What is the best SAT prep book for me?

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<p>Hi, I'm a current junior trying to improve my SAT quite a bit by June and improve it a lot by October. My current scores are;
CR:600
Math:580
Writing:590 (8-essay)</p>

<p>What's the best SAT Prep-book for me if I want to improve each score by 100+ points?
Skill-wise;
I struggle in math (i'm surprised I even got a 580.)
In Cr I just need an improved vocabulary and I guess better paragraph analysis. (Should've done better than 600.)
In writing I am usually pretty good (I've gotten 700s on practice tests and idk what happened on test day, so I guess. I just need to improve my consistency.)</p>

<p>I know there's probably hundreds of these threads but I'm looking for a more specific-to-my-scores answer.</p>

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<p>I feel like the Barron’s SAT books are terrific. Also, get the Blue Book and do the practice tests.</p>

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<p>CR: memorize all 400 words from the two volumes of Direct Hits.</p>

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<p>Gruber’s SAT guide really goes over all the topics, basics and tricks, if you’re strugelling with math I guess you should get it.
For vocab, well you gotta find a good list and study from it (most people suggest Direct Hits).
And for grammer, go over silver turtle’s guide, and maybe look up some classes on you tube.
But most important, practice a lot on every thing, preferrably using CB materials.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the feedback. If you’re wondering I ended up getting Barron’s with the DVD and the 3500 word list. And after I’m done with that if I get my score up to 19-2000 I’ll attempt to use Barron’s 2400 over the summer.</p>

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<p>you do not need the 3500 word list. Just Direct Hits. Those 400 words are a gift from God, because multiple words from those books show up on the SAT every time. Make flashcards.</p>

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<p>You guys should check out this youtube channel if you want to improve your writing score. Has info for all the sections but since the one in question is writing here’s the link:
[SAT</a> Grammar Bootcamp - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL41E39A95D920B37E]SAT”>SAT Grammar Bootcamp - YouTube)</p>

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<p>Please for your own sake don’t use the 3500. Its not true vocabulary anyways since the definition you’ve memorised is very limited and you probably won’t have come close to mastering how to use the words. If your goal is just to score well on the SAT then go ahead, good luck with that. But if you want true vocabulary, I’d much rather go for DH which already covers most of the SAT vocab and, since theres a lot fewer words, allows you to go online to search, read, and actually input the vocab into your lexicon.
I’ve done McGraw Hill, Kaplan and Barron’s critical reading workbooks and they are all horrible, gave me a ton of head shaking. Only Barron’s comes close and it only copies the easy and medium level questions very well. It barely includes ANY collegeboard styled hard questions. Like McGraw Hill and Kaplan, Barron has a bunch of BS questions as well.</p>

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Blue book
http://amzn.to/1G4VuBZ