What books are the best...thou great SAT takers?

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<p>Hello,I'm soon to be a junior in a week and my PSAT comes in october.So, like any good CC student I went to Barnes & Nobles to buy Sat/PSAT prep books. Here is what I got</p>

<p>Barron's PSAT/NMSQT - 2009 no 2010 edition
Barron's SAt workbook</p>

<p>Questions</p>

<p>Does it really matter whether I buy edition 2009 or 2010 ?
Which is better for grammer Princeton Review, collegeboard book or those MC-graw Hill textbooks or should I just go to the sparknotes SAT books?
Did I make the correct choice for PSAT books?
How much tests should a book have?
Does it even matter what brand of book it is as long as it gives me tests to work with?</p>

<p>Enlighten me.........</p>

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<p>Barron’s are good for math practice, since the questions are harder than those you might find on the test.
For grammar, I don’t know specificially, but I’ve heard grammatix and rocket review are good.
In terms of actual (P)SAT prep, nothing beats the BB from collegeboard: since the tests come straight from the testmaker, they will give you the most accurate representation of what to expect come test day.</p>

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<p>thank you guys.</p>

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<p>We should make a sticky about this type of thing.</p>

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<p>hmmm- what is a sticky?</p>

<p>wait, oh i see. I’m sorry- figured it out.
sorry to inconvenience you.</p>

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<p>It’s no problem. The regulars here just get frustrated when people ask the same questions recurringly. But, it is sometimes just faster for inquirers to post a question than look through all the many resources available here.</p>

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<p>The BB1 and BB2 from collegeboard, as well as the official (insert years here) practice tests.</p>

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<p>My advice to “nil desperandum” would be quite different from my advice to, say, HarryPotter11. Nil, just based on your username, I think that you would be best served by the official Blue Book from the College Board, the free PSAT practice test that’s provided when you register, and maybe Barron’s 2400 book. Odds are, the Kaplan books and the Princeton Review books will not help you much. For grammar, I’d suggest a two-part strategy: 1) Look at the Blue Book to see which grammar issues are recurring CB hobby horses. Parallelism is one–they are sticklers for it, almost to the point of artificiality. 2) From your public library, request The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. They can probably obtain it via an inter-library loan, if it’s not in their collection. (It’s a bit expensive to buy, even in paperback.)</p>