<p>Guys I know so many title have about the prep books, but my head got really confuse :/ I'm a foreign student and I want to take sat exams in next year, so please, I'm begging now, can you suggest me some books which can be really helpful for me ? ^^ ( Also if you can please suggestion books for the sat subject test :/)</p>
<p>Ok I should really have copy and paste this into a word doc so that I can just paste it onto every thread about SAT prep books.</p>
<p>Anyways here’s what I used (It’s not an exhaustive list but nonetheless useful one from a personal perspective)</p>
<p>General:
Blue book (definitely get it)
Online course (if you are rich or have a lot of time before your exams)
SAT 2400 by Barrons (It’s decent in its advice and gives you an excellent summary of grammar points and the different math topics.)</p>
<p>CR:
The insider’s guide to SAT critical reading/Vocabulary
[The</a> Insider’s Essential Guide to SAT Critical Reading and Vocabulary: Larry Krieger: 9780985291228: Amazon.com: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Insiders-Essential-Critical-Reading-Vocabulary/dp/0985291222]The”>http://www.amazon.com/Insiders-Essential-Critical-Reading-Vocabulary/dp/0985291222)
This has an extremely high hitting vocab list as well.
(Highly Recommended)</p>
<p>Critical Reader
[The</a> Critical Reader: Erica L. Meltzer: 9781479224715: Amazon.com: Books<a href=“Highly%20Recommended”>/url</a></p>
<p>Vocab:
If you want to become a verbasauraus (not a real word but ya you can infer the meaning), you can buy Word Smart and More Word Smart by the Princeton Review. Reading both books in the series will almost guarantee you know every single word that will come out. The downside though is that the combined number of words is over 2800 (so though it has the potential to be more high hitting than other books due to its length, you are going to have to spend 4x the effort)</p>
<p>Direct Hits Volume 1 and 2
These books still serve some use if you want to get them but they are almost obsolete because of the Insider’s guide to SAT vocab book. You can still get it if you want to get some more words but do note that there will be a plethora of overlaps.</p>
<p>Practice:
Uh… Blue book and Online guide + all the free collegeboard practices should be good enough. If it isn’t still then get Barron’s Critical Reading Workbook but do note you will be raging at the verbose text.</p>
<p>Writing:
SAT 2400 by Barrons is good enough for the grammar points.</p>
<p>The ultimate grammar guide is also great despite it having an ugly cover. It comes highly recommended from multiple sources here on the forums. (Didn’t use it personally)
[url=<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/The-Ultimate-Guide-SAT-Grammar/dp/1463599889/ref=pd_sim_b_2]The”>http://www.amazon.com/The-Ultimate-Guide-SAT-Grammar/dp/1463599889/ref=pd_sim_b_2]The</a> Ultimate Guide to SAT Grammar: Erica L. Meltzer: 9781463599881: Amazon.com: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/The-Critical-Reader-Erica-Meltzer/dp/1479224715]The”>http://www.amazon.com/The-Critical-Reader-Erica-Meltzer/dp/1479224715)</p>
<p>Essay:
Don’t waste your money on books for the essay. Just google how to get a 12 on Essay in 12 days and you will get all the help you need. </p>
<p>Maths:
Hmm sorry didn’t really use a math book because Math is one of my stronger subjects.
I recommend you just do a search for SAT math books and you should be good.</p>
<p>As for subject tests:
If you took any of the following subject tests like I did, you can use my book list. Otherwise, you should wait for someone else to come by.</p>
<p>Biology E/M:
Barrons Biology with Cd Rom (Get it. Just get it)
Out of the three test prep books I looked at (Barrons, Kaplan and PR), the Barrons book was the best overall because it covers everything (except for one silly biome name that popped up for my November SAT II paper…). PR has great practice tests though. Do note though that as with most barrons book, studying this book is kind of overkill. Kaplan was by far the worst SAT Bio book I’ve seen because the Practice test was too unrealistic and the data analysis questions gave blurbs that could be an entire page long at times. (The longest I’ve ever seen in the real test was slightly less than half a page).</p>
<p>Chemistry:
Barron’s again. It is detailed and efficient for hitting all the points you need to know and preparing you well for the dreaded T/F T/F CE type questions with its 4 practice tests (+2 if you buy the one with the Cd Rom) Do note that there are a bunch of spelling mistakes though. Author, if you read this, fix your book in the next edition please.</p>
<p>Math Level 2:
Guess what I used. Yup, Barrons. Once again overkill for the subject test but it is better to be over-prepared than to be underprepared! Getting a 700+ under timed conditions in this book would definitely be enough to earn you a 800 for Math level 2. Do note though that its explanations are vague at times and you have to be good at maths to comprehend them. You can also use the Dr Chung book if you want. I heard that it is just as good if not better. </p>
<p>Ok time to go back to cramming for SAT I. Hope this helped you.</p>
<p>Oh, thanks a lot, it’s really helpful list for me so again thanks a lot :D</p>
<p>I have heard that the Blue Book is really good for practice.</p>
<p>Hi, I’am an international student too, and I’d like to apply in USA Universities, but my english is not very good, and I have to take the SAT test, but i don’t know how learn english very well to get a high score. Can you say me any advice?</p>
<p>If English is not your first language, you should first take the TOEFL or IETLS (depending on your prospective colleges) first. ALL applicants (whose first language isn’t English) are normally required to submit one of these tests. Once you’ve satisfied these requirements, you can move on to SAT CR.</p>