SAT for someone from Germany

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<p>Heya,</p>

<p>I will have to take the SAT and get a good score, therefore am practicing a lot.
I have read that one should focuse on understanding the questions rather than learning a lot of vocabulary, but as English is not my main language I am not quite sure on what to do.
As an example, understanding the sentence and knowing what kind of word has to be inserted in the critical reading section is easy for me, but when I see the answer choices for the harder questions, I realise that I havent ever even SEEN these words.
Should I rather learn vocabulary?
And will the Universities take into consideration that my language is not English when looking at my SAT scores?
According to the collegeboard website, a dictionary is not allowed, but someone told me that it is okay to use it if English isnt your main language. Do you guys have any details on this or was it just bs?</p>

<p>Thank you a lot, </p>

<p>Choenden</p>

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<p>I would definitely try to learn some more vocab...that would help a lot. I wouldn't try to do one of the massive vocab lists, because most of those words won't show up on the SAT. There is a book called Word Smart that has really good word lists plus tips for learning the words. I would highly recommend it.</p>

<p>And nope, you can't bring a dictionary in.</p>

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<p>Thanks for that reply :)
And do you guys know of any tutor sites or know of ways how to find a tutor in Hamburg (northern germany)?</p>

<p>Thanks =)</p>

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<p>I would just try googling it... SAT tutor Hamburg and see what comes up.</p>

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<p>I've already tried it :(
It usually resulsts into forums discussing satelites or sites which just list english teachers :-/</p>

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<p>I would by Word Within The Word. It's not SAT vocab specifically, but it teaches you the meaning of the roots of words. My school uses it and I've found it useful because you can break down a word you've never seen before into its parts and figure out the meaning.</p>

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<p>Thanks, I will order it once Ive finished with the PR vocab.
Do you have a recommendation how many words I should try to learn each day? Just a rough number to force myself to sit down and learn more =)
Keep in mind that my vocabulary is way above average in Germany, but guess I'm nothing compared to Americans :-/</p>

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<p>Aah, another question.
Ive just read that the ACT concentrates more on math and vocabulary isn't that important?
Which test do you suggest me to take if I am good in math?</p>

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<p>ACT is good if you have your concepts straight. No trickery or deep interpretation of questions. Give it a shot - you can send scores only if you want to anyway (it isn't like the SAT in this aspect).</p>