<p>I am a sophomore that's starting to get paranoid about studying for the SATs this summer. In terms of books from the knowledge I have gained through going through CC, I will be buying/trying to find (for sure):</p>
<p>Collegeboard's Blue Book
Rocketreview Revolution
PR's 11 tests
Barron's 2400
Direct Hits/Barron's Hot Words</p>
<p>Along with these books, do I need to buy Princeton's Cracking the SAT and Barron's regular SAT book/section specific workbooks as basic books to start, or will I be good enough with these 4 above? I've heard Kaplan is terrible when it comes to SATs and I personally prefer Barron's and PR. Which book is better for vocab, DR or Hot Words?</p>
<p>My PSAT score this year was a 188 (80M, 55W, 53CR). I just need to improve passage based reading and essay writing in order to do really well because I now have learned all of the grammar rules and vocab. My goal is to get 2300+ and hopefully get in ED to Stanford or EA to Harvard.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your recommendations.</p>
<p>Also, has anyone ever heard of the book Increase your Score in 3 minutes a Day: SAT Essay?</p>
<p>the Collegeboard book is pretty good considering they make up the test…i suggest getting a specific book for teh CR secetion because that is what you want to focus on</p>
<p>what would you suggest then for a CR specific book, the Barron’s CR workbook?</p>
<p>bump… anyone else have recommendations???</p>
<p>For CR, I would find a technique that works for you. Personally, I like looking at the answers first and marking the parts of the passage that it refers to and then while reading, answer the questions while going through the passage that can be answered without reading the whole passage and then afterwards answering the questions that are about the passage as a whole.</p>
<p>Also, THE ANSWERS ARE IN THE TEXT! So many times people make mistakes because they use their own judgments/feelings instead of just following what the passage says.</p>
<p>I don’t think you need to buy more than the Blue Book and Direct Hits. Go through the Blue Book and then do the practice tests and look over each question you missed and see why you missed it. Read the Direct Hits book a little bit each day and get to know all of the words in that book. </p>
<p>Seeing as you don’t need help in math, I would not even waste my time reading that section in the blue book and I would think about just skipping those in the practice tests and just focusing on CR/W. </p>
<p>For Writing, just keep taking those practice tests and get used to the questions they ask. Read Silverturtle’s guide on here and for the essay, I would consider following this- <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html?highlight=12+essay+10+days[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html?highlight=12+essay+10+days</a> except that you don’t need that many examples (5-6 with some creativity should suffice).</p>