some SAT study questions. What now?

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<p>ok guys I was doing great in practice tests scoring a consistent 2000-2150 and then BAM! on the January Test i got a 1910.....:( a huge disappointment. Now I find I have to take it again junior year(next year) so i was wondering my main problem is vocab and is there any standard vocabulary SAT words list to study 'cause I have a whole year to study. Please...any advice will help.</p>

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<p>Study off of Direct Hits. Get volume 1 first to see if you don’t like it (don’t see why you wouldn’t) and if you do like it, then get volume 2. It really does wonders.</p>

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<p>But you can learn Direct Hits in a matter of 5 or 6 days. Here is a list based on effectiveness of a few SAT word lists. It gives you #of hits on a given SAT and then the percentage of words on the list that were hits.

  1. Direct Hits: 400 Words/9 hits/1 hit per 44 words
  2. TestMasters: 254 Words/2 hits/1 hit per 127 words
  3. Princeton Review: 253 Words/2 hits/1 hit per 127 words
  4. Hot Words: 396 Words/3 hits/1 hit per 132 words
  5. Rocket Review: 323 Words/2 hits/1 hit per 161 words
  6. Barron’s Mini-Dictionary: 3500 Words/9 hits/1 hit per 388 words</p>
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<p>You can learn it even less. The book took me less than 5 hours to read.</p>

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<p>sweet i think im going to get Direct Hits then :)</p>

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<p>Saxsy, you’re trying to tell me that you read and comprehended a vocabulary book consisting of 400 words in less than 5 hours?</p>

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<p>Hahah my bad. I should have been more clear. I finished volume 1 in 5 hours. Volume 2 on the other hand…I had to take my time. That took me 5-6 days.</p>