<p>I want to hear from someone who actually "studied very hard" to improve thier SAt score. (not from a genius who got perfect score.)
So How did you study?
what was the most effective way to study CR/Math/Writing?</p>
<p>I increased from my first practice test, a 1200, to a 1550, on my second sitting for the SAT (2310 superscored) I made flashcards for vocab, about 200 each having 5 words. For Math i used Barron's 2400 as well as Princeton's Review. However, just taking practise tests was what really helped. I think I took like 8 before the first time. I would do them in sections or all at once. I actually found them kind of fun after a while. I didn't really study too much for writing, I just reviewed basic rules and also made sure I knew the names of novels of substance and their respective authors for the essay</p>
<p>i used the barron's new sat from the start.
it is truely helpful because it is got the best tactics out there!
and the tests are slightly harder so when you take the actual test it'll be a breeze.</p>
<p>first i read the book thoroughly, worked through all the exercises.
first practice test 1700s; went through all the answer explanations.
second practice improved dramaticly, about a 100 pt increase. went through all the answer explanations.
then so on. every test you take you see yourself getting better. and at the end i got about a 2200.</p>
<p>then on my real sat i was able to achieve a higher score since it was alot easier. i finished each section with about 5 min to spare=] was able to go back and double check my answers. many of the math problems i'd seen before in barron's. </p>
<p>so my advice. read the WHOLE barron's thoroughly do not skip one single word! and you're heading toward a 2400=DDDD</p>
<p>also, the barron's comes with a vocab list. i believe it is truly the best list out there. alot of the words showed up on the real sat=]</p>
<p>what about blue book compared to barron's?</p>
<p>the blue book is the closest thing you could get next to the real sat.
but i will not solely rely on it for a 2400=(
i did in fact do 2 practice tests from the blue book after i completed the barron's. again. it was a breeze=D</p>
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the blue book is the closest thing you could get next to the real sat. but i will not solely rely on it for a 2400=( i did in fact do 2 practice tests from the blue book after i completed the barron's. again. it was a breeze=D
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<p>Ooh, really? What about Barron's "How to Prepare for the New SAT" 2005 edition? This was the only one I found at my library, so I was wondering if it could still help.</p>
<p>I got a 1550 the first time, and I'm trying to increase my score to a 2100+ the second time. A lot of people say to take a bunch of practice tests, and I want to but the only thing that's pushing me back from doing that is the length it takes to complete just one test in one sitting. Three hours and forty-five minutes is just too much. >_<</p>
<p>I think I will take your advice and do all three sections of a particular subject at once (Three Critical Reading, then three Math, and then three Writing, ascending from "need most practice" to "need least practice"). I guess I will work through the practice tests that way, since I still have a lot of time left before the October SAT. Maybe in September I'll do the practice tests in order and in one sitting. D:</p>
<p>What do you think about the other prep books I have here?</p>
<p>Official SAT Study Guide (Of course, EVERYONE has this book XP)</p>
<p>Acing the NEW SAT MATH I</p>
<p>Kaplan's SAT Comprehensive Program 2007</p>
<p>Thank you! :D</p>
<p>It's just what you call spectacle (a new word for a foreigner, kk). i've just found cd with barron's how to prepare for the new sat and was going to start a new thread to ask if it's worth using, just b4 i read ur post here. kk.</p>
<p>so anyone please tell me and gardenmaiden if it's useful to review the book or not?? any big differences from 2007 edition??</p>
<p>Garden Maiden
i do my practice tests by sections within time limit of course. the MOST important thing is to go back and review all the answer explanations RIGHT AFTER you take a section when the material is still fresh in your head! study them. figure out why you got a question wrong. and i advice you to scan through all of the explanations even the ones you got right because sometimes it could'd been a crapshoot. really make sure to understand why a right answer is RIGHT. before long, you'll be able to develop the ability to discern right answers from wrong ones when you come down to two choices.</p>
<p>for sentence completions. i write down all the words that were the answers that i did not know the meanings of and thus generating my own vocab list. these words will likely stick after you've struggled through the question trying to figure out the answer. so afterwards just write them down and repeat them a few times. it'd stick easily!</p>
<p>i only have barron's and the official blue book and a princeton review math work book which i never finished working through. but i did hear that kaplan's is pretty good. anyway the bottom line is the more practice test you do the better you will do on the actual sat!</p>
<p>i worked through the 2005 22nd edition.</p>
<p>the 2007 23rd edition and 22nd edition have absolutely no difference. the other day i went to barns & nobles to shop for sat II prep books and flipped through the 2007 23rd edition. and since i read the entire barron's so thoroughly everything in the 2007 edition seemed so familiar. even the model tests were the same! my guess is they probably only fixed a few typos. bleh. so go for that library book!</p>
<p>Is it Barron's 2400 or the other Barron's that helps. B/c i got a 1800 the first time w two weeks intense practice but thats it. Do you recommend learning the Barron's list of hot sat's cuz somepeople said it had a 1% accuracy?</p>
<p>so how about workbook?</p>
<p>FarrCT: I like the Barrons 2400 for CR. Their explanations were helpful if you got a question wrong. As for vocab lists, i would recommend Sparknotes 250 hot word list. It seems that many of the words appeared on all the practice tests I take. It's concise and pretty accurate vocab, but then one never knows what will appear on SAT tests.</p>
<p>where can we get that??</p>
<p>^Get Barons on Amazon. Get 250 words by searching sparknotes 250 hot list.. it's supposed to be a list of the hardest words on the SAT, but it's definintely not all of them.</p>