To be honest with you guys

Test Preparation
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<p>I'm at the point where I want to kill my self for the SAT I, I just hate how they add these random weird vocabulary words that doesn't even give a chance of what to study for. Now, for mathematics and critical reading we can obtain the pattern of how they test for it, but? for vocab. Heck, there's like 340923840238402348923 vocab terms in our language. </p>

<p>Does anyone know what I can do to prepare for the SAT I, to hopefully get a high score, my test date is in May. I got some time to prepare and willing to sacrifice my social hours.</p>

<p>If SAT is too hard, I guess I can take ACT, but I'm worried if colleges view ACT weak against SAT. But again, my friends say take both and submit both.</p>

<p>Hope you guys have a cure of what preparation methods I can use to get that 2350. :(</p>

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<p>ACT? Weak? No!</p>

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<p>For example do I have to take SAT if Im doing ACT..</p>

<p>Its true of how people say ACT is easier than SAT.</p>

<p>But wouldn't harvard,mit,yale, etc ivies. (MIT is not one, just listed it)
wouldnt those ivies rather prefer SAT since harder than act?</p>

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<p>get the 2400 book and do the critical reading. also, read high-level novels, nonfiction, newspapers, etc, and LOOK UP each word you don't know. Get a vocab series, and do all 7 books from grade a to the end (shostak's is really good-I've been doing them in school, and 5 from one unit were in ONE section of CR!)</p>

<p>i did all that, and got an 800! :)</p>

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<p>No one prefers the SAT or ACT over each other. All colleges view them on an equal level. In fact, many colleges accept the ACT in place of both your SAT and SAT Subject Test scores.</p>

<p>So, no, you needn't do the SAT if you take the ACT</p>

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<p>jj17, this post is in response to your PM.</p>

<p>For vocab: I put my own lists up at sesamewords.com, and I think they are the best long lists. You can download the 1900 word list and learn the starred words: there are 470 starred words, and those 470 words included about 35% of the vocab on the Oct exam. </p>

<p>If you would feel more comfortable using a published vocabulary resource, I recommend Princeton Review Word Smart. </p>

<p>For practice: get the Blue Book.</p>

<p>For strategy: buy Rocket Review.</p>

<p>If you have time to get one more strategy guide: get Maximum SAT.</p>

<p>For time management: if you haven't done lots of practice tests, make practice tests a priority. Learn a short list of vocab (less than a thousand words total, a few hundred new words, max).</p>

<p>If you've already done lots of practice tests, make vocab a priority. Consider learning the whole 1900-word list at sesamewords, for instance. Continue doing practice tests as well.</p>

<p>If you've been relying on mainstream prep guides (Princeton, Kaplan), get the ones I recommended above: it will make a difference.</p>

<p>Don't ever use fake practice tests. Buy the book of old SATs before you move to PR and Kaplan.</p>

<p>As you begin preparing, post specific questions about individual questions on this forum (use the Blue Book explanation threads first, of course).</p>

<p>Hope some of that helped. You're asking pretty broad questions, so I've given pretty broad advice. Once you've started to prep, you ought to be able to ask everybody <em>more specific</em> questions, and then you should get more useful guidance.</p>

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<p>Also, everyone else on this thread is right. If you find the ACT easier than the SAT, you should take it! Absolutely!</p>

<p>The ACT is NOT an easier test for everybody. Some people find the SAT easier than the ACT. If the ACT is an easier test for you, that's because it's a better fit for your particular abilities. </p>

<p>The Ivies will NOT look down on an ACT score (compared to an SAT score).</p>

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<p>You don't mention your PSAT. It should give you an idea on how you'll do in the SAT. You seem very poorly informed at this stage of the game for someone with such loftly goals.</p>

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<p>Tell us your PSAT score. A 2300 is probably an unrealistic goal for you unless your psat score was at least above 205ish.</p>

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<p>"Now, for mathematics and critical reading we can obtain the pattern of how they test for it, but?"</p>

<p>What patterns? LoL
clue me in :)</p>