Updated List of College Board Study Guides - Blue Book, QAS, and others

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<p>Questions about the Blue Book, often called BB, abound in this forum. This thread will try to answer the basic questions about the various versions that have been released. </p>

<p>Since posters seem to have adopted the label BB2 for the Second Edition, let's start with the current BB2:</p>

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<p>This older post covers the older versions of the guides published by the College Board. The various editions contain official tests from 1994 to 2002. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/81979-red-book-vs-white-book.html?highlight=10RS#post1060204[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/81979-red-book-vs-white-book.html?highlight=10RS#post1060204&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Let’s update the lists of available resources published by The College Board. </p>

<p>Please add the most recent information in the forms of links or direct posts.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/757034-college-board-sat-test-links.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/757034-college-board-sat-test-links.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You can currently get three PDFs of real SATs from the College Board web site:</p>

<p>[url=&lt;a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”&gt;College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools]2007-08</a> Official Practice Test (aka March 2005 SAT)<a href=“with%20answers”>/url</a></p>

<p>[url=&lt;a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”&gt;College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools]2008-09</a> Official Practice Test (aka October 2005 SAT)<a href=“with%20answers”>/url</a></p>

<p>[url=&lt;a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”&gt;SAT Practice and Preparation – SAT Suite | College Board]2009-10</a> Official SAT Practice Test (aka Jan. 2006 SAT)<a href=“with%20answers”>/url</a></p>

<p>The 05-06 and 06-07 practice tests were the same as 07-08 and 08-09, respectively.</p>

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<p>Online Course: <a href=“https://satonlinecourse.collegeboard.com/SR/login/splashSchoolLogin.jsp[/url]”>https://satonlinecourse.collegeboard.com/SR/login/splashSchoolLogin.jsp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Old PSAT Test Books (still good for SAT preparation): [Product</a> listing](<a href=“http://store.collegeboard.com/sto/freeTextSearch.asp]Product”>Store App)</p>

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<p>QAS in BB2: October 2006, January 2007, and May 2007</p>

<p>The last 4 tests in the Online Course (the Pretest, Tests #7-9) are recycled QAS. Dates?</p>

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<p>Actually, I think it’s the first 3 tests on the Online Course that are recycled.</p>

<p>1=May 2006
2=May 2007 Sunday
3=October 2007</p>

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<p>^No.</p>

<h1>7= May 2006</h1>

<h1>8= May 2007 (Sunday)</h1>

<h1>9= October 2007</h1>

<p>I’ll check the Pretest later.</p>

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<p>Ok, the Online Course Pretest seems to be the January 07 QAS.</p>

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<p>According to [thread=956804]this thread[/thread], the pre-test is the same as the 2009-2010 official practice test. That may have changed by now, however.</p>

<p>Hold on, just read the post above. I wonder if the practice test for 2010-11 is also now the 1/07 QAS…</p>

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<p>^I believe the January 07 QAS is the same as the 09-10 Official Practice Test. What’s weird is that I have two different versions of the January 07 QAS, which contain two completely different tests. One is the same as the Online Course Pretest/09-10 Official Practice Test and the other is a completely different test.</p>

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<p>How do you identify which test is which QAS? Do you compare the answers, the essay prompt, or something else?</p>

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<p>I compare the actual questions (the first question in each section to be exact).</p>

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<p>LightSource, I think you may be confused. I just checked my 2006 QAS and the 2009-2010 practice test is the same </p>

<p>You are off by a year. You problably have both Jan '06 and '07</p>

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<p>Some of the questions in the practice tests from long, long ago in 1995-2002 are ridiculously obscure or written oddly, especially Practice Test #5.</p>

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<p>would using old tests from 1995 be helpful or not? Such as the 10RS Second Red Edition or the third edition.</p>

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Yeah, I just realized that mistake; thanks for the heads-up. Consolidated list:</p>

<h1>7= May 2006</h1>

<h1>8= May 2007 (Sunday)</h1>

<h1>9= October 2007</h1>

<p>Pretest= January 2006</p>

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<p>Woops, forgot BB2 and the Booklets.</p>

<p>Consolidated List:
BB2 Test #1= October 2006
BB2 Test #2= January 2007
BB2 Test #3= May 2007
05-06 Booklet= March 2005
06-07 Booklet= October 2005
07-08 Booklet= March 2005
08-09 Booklet= October 2005
09-10 Booklet= January 2006
OC Test #7= May 2006
OC Test #8= May 2007 (Sunday)
OC Test #9= October 2007
OC Pretest= January 2006</p>

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<p>What? OC Tests 1, 2, 3, 6 are the previously-administered exams. You may even check the SAT Online Course FAQ on these forums; tests 7-9 give score ranges while 1,2,3, and 6 give exact scores. I’ve already compared these tests to QASs that I have.</p>

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<p>I think the CB Online also has a test that was the official test from 2004-2005 (the first year the test was administered). I have the official prep booklet from that year, and it appears to be the same as Online Course test #6 (Essay is about whether you need to be competitive to succeed…).</p>

<p>Thus
OC Test #6 =2004-2005 Practice Test</p>