<p>What books and courses do you recommend to prepare for the SAT?</p>
<p>Obviously you need to get the blue book, other than that a lot of opinions vary on different methods and books</p>
<p>It depends on which section(s) you're looking to improve in.</p>
<p>There are tons of threads with the exact same question on the next page and beyond.</p>
<p>what about Barron's??? My dad bought it a few months ago but I never used it...lol.</p>
<p>blue book? whats that?</p>
<p>The Blue book is The Official SAT Study Guide: For the New SAT<a href="ISBN:%200874477182">/u</a> published by the College Board</p>
<p>I'm using Barron's New SAT Workbook for Math to improve my math section. There are typos and some math stuff on there in not needed, but it's a good book.</p>
<p>Use the Blue College Board SAT book as your standard book. </p>
<p>I also have my sister's old red Real SAT's book as extra practice. </p>
<p>Can anyone recommend a book good for Critical Reading?</p>
<p>Don't use an old prep book - the test is way different now. You'll get used to the wrong stuff. Get current stuff that's for the new SAT.</p>
<p>I was looking into a PR course and asked for advice on another thread, and got a good recommendation for them. I have their new SAT books (inc. the one with 11 practice tests) and like them a lot so far.</p>
<p>Best thing for CR is to just read, read, read. Not SAT stuff but the stuff that's forced on you in English class. :-)</p>
<p>"the test is way different now." Not really. Look at it section by section:</p>
<p>Math: Quantative Comparsions were dropped and Algebra II questions added. => The only thing old tests won't have is a handful of Algebra II questions
Verbal: Analogies dropped and more CR added => The old tests have everything the new ones do. Just skip the analogies
Writing: No change between the SAT II Writing and the new Writing section (other than the curve)</p>
<p>When you use outside tests, theres no way of knowing how accurate they are. IIRC, the orignial PR book was published before the College Board book even came out - how could they know what types of questions would be on the test? It looks like PR's put out a new book of tests two weeks ago, but I have no idea if this is any good. With so many practice tests avaliable from CB, I would stick to test questions written by the people who are writing the new tests: ETS. Even if you can't use the tests as a whole, the still provide a big bank of practice questions to work with.</p>
<p>tanman...he/she is a new member...don't sweat it</p>