http://missyween.com/?page_id=13) .</p>
<p>help please bump</p>
<p>@ BayarM : I think it is almost impossible to improve from 1400 to 2100 by October studying by yourself. You should try to find a tutor or get some help from SAT prep .</p>
<p>Barrons is good for vocab words. But the questions are way more difficult than the real SAT. Definitely I don’t recommend Barrons.</p>
<p>How’s Barron’s writing workbook? I heard it’s good. How does it help you?</p>
<p>I’ve recently bought Maximum SAT 2nd edition by Pete Edwards. However, apparently the book was written in 2006. Is it still any good?</p>
<p>I am preparing for the October 2013 SAT, and I really need to ensure an 800 on Math (last March I received a 760 on Math due to a terrible curve). In practice tests, I usually score around 760 (on really bad days, 740 or even 720 
). I don’t know why, but for some reason there always seem to be one or two questions that trip me up on the SAT Math section. I don’t think I can chalk it all up to silly mistakes.</p>
<p>So, my question is, what are some good resources for someone who is specifically aiming for an 800 on Math? I have heard good things about Gruber’s and Dr. Chung’s, but are they really useful? Also, would Math workbooks from Barron’s, Princeton Review, and Kaplan be any good, and is Barron’s SAT 2400 good for SAT Math?</p>
<p>If you are getting 760, you clearly know the material. Perhaps go back and circle every question you have got wrong and figure out what is tripping you up.</p>
<p>Is it a certain subject? Is it silly mistakes?</p>
<p>In any case, when I studied for the SAT I used many different resources and in my mind none really stuck out. Rather, I found I really started improving when I targeted my practice in the right way.</p>
<p>To get to 800 you need to get really anal about mistakes and timing.</p>
<p>I didn’t quite hit 800 (ended up with 1 mistake - 790). </p>
<p>To get to the 800 bracket from low 700s, the thing that helped me most was timing each question, and identifying my weak/slow points.</p>
<p>90% of questions you should time yourself at <0:30. 10% of tougher questions should take up to 1:00. Anything that takes more than 1:00, analyse your approach and learn a new trick.</p>
<p>By timing every question, you’ll be able to really get a detailed outlook on your strengths and weaknesses.</p>
<p>I found a few hours of private tutoring really helped me as well. I hired a tutor with the focus of learning tricks and shortcuts to improve my speed. I would bring in a list of questions that I felt were taking too much time and he would give me alternate, faster approaches which I could then apply to many questions.</p>
<p>If you can give yourself a large time margin, you’ll be able to spend time on the question that stumps you. Shave 5 minutes off the time it takes you to write a math section, and that’s 5 minutes spent on that one tricky question that is bound to come up.</p>
<p>Also, really learn your calculator. Almost every question can be done by a good calculator with computer algebra system in a single step, reducing the chance of error. This also frees you up to think about the approach, rather than the calculation. Once your good with your calculator, you should be able to use it to do trivial calculations at the same speed as you can think it in your head, and you should be able to use advanced features in several seconds.</p>
<p>One good technique for when you don’t know how to solve a problem the “correct way” is to plug in random numbers that satisfy the conditions of the problem and then check which answer choices correspond with your random numbers. For this technique, however, don’t use 1 of 0 as your random numbers as they can lead to erroneous expressions that will allow more than one answer choice to be correct. I also have a superstition that 2 is bad, but you may choose to use it if you wish. Unfortunately, I don’t know any good products that will help you learn the material, but perhaps try Gruber’s or Dr. Chung’s, for I have heard many recommendations for those.</p>
<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I think it’s best that you prepare for the SAT with official practice test problems whenever possible. Here’s the SAT resources I’d recommend; many of them are free and available online.</p>
<p>1) The College Board Official SAT Study Guide with 10 official practice tests</p>
<p>2) Another free online official SAT practice test: </p>
<p>[Free</a> SAT Practice Test - Prepare for the SAT](<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>Downloadable Full-Length SAT Practice Tests – SAT Suite)</p>
<p>3) More free online official SAT practice test problems: </p>
<p>[Free</a> SAT Practice Questions](<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>SAT Practice and Preparation – SAT Suite | College Board)</p>
<p>4) Register for the free SAT Question of the Day:</p>
<p>[The</a> Official SAT Question of the Day](<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>SAT Practice and Preparation – SAT Suite | College Board)</p>
<p>Happy studying!
Glen</p>
<p>thank you that looks very good</p>
<p>xiggi once recommended the use of the old Red Book, 10 Real SATs. From what I’ve heard, however, the Reading and Math in that book are at a much lower difficulty level and poor practices for the actual SAT. Xiggi what do you think about that?</p>
<p>Also how do you guys like Maximum SAT by Peter Edwards? It’s old but is it still good?</p>
<p>I have the BB and it’s very helpful for tests…anyone know how princeton is? are their tests accurate?</p>
<p>I use the sources that thinkbigsat listed. Very helpful in preparing for the SAT.</p>
<p>What I found most helpful for any section was a private tutor. The one I hired went through several books just picking out the better passages and questions. That can really help and save time.</p>
<p>@marshtmelt what kind of tutor did you hire? did you hire one from one of those large companies or did you find yours on your own? How did you find him/her? I feel like analyzing the better questions is a good approach. What do you CCers feel about summer SAT camps? Are those necessary?</p>
<p>I didnt go to one of those sat boot camps run by big companies nor did I find an independant tutor. I asked my guidance counselor what my best option would be that was financially reasonable. She directed me to a small local sat group of tutors that were also teachers in the area. They were great and helped me go from a 1500 to a 2100</p>
<p>I know that the Blue Book is the best for practice tests, but which book is best purely for review and studying (regardless of how good the tests are)?</p>