SAT Prep

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<p>What are some good SAT prep courses to take in Junior Year or before school starts? My school refuses to add any prep courses.</p>

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<p>you shouldn’t need a prep course.
get the blue book
Then type waystoimprove into Youtube and watch his videos.
If you can’t score a 2300+ with those two items a prep course won’t help you much either.</p>

<p>P.S. you might want to get the barron’s PSAT and study with that for the PSAT and then take the November SAT.</p>

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<p>Try this thread: <a href=“Everyone, read this before posting: Best of SAT Prep Forum and FAQs - SAT Preparation - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/763933-everyone-read-this-before-posting-best-of-sat-prep-forum-and-faqs-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>A prep course will only help if you’re a certain type of learner…for me, it’s never really worked wonders. I recommend the Barron’s 2400 book, though!</p>

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<p>Get the blue book and do the practice tests</p>

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<p>Seconding Blue Book. Practice is what you need.</p>

<p>Also, go read all the stickied topics at the top of the SAT Preparation forum. It’s a gold mine for tips. </p>

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<p>Read silverturtle’s guide (No, I will not link it for you) and then do BB tests until you plateau. </p>

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<p>how do you increase your “plateau”?</p>

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<p>The whole idea of a plateau is that you can’t really increase it, except maybe by getting smarter or older. </p>

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<p>Well, I’m really worried because I took the PSAT in October of Sophomore Year (this year) and got like a 1340 which isn’t bad per say but its not good either (schools like Georgetown, NYU, UConn, or Quinnipiag for Poli Sci)</p>

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<p>*per se
Which section did you get the lowest score on? Do you know why?</p>

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<p>Critical Reading 50
Math 41
Writing 43
Total 134</p>

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<p>Practice your math skills. Personally, I like Gruber’s SAT book (which you can probably borrow from the library) as it contains strategies which you can apply before you take the practice tests. And I echo that you don’t need a prep course (unless you’re willing to spend the extra money). They’re expensive, and a hardworking, driven student will do much better than any prep work.</p>

<p>Why you may ask? Well I was enrolled in a prep course for a while, where they’d assign you problems to do, but t really felt demotivating. It felt like school over the summer, and I didn’t enjoy it. Whereas when you are self studying it felt like you were doing it for yourself and your own benefit without the pressures of other people and you can self gauge your improvement which is much more satisfying. Of course, if you have severe difficulty with a certain skill or have trouble motivating yourself, then perhaps a tutor would do good, but I have always found the best results come from self motivated studying,</p>

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<p>Starting at a 1340 is rough; you will definitely plateau at a certain score in the 1800s/1900s probably at highest, after which you should take the SAT for the first time. Wait as long as possible while studying constantly in hopes of maturity/added schooling/etc boosting you to the 2000s.</p>

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<p>I’m sure I need a course so if you don’t mind, tell me about them</p>