<p>Can people all put their SAT preparation and vocab lists they used as resources for the SATs on one list? Can you copy the list and add your own one(s)? Thanks!</p>
<p>I'm reading the Economist every week but thats fun for me:</p>
<p>So the list humbly starts with: </p>
<p>1) Economist</p>
<p>1) Economist
2) Official SAT Study Guide
3) Barron’s 2400
4) Kaplan 2400
5) Barron’s How to Prepare for the SAT, 23rd Ed
6) Princeton Review’s Cracking the SAT
7) Princeton Review’s 11 Practice Tests for the SAT
8) 10 Real SATs</p>
<p>1) Economist
2) Official SAT Study Guide
3) Barron’s 2400
4) Kaplan 2400
5) Barron’s How to Prepare for the SAT, 23rd Ed
6) Princeton Review’s Cracking the SAT
7) Princeton Review’s 11 Practice Tests for the SAT
8) 10 Real SATs
9) Barron’s 3500 word list (part of (5), but exceptionally useful)
10) Word Smart Genius</p>
<ol>
<li>Economist</li>
<li>CB Blue Book</li>
<li>PSAT’s ordered from the CB Store for just $3.00 each</li>
<li>Grubers for math</li>
<li>Princeton Review Hit Parade + Direct Hits Vocabulary (my preliminary analysis is showing that this combination requires learning only about 500 words and generated hits on virtually all of the June 08 level 3 - 5 words. Much more efficient than trying to memorize Barron’s mini-dictionary of 3,500 words)</li>
</ol>
<p>1) Economist
2) Official SAT Study Guide
3) Barron’s 2400
4) Kaplan 2400
5) Barron’s How to Prepare for the SAT, 23rd Ed
6) Princeton Review’s Cracking the SAT
7) Princeton Review’s 11 Practice Tests for the SAT
8) 10 Real SATs
9) Barron’s 3500 word list (part of (5), but exceptionally useful)
10) Word Smart Genius
11) CB Blue Book
12) PSAT’s ordered from the CB Store for just $3.00 each
13) Grubers for math
14) Princeton Review Hit Parade + Direct Hits Vocabulary (my preliminary analysis is showing that this combination requires learning only about 500 words and generated hits on virtually all of the June 08 level 3 - 5 words. Much more efficient than trying to memorize Barron’s mini-dictionary of 3,500 words)</p>
<p>which one is better, Barron’s 2400 or Barron’s how to prepare for the SAT?</p>
<p>Question to those suggesting reading Economist and The New Yorker: </p>
<p>What exactly is reading articles supposed to do? I can tell that it helps with vocab, but does it help with analytical skills? If so, does one just read the articles, or read analytically?</p>
<p>I not really a fan of “reading” for SAT prep. If you find things like the Economist enjoyable, definitely go and read it. But if you really don’t like it…you might as well be reading passages from CR sections in CB/QAS tests…and answering their questions too for that matter. Unless your reading skills are lacking, I think most people shouldnt waste time reading things they dont enjoy since the benefit is so minimal. The CR section is unique in the sense that youre not only reading high-level passages, but you also have to answer analytical questions about that. Unless the Economist comes with those types of questions, it would only acclimate you to that “high-level” stuff. You might as well be spending time memorizing words, or even better, doing practice tests.</p>
<p>yeah…i dont really see how the economist would help in SAT prep more than any other serious magazine</p>
<p>which one is better, Barron’s 2400 or Barron’s how to prepare for the SAT? i found a little confuse b/t them.</p>
<p>Eschelon32’s points are all valid. However, it is important to point out that the Economist uses a great vocabulary. In addition, its articles are timely, analytical, opinionated and could generate some very good examples on SAT essays.</p>
<p>Ok making this “list” of stuff people use is pretty useless. Eventually it’ll end up having every single SAT prep book available to man which would be pretty useless. You should make it more of a list where people can add tallys next to prep books they use so then by the end you can easily see which books are the most popular.</p>
<p>^ Brilliant</p>
<p>^^ Brilliant</p>
<p>so Barron’s 2400 or Barron’s how to prepare for the SAT? which one is better?</p>
<p>I only took a look at the 2400 one, and I believe they claim it has “higher-level” strategies in it. I found that the tips they provided were very much in line with what I had learned through practice. However, I don’t know if I would’ve internalized those tips just by reading the book…</p>
<p>Anyway, all Barron’s tests are harder than the real thing - I don’t think the 2400 one has tests though?</p>
<p>If you want good tips/strategies, get the 2400 one. Not sure about the other.</p>
<p>The Economist is very valuable for essays I hope. I’ve always loved it so I always will continue to read it…</p>
<p>And thats a very valid point Ilpitch, maybe people can start putting their tallies on stuff. 1s are very good, 2s are average and 3s are wastes. My only input can be with the Economist</p>
<p>1) Economist - 1
2) Official SAT Study Guide
3) Barron’s 2400
4) Kaplan 2400
5) Barron’s How to Prepare for the SAT, 23rd Ed
6) Princeton Review’s Cracking the SAT
7) Princeton Review’s 11 Practice Tests for the SAT
8) 10 Real SATs
9) Barron’s 3500 word list (part of (5), but exceptionally useful)
10) Word Smart Genius
11) CB Blue Book
12) PSAT’s ordered from the CB Store for just $3.00 each
13) Grubers for math
14) Princeton Review Hit Parade + Direct Hits Vocabulary</p>
<p>We’ll probably use accumlative I guess with lowest obviously being the best.</p>
<ol>
<li>Economist - 1</li>
<li>Official SAT Study Guide - 2</li>
<li>Barron’s 2400 - 2</li>
<li>Kaplan’s 2400 - 2</li>
<li>Barron’s How to Prepare for the SAT, 23rd edition - 2</li>
<li>PR’s Cracking the SAT - 1 (because it still has the best tips and strategies)</li>
<li>Princeton Review’s 11 Practice Tests for the SAT - 3 (because it is always best to work with real tests)</li>
<li>10 Real SATs - 3 (because it is out-of-date)</li>
<li>Barron’s 3,500 Word List - 3 (because it is a mini-dictionary)</li>
<li>Word Smart Genius - 3</li>
<li>College Board Blue Book - 1 (wish they would publish a new edition)</li>
<li>PSATs ordered from College Board Store for $3.00 - 1 (because they are real and recent)</li>
<li>Gruber’s for Math - 1 (still very good)</li>
<li>Princeton Review’s Hit Parade + Direct Hits Vocabulary -1 (because it is efficient and effective. Study 500 words and get almost every word on the June SAT - better than memorizing 3,500 words)</li>
</ol>
<p>I think shore misunderstood Ilpitch’s idea of a tally!</p>
<p>From experience, if you’re looking to review SAT material and practice, then Barron’s How to Prepare for the SAT is better than Barron’s 2400.
However, if you know the material and don’t need the practice, get Barron’s 2400. It assumes you’re prepared and just gives you strategies (might I add that they’re strategies you could come up with by using commen sense-I found them useless)</p>