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<p>I doubt it. There are, however, millions of books that don’t have any questions.</p>
<p>I would like some opinions on what the best CR book/resource is for someone scoring in 600-660 range… I think what I need is a CR book with the proper explanations for each question and which is closest to the real SATs</p>
<p>hey so I get pretty screwed in the writing section and I took an SAT class so I know the general rules but I definitely need to brush up on catching them a 100% of the time and getting down the tougher questions like 26-29 on spot-the-error. Any suggestions to help me out on writing multiple choice? Thanks!</p>
<p>Recommendations for books other than BB that provide good practice for CR? I know a lot of people here say Barrons… but specifically which Barrons books?</p>
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Definitely read through Silverturtle’s Guide (just the writing section in your case; read through it twice) and pay a lot of attention. Do it like maybe reading a post a day. Let the info digest. Take a break from CR and Math for a little while and do the whole Writing part of a test everyday. This should last 10 days. I suggest using PR so you don’t run out of official materials. Review every single question, eve the ones you get right. You should improve your multiple choice score (the one out of 49) by at least 10, depending on how much you read and how much you grasp the concepts when you review. You could probably get close to perfect eventually. </p>
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I scored a first time 580 on a CB practice test. Then I got PR. I brought my score up to a consistant 650-670. Now with the BB, I consistently score 680-710.</p>
<p>Any prefences between the barrons 2400 and the barrons sat?</p>
<p>VeryStressedOut,</p>
<p>Please don’t be stressed. Lighten up, I got your back…</p>
<p>Best Wishes,
AdmissionsFun</p>
<p>i just bought the princeton review 11 practice tests book and i’ve been hearing all these bad things about it so i was wondering if i should return it? i just took a practice test from the book and i think it was MUCH easier than other tests i’ve taken…</p>
<p>The following is a concise guide on how to prepare for the SAT for under $100!</p>
<p>SAT Prep can be broken into three stages:
- learning the material;
- practicing the material and identifying weaknesses; and
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<p>STEP ONE: LEARNING THE MATERIAL</p>
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Purchase these books depending on what your weaknesses are. </p>
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You never know what SAT words will pop up on the test. This book is literally 1,000 of the most frequently tested words. The best part is the mnemonic devices that help you remember the meaning of each word. Sample sentences are also provided. Whats great is that this is not a book that you would sit down and read straight through (like Grubers or Barrons). Instead, take it with you whenever you are in the car or have some down time. </p>
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<p>I’m happy to answer any questions, so reply or message me if you have them!</p>
<p>I’ll give everyone one guess as to which one she’s trying to sell.</p>
<p>Not selling them, they’re what I recommend for my students. I do offer internet tutoring, but I won’t promote that here :)</p>
<p>I think barron’s writing is totally inappropriate. The error types focused too much on those that don’t appear much in real tests like idioms. And reading and maths are much harder than the actual tests, but I don’t see the point of doing them since you rarely meet really really hard questions. The most important thing when preparing a test is to make every practice real. Barron certainly is incapable of doing that.
In fact, I thought Princeton 11 was very close to the actual tests.</p>
<p>I spend a lot of money for different books. I’m international student so, it’s a real adulation for me to buy books. I purchased The Official SAT Study Guide with the Jane Austen’s novels; for these two books I payed 125$. So…</p>
<p>^ I think you got your vocab confused. Adulation= excessive admiration or flattery.</p>
<p>i thought it means “high price”</p>
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<p>There is much more effective way than doing this studying for the SAT. While she is correct that one should use Free Practice Test offered by the College Board and the SAT Blue Book (as many call it), Kaplan’s Dictionary could be replaced by Direct Hits Vocab books for much more efficient hit-rate and score-boost. And sadly enough, none of the SAT Barron’s books does not accomplish a good job in explaining the essential topics tested on the SAT. Grubers… Granted that book does a fairly good job explaining patterns behind the SAT, but the only commendable books that I found from that author was those of Maths.</p>
<p>In addition, I would suggest these books below:</p>
<p>Grammatix (49.99 US dollars, I believe) - for Critical Reading (a little bit) and Writing Multiple-Choice ONLY. Not for the essay.
~200 pgs. Let’s be real: who would read over thick, fat books anyway? This book does a fairly good job at explaining the recurring patterns of wrong answers and algorithms used to tackle the SAT, but there are certainly more patterns that are wrong, and there are certainly more tactics involved in finding out the “wrong” key phrases within every choice, but still, this book can give you a quick boost in both Reading and Writing.</p>
<p>Blue book (Official SAT study guide)
Self explanatory. Finish this book for the sake of practice tests.</p>
<p>And finally,
Silverturtle’s “electronic book” posted here on CC, which is a resource of a priceless value. It’s sold at $0 but I believe that its value is more than $94.62.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how helpful the Sparknotes 10 practice tests are?</p>
<p>Do I can use all of the possible SAT prep books if time allows…is it actually help?</p>
<p>What’s a good book(s) for hard problems for all three subjects? Just fyi my top sat scores are 670 CR 730 M 750 W 9E</p>
<p>For the core studying, I personally think that one should really use the stuff put out by the college board. I feel like other books aren’t similar enough to the tests themselves and are too skewed. After taking a few tests and figuring out weak points, then get a more section specific book.</p>
<p>WRITING and / or CRITICAL READING:
My verbal tutor just but out an ebook called “The Ultimate Guide to SAT Grammar”. I might be biased because I know her, but its kinda amazing. If you don’t want to spend the money on it (or want to see if you’d like it), she has a blog (which is how you would buy the ebook). The blog is ultimatesatverbal.blogspot.com (I’m new to this site, so I’m not sure if its ok to post links… so if it isn’t, could someone tell me so that I don’t get kicked off or something). It basically says all that she taught me, which raised my CR from 640 to 770 points and my writing by from 650 to 750. She seriously knows the SAT inside and out (you can read her the answers, and she can tell you the question). She posts every day and focuses on different subject matter so that you can actually master the material and not just learn it for the test.</p>
<p>MATH:
Math comes really easily to me so I don’t focus too much on it, but, what I found really helpful was figuring out what I was having trouble with on practice tests, and then looking at my old textbooks, notes, homework or whatever I could find from when I took Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry. Like I said, I didn’t put that much effort into studying for the math portion, but I did raise my score this way.</p>