Survey for the June '07 Test-takers

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
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<p>Please list the name of the prep book(s) or websites that you'd used to study for the test. Also, it would be helpful if you would comment on what you think of the book.</p>

<p>Example from me:</p>

<p>Princeton Review - Cracking the New SAT (2007)
The thing I liked about this book the most is their charts in the beginning of what score you will get if you omit this many questions or get this many wrong. Other then that, I used this to for the CR portion only. I did not really like their "Joe Blogg" strategy. It does not really help to narrow down on the answer for me</p>

<p>Barron's How to Prepare for the SAT I
Math, math, math! I just basically use the book to cover the math portion. I think the book explained the mathematics very thoroughly. Though the practice problems they give you is really difficult, it will drill the concept into your brain to remember for the test day.</p>

<p>The Official SAT Study Guide (Blue Book)
Just basically used this for the practice tests.</p>

<p>Princeton Review 11 Practice Test for the SAT
Hmm... self-explainatory.</p>

<p>SparkNotes: The New SAT Book
Instead of listing strategies, SparkNotes goes right down to the fact. This is especially helpful in the Writing section with identifying errors and improving sentences.</p>

<p>Barron's SAT 2400
This was the last prep book I used to brush up on the concepts I'd learned from the other sources. Used this for concepts and explainations on possible difficult problems that might pop during the test. By being very concise, it's much easier for me to memorize the strategies then the other prep books.</p>

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<p>I have two books from every major test-taking company: Princeton Review, College Board, Kaplan, and Barron's. I didn't plan it this way, but that's just what happened... now I feel like a total nerd. Hopefully this is my last time taking the SAT, so I can either pawn these off (or torch them).</p>

<p>Anyway, PR's 11 practice tests book is riddled with typos. I wasn't a big fan, but as long as you're on top of it, it's good practice. Barron's 2400 was alright, but I felt a lot of it was common sense.</p>

<p>By far, I felt the most useful one was the blue book. :-)</p>

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<p>Princeton Review: 11 Test for the New SAT
Princeton Review: Manual for the SAT
Barrons How to Prepare for the New SAT
SparkNotes 1000 Word list
Number2.com</p>

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<p>Princeton Review: Cracking the SAT 2006 ed.</p>

<p>I think its ok. I hate the SAT so?</p>

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<p>Princeton Review: Just glanced through it; liked test-day tips. Found Joe Bloggs incredibly annoying.</p>

<p>College Board Blue Book: Did practice tests and quizzes, found it very helpful, especially the sample essays.</p>

<p>Spark Notes (online): Last minute essay strategies review, although it seemed to repeat everything I already knew. Still, I liked how it was concise and did not offer any gimmicky strategies.</p>

<p>Blue Book is really all you need.</p>

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<p>PR's 11 Practice Tests: Did most of the tests. Not much was new.
Barron's How to Prepare for the SAT: Used only for Math sections. </p>

<p>I finished the Blue Book a long time ago, so that wasn't too useful this time around. </p>

<p>I hope that the harder section is CR this time and not math. Missing 1 on math is like committing suicide.</p>

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<p>I just went through the blue book but I'm at a community college already. I am just hoping to bring my math score up from a 650.</p>

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<p>I did the Barron (not 2400)
i found it only okay, not too helpful in explaining some
answers</p>

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<p>I did the following books:
Barron's How to Prepare for the SAT I
The Official SAT Study Guide (Blue Book)</p>

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<p>blue book, dont bother with the others if u dont really care but care enough to get a 2300+</p>

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<p>I didn't study for my SAT. It was partially laziness, and partially because I wanted to take it the first time, see how do, and then improve upon what I didn't do so great on.</p>

<p>The only review I did was the sample questions on the collegeboard website. I can't say I really learned anything from it, but it did give me an idea of what's on the test.</p>

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<p>The Official SAT Study Guide (BIG BLUE BOOK)
Up Your Score: The Underground Guide to the SAT
Ace the SAT (Grammatix)
Sparknotes Online</p>

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<p>just get the blue book</p>

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<p>do NOT use mcgraw-hill. it is far too easy and does not reflect how the test is actually like.</p>

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<p>I used Maximum SAT which I think is nice and concise. Didn't really do their practice problems though--just pulled parts out of the old Real SATs. I used about two of the blue book practice tests, three from the online cb course (there are two real ones there), and borrowed the October 2006/January 2007 released tests from two friends. Definitely go try to find friends with old tests from the Q&A service; that's about as real as you can get. I think I did pretty well. :) Haven't seen anything wrong yet on the SAT forum.</p>