<p>I have the motivation, time, and effort to take 3 tests a week. Not a problem.. might have to lower that to 2 a week for some busier weeks, but I can average 2-3 tests a week.</p>
<p>My problem is:</p>
<p>1) would I exhaust my blue book tests too quick by doing this? these are the only practice tests I have. </p>
<p>2) where can I get more tests from, besides from the online SAT course? at this point it's obvious I'm gonna have to take more than the 10 BB tests, so who makes the bests tests other than TCB?</p>
<p>thanks a lot guys!</p>
<p>P.S: for those of you wondering, I would take 2 sections a day on weekdays and be done with test #1 thursday or friday, then one full test on saturday, and another full test on sunday. is this too much? is this generally unwise?</p>
<p>I think that is too much. The magic (and the learning) comes from thoroughly reviewing all of your answers - understanding why the right answers are right and the wrong answers are wrong. And then tracking down the info you need to fix why you missed the problem in the first place. (eg - if you missed a perpendicular slope problem you need to figure out how to solve it correctly, then do a bunch more problems so it doesn’t trip you up again.)</p>
<p>Phil Keller gives a great talk on how to self-study for the SAT and he estimates it takes at least a week to review all your answers (if I’m remembering correctly).</p>
<p>Stick with real tests. The 10 tests in the Blue Book and the 10 additional tests in the online course should be enough. If not, often tutors have stockpiled old QAS tests from the past years so that might be another source of real tests.</p>
<p>3 tests a week with school homework is excessive. However, D2 did 1 or 2 tests a day for one week during her Xmas break. She did the BB in the morning, if she felt better she did the Princeton Review in the afternoon or night. She did for a week and her scores improved to 2200+. After that she didn’t have to practice the whole test. She was good with Math and essays, she only prepped for CR and W. We never used all the official tests that I have and accumulated.</p>
<p>“is is too much to take 3 tests a week” vs. “are 3 practice tests a week too many?”</p>
<p>The first one (and the one I meant) is asking if the whole thing would be too much for me.
The second one (the one you think I meant) is asking about the quantity of the tests.</p>
<p>Granted, I worded it wrong, but the sentence never had a legitimate structure anyway… hence the “–>” at the end of it…</p>
<p>So then, it’s official: it’s too many AND too much :)</p>
<p>But seriously, here’s a quick rule you can use: don’t take the next test until you have reviewed the last test so thoroughly that we could pick a question at random and you could explain how to answer it EFFICIENTLY. When you can do that for any question, it’s time for another test. Remember, it’s not TAKING tests that raises your score – it’s the analysis you put in afterwards. Five tests thoroughly analyzed will do you more good than 10 that you burn through.</p>