<p>I took the january sats and many of the DH words are not on it surprisingly but i check barrons and there in there. i was wondering if i should start memorizing BArron's 3500 list and do i have enough time to memorize them in a month?</p>
<p>Check out our post “January Vocab Comparison.” There are a lot of free alternatives that had more hits than Direct Hits. I think the Barron’s list is the most comprehensive, but it’s 3500 words! Unless you have a lot of time on your hands, it’s just not practical and your time could probably be better spent practicing passages. Those free lists and other books are shorter.</p>
<p>Yea, DH disappointed me too! and it was too expensive!!</p>
<p>I find memorizing suffixes and prefixes help the most on the Vocabulary part of the CR section. Latin roots is something to memorize to better your knowledge of a lot of words. I don’t recommend trying to memorize 3500 words, or even 400 words in that matter. Remember CR section has tests your knowledge on how to find answers based on information given. Which means with basic knowledge, you should be able to find an answer to a problem. Whether its the PBR or Vocabulary section. Best of luck to you! :)</p>
<p>Hey onmyway,</p>
<p>There is some great advice here, but it’s important to break a few things down.</p>
<p>Spending a month memorizing 3500 words is probably not the best use of your time. Unless you are perfect in every other section, those 18ish raw points really aren’t worth it. In fact, without studying, you are probably getting 1/2 correct as it is. </p>
<p>Now, I know you want as close to perfect as possible, and maybe you need to break through the vocab rote to get that, but focusing on the roots, on your reading comprehension, speed reading, and paraphrasing, and understanding how to put your own meaning into the sentences will benefit your grade a lot more than just memorizing these words.</p>
<p>Once you get every OTHER question on the SAT right you can start spending time rote memorizing.</p>
<p>Good luck, you’ll do great.</p>
<p>Craig Gonzales</p>
<p>ps. Don’t forget that spending one month focusing on an extra curricular internship or volunteer activity impresses admissions officers much more than one month memorizing words for the SAT. Use your time wisely.</p>
<p>I agree with CraigGonzales. There is no reason to study the 3,500 words in Barrron’s. Actually I combined Barron’s much shorter list of High Frequency Words with The Essential 300 Words and did great.</p>