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<p>i'm going to be a junior this year
and im doing poorly on the verbal section of sat
around (500-650 for writing and reading)
however i think its mostly because of my lack of speed
i dont finish on time sometimes and im bad at vocab
the sent comp. is really hard for me</p>

<p>for speed: do you recommend that i just do many many
practice tests?</p>

<p>for vocab: im currently studying off a list (barrons)
do u think i should do so? or is barrons too long?
should i use word smart or are there better ways to enhance my vocab?</p>

<p>overall: you said that you experimented with many prep books
which do you recomend that i study using? barrons kaplan princeton? or all?
or JUST the collegeboard book? which ones exactly should i use to study?
you said that just repeating the tests over and over fro the cb book is best?
correct me if im wrong. is that really all i need to do?</p>

<p>please help me with these questions.. thank you</p>

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<p>anyone????????</p>

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<p>Timed practice tests, try to skin down time but dont try to skin time off by cutting 5 seconds off a question, that will not help you. There is no need for excessive "studying" of barrons, kaplans, princeton, or anything like that. Use these books as a reference and read them on your spare time!</p>

<p>Read Xiggi's method posted by entomom. It's a couple of posts down. After you complete xiggi's method you will at least improve 100 points if not way more.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/68210-xiggi-s-sat-prep-advice-39.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/68210-xiggi-s-sat-prep-advice-39.html&lt;/a> </p>

<p>Read that threat thoroughly.</p>

<p>Keep taking Blue Book practice tests and review all the questions once you're done- even the ones you got right</p>

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<p>RocketReview, if any. that or Gruber's 2400.</p>

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<p>Don't use the ridiculously long lists of words. There is a recent thread around here somewhere that identified the number of times a word appeared on the past few SATs. Direct Hits is the best for vocab, followed by Rocket Review and Princeton Review.</p>

<p>Rocket Review is a good book. Grammatix has good strategies. I recommend Xiggi's method. Putting aside 2 tests and looking up every single answer in your review books really helps you understand how the questions are created.</p>

<p>The College Board tests are the biggest part of preparing. Join the CC-SAT-Prep google group to get access to old SATs and Grammatix.</p>

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<p>ohhh. i have a question guys. its not advised to read 2 books at once , such as Rocket Review + Prince ton review (as long as they're for different sections), ? you may like one section in a book more than another, but is there a difference? i do like RR's math section, but i have tons of math workbooks for the SAT that i'm doing daily</p>

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<p>so wats good for:
1)MATH
2)READING
3)WRITING</p>

<p>ive heard grubers for math and grammatix for writing.. but tahts about itt</p>