<p>Does anyone have the Kaplan 2400 book? Maybe I'm thinking of the barrons 2400 book, but I'm pretty sure it was Kaplan.</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>This should be updated more =/ Gruber's really is great for math though, but I haven't gotten hold of any other guide yet, unfortunately.</p>
<p>Barron's How to Prepare for the SAT, 23d Edition</p>
<pre><code>a. By Sharon Weiner Green and Ira K. Wolf, Ph.D, $13.32, 864 pages
b. Best for: mathematics & reading
c. Absolutely the best preparation book out there, bar none. The math section is ridiculously comprehensive; each major topic of math gets its own section, and each section has about 20 or so practice questions, each of comparable difficulty to the SAT's toughest problems.
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<p>The reading practice draws passages from really dense and sophisticated literature, so if you're not a good reader, the exercises whip you into shape rather quickly. Plus, the 3500 word vocab list has enough words to satiate even the most ardent of aspiring human dictionaries. </p>
<p>The writing section is a proper grammar textbook. If you read it and really understand what's going on, you'll do well on the writing section. </p>
<p>The practice tests are tough as nails, but you will be, too, after doing each one and understanding the problems on 'em. </p>
<p>It's only 13 bucks and it's all you need to ace the SAT. The only thing it won't give you is motivation to actually go through it -- that comes from within and is required to get the most from it.</p>
<p>where can u find the qas thingy.</p>
<p>I'm the director of a tutoring program out in the Boston area. We get very good results. Here's what we use.</p>
<p>For CR strategy/advice, we rely on a mix of sources: </p>
<p>McGraw-Hill has a great overall outline--it's well organized--but the actual advice is not so good. So we use the table of contents from the McGraw-Hill book to organize our CR plan, but we don't use much of the McGraw-Hill content itself. Instead, we sub in content and advice from other books. </p>
<p>On the whole, Rocket Review has the best content, but its organization is not ideal. It could have used a better outline, I think. However, as far as a general approach to the passages, it's the best I've seen.</p>
<p>On the other hand, in my opinion, Maximum SAT has the best approach to the question choices.</p>
<p>For CR, then: Rocket Review and Maximum SAT are best. Use Rocket Review's approach to the passages, and Maximum SAT's approach to the question choices.</p>
<p>For Writing: the best guide to the SAT Writing section IMHO is actually not an SAT book at all, but a GMAT book. It's the "Sentence Correction Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guide," available on Amazon: ISBN
0979017572.</p>
<p>For outside reading, we're currently using "The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines." For fiction, the British novel--the Victorian novel in particular--is a good bet.</p>
<p>All our vocab is currently in house, although if you are really curious there are a ton of old posts from me regarding vocab. </p>
<p>I realize this is a wacky list, but the theme of the thread was supposed to be "what people are actually using."</p>
<p>And, of course, the only real option for practice tests are authentic exams.</p>
<p>Best of luck to all you crazy collegebound indviduals out there.</p>
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Barron's How to Prepare for the SAT, 23d Edition</p>
<p>a. By Sharon Weiner Green and Ira K. Wolf, Ph.D, $13.32, 864 pages</p>
<p>b. Best for: mathematics & reading </p>
<p>c. Absolutely the best preparation book out there, bar none.
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<p>Unfortunately, this is absolutely ... the most misleading advice as Barron's is **far **from being the best book out there, very far!. The contents and scope miss the mark entirely as this book is nothing else than a poorly edited GRE recycling effort. Do yourself a favor and skip the 3500 vocabulary list.</p>
<p>Caveat Emptor has never been more true.</p>
<p>does the barrons crit read book comprise more well detailed content than the barrons 2400?</p>
<p>Is grammatix the one with the online version? i searched on ebay and amazon for it and found nothing, but on the "grammatix" site there is an option to buy an online version. idk... any help is appreciated.</p>
<p>xiggi, does this mean that you don't support Barron's 2400? I was using this book for critical reading, and I thought some of the advice was useful.</p>
<p>i think xiggi is talking about the Barron's general review book</p>
<p>i wish i had barron's 2400....is there any of you who can give me the pdf format of this book? at least i would love to get the tips provided in the book for CR</p>
<p>hey, the rocket review only has 2005-2006 edition right??</p>
<p>and also one more question, are the "consolidated" threads at the top of this SAT prep forum answer explanations to the bluebook? if not, where can I get the explanations to the bluebook?</p>
<p>You can get the explanations through testmasters or through the collegeboard online course</p>
<p>Hahah I'm weaker at Math. Iono where to find a Grubber in my country. ANy other suggestion?</p>
<p>What country?</p>
<p>And does anybody have any recommendations for books on how to write the SAT essay?</p>
<p>hey...so wait is "the" Gruber the
Gruber 2400
or the Gruber complete?</p>
<p>(btw I'm still double jetlagged, so no i'm not a freak who posts on collegeconfidential at 4:52 in the morning lol)</p>
<p>also for the grammatix
is it the thing on acethesat.com?</p>
<p>The Complete Gruber. i thinkl the 2400 is really new.</p>
<p>How to prepare for the SATs by Barrons is garbage. 20 questions for each mathematical concept? your kidding right? More like a book with 20 mathematical concepts stuffed into 10 pages and then super-sized by a 3500 word list with no definitions. Not to mention there are about 100 flash cards included i the back of the book that includes 5th grade vocabulary. Don't buy it, people who say this is a good book are out of their mind.</p>