<p>I found out yesterday that I have to take the SAT because I'm a National Merit Semifinalist. I don't know very many people who've taken it because my school emphasizes the ACT. I'm planning to buy a prep book soon, but there are so many! I used the Princeton Review on the ACT and my AP tests, so I was thinking about that one, but I read some reviews that said it's not very good. I know Barron and Kaplan each have a prep book, as well as the official book from the college board and some books for specific areas, such as vocabulary books to help with the English part of the test. I really want a good score, so which brands are the best? Are they all equally helpful, or is there one that really stands out?</p>
<p>One that really stands out is College Board’s book because it is from the test maker. Other materials are debatable and depend on personal tastes and needs. </p>
<p>Use College Board’s Official SAT study guide (it is often called the Blue Book in here).
Subscribe for the Question of the Day in collegeboard website.
If you need additional practice on the real deal then buy the Official SAT Online Course which has another 8 different practice tests (they say 10 but 2 of them are available for free for everyone in their website).
Look the sticky Guide in here to find lots of useful tips and links to a few more tests from College Board.</p>
<p>Always use the Blue Book as a starting point.</p>
<p>I like 320 SAT Math Problems Arranged By Topic And Difficulty Level - for the Math Part. And Direct Hits - for the Verbal part.</p>