<p>Hey when I was just looking through sat preparation posts and i've noticed a lot of ppl talk about a "blue book" by this do they mean the The Official SAT Study Guide? If not could someone tell me the title and also why it's such a good review book => thanks everyone!</p>
<p>Yes, that's the blue book. The reason it's so valuable is that every question it contains was created by the College Board, the creators of the actual SAT, so it is the only source of ACCURATE practice tests.</p>
<p>Since it has previously administered actual SATs, it is a must for practice. The only problems I have with it are 1) it doesn't have any strategy, just practice tests, and 2) it doesn't have any answer explanations, so you're on your own for figuring out why the answers are what they are.</p>
<p>So definitely get it, but also get a review book like Cracking the SAT for strategy and more tests (the tests in that book have answer explanations).</p>
<p>The tests are not previously administered actual SATs-- because if so, they would have exact raw score --> scaled score conversions, not ranges. They are tests that have never been taken "for real", but they were created as if they were.</p>