<p>Ok so i know theres numerous threads on this but honestly .. im to lazy to look
So what are the best prep books ? and also the best like flashcards .. (kinda like how barrons has flashcards for Ap test .. but for sat)
please reply any comment would be appreciated :) .. except rude ones</p>
<p>Anyyoonnneee</p>
<p>According to everyone here the best books are Direct Hits for Vocab, Rocket Review Revolution for CR and W, and Dr. John Chung for M. And, of course, College Board’s blue book for overall improvement.</p>
<p>I’d like to chime in and say that you might want to consider Gruber’s over Chung’s for math because Chung’s is supposedly unrealistically hard and only meant for those scoring ~700 and are stuck around that score.</p>
<p>Thank you both so much ! … i was also googling it and google said princeton was also very good … would u 2 or anyone else reading this agree ? :)</p>
<p>IMO the best way to do well on the SAT is simply to take practice tests and understand your mistakes. I suppose if you want to review math, Barrons is quite good. The big barron’s book is very thorough and covers nearly all the math concepts. If you already know the concepts and just want math strategies, then the best way to go I think is Gruber’s. Gruber’s has good tips for math, but it isn’t so great for WR or CR. I hear that Chung’s is good for math but ive never used so idk. For CR, there aren’t really any prep books as CR I would think is just practice. For vocab in CR, everyone on cc raves about direct hits so I would suggest getting that ( or simply search on google for direct hits on quizlet). Other than that, I suppose you could get other CR work books to help practice. I think other than CB, PR is perhaps the most accurate for CR. I have used Kaplan CR workbook and contrary to what others say, I have found it useful. For WR, I heard one of the best writing books that covers all the rules is “The Ultimate Guide to SAT Grammar”. The big Barron’s book is very thorough in covering the rules as well. Although not a prep book, Silverturtle’s guide is very useful for understanding ALL the grammar that will appear on the SAT. Although I don’t use too many prep books, I think Barron’s SAT 2400 is quite good. Barron’s questions are known to be harder than the actual SAT but this book has good exercises and is a quick and thorough review. It has some insightful CR tips and reviews some grammar rules. It was I thought perhaps the best of all prep books I used, though I haven’t used that many. As for PR, the tips are not so great imo, most of the tips on Joe Bloggs and guessing is more common sense and so I would not say the strategies are really beneficial, but depending on your current level and your way of learning I suppose they could be. But for the SAT I, it seems that PR strategies are not really anything worthwhile to learn. However as for PR, practice tests as I have said before they are perhaps the next best thing to CB. But overall I feel that if you want to do well on the SAT, it is less about getting 10+ prep books and more about taking practice tests and understanding your mistakes. Take some time to read through some prep books for the general strategies, but don’t get bogged down by so many prep books that you lose time to take practice tests (from CB). Definitely finish all CB practice tests before relying on other publisher’s practice tests. Good Luck!</p>