<p>What do I do for practice now?</p>
<p>I already finished the Blue Book and want to practice more--what's the best thing for me to use as practice.</p>
<p>Note: I have PR's 11 Tests for the New SAT, Kaplan's New SAT book and Barron's New SAT book, and have not touched any of them, but have heard that Kaplan's is terrible, PR is farrrrr too easy and Barron's farrrrr too difficult and different.</p>
<p>Which would be best for me to use? Should I just take EVERY test?</p>
<p>Well, do you have a worst section?</p>
<p>If you need practice in, say, sentence completion, why not buy 10 Real SATs and just use the valid parts?</p>
<p>Otherwise, you'll just have to work with what you have ...</p>
<p>Or, of course, you could by the Online Course from Collegeboard ...</p>
<p>What does the online CB course provide that the books don't?
And I'd say practice your worst sections in those books and pick up Gruber's and work in that too. And take practice tests for the heck of it, I don't think you'll gain anything bad.</p>
<p>Edit: Out of the books you have, I'd say Princeton's is the best.</p>
<p>My sections are all relatively similar, but I did significantly worse than usual on my actual SAT on the Critical Reading section (which surprised me, I have to say). Trouble is, I'm taking the test again in October, so I'd rather study EVERYTHING to get it all fresh in my head and make taking the test a more natural and confident experience than it was the first time.</p>
<p>Pay $70 for an online course with 3 NEW practice CB tests...they are not in the CB book....and tons of NEW Practice passages...</p>
<p>Is that really worth it? Why not spend that $70 this way: $50 on Grammatix, $20 on RocketReview, and then use the 19 "fake" tests I have?
Are they THAT bad?</p>
<p>Doesn't the CB online course also grade the essays? And give explanations to their answers?</p>
<p>Well go ahead and take the grammatix and rocketreview if there tests are fairly accurate...that's what I'll do if this online thing doesn't work out....which I'll find out June 4th....</p>
<p>Sarorah- there is automated essay grading; there are AWESOME explanations to the answers...</p>
<p>Hyper you misinterpretted me--what I meant what I'd use Grammatix and RR as GUIDES (that's all they are) and then use that advice in the taking of the tests in PR, Kap's and Barron's.</p>
<p>bump?</p>
<p>this is really important to me. it's important to know if mastering every PR and/or Kaplan and/or Barron's test will help me or not, or if it could hurt as its THAT different from the real deal...</p>
<p>Wow, that's alot of practice tests to have taken...</p>
<p>Go with the 11 New SATs... Good book.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Thanks. To me, it's important that I am as confident as possible walking into that door in October, so basically, I am going to take every practice test at my disposal until it becomes second nature.</p>
<p>I see no reason not to, as I have an entire summer plus September, during which it's important that I retain the SAT mindset and then ace the test. I already have an overall pretty solid first score (640/730/710) but having taken every test in the blue book before that test in May, I had never done that low in verbal (avg. score around 680-700) and had never done that in writing skills (avg. score around 770-800).</p>
<p>So basically, I believe if I retain that SAT mindset and have the confidence that I [personally] need walking in the door, I will go up by more than 150 points.</p>
<p>Therein lies my only issue; what if this "second nature" is based on the wrong tests? What if I become so used to the 11 tests in the Princeton Review book that I end up panicking at the increased difficulty of the real thing?</p>
<p>KAPLAN'S BIG PURPLE BOOK of 8 PRACTICE SATs is fairly equivalent to the "blue" book.</p>
<p>CR and MATH is really nice in the purple book ... sen. completions and writing well those can be practiced anywhere.</p>