<p>to the actual sats?</p>
<p>scale of 1 - 10</p>
<p>0 = least
10 = most</p>
<p>CB 8 prac tests
PR Cracking the SATS/PR Manual/ PR 11 prac tests
Barrons Cracking the SATS
Barrons 2400
Rocket Review
Sparknotes SAT</p>
<p>add more with ratings if i missed some....</p>
<p>9 for CB, the only reason im not giving it a 10 is because we wont get the ACTUAL SAT handed to us :p</p>
<p>CB - 9
PR - 7.5
SN - 7.5</p>
<p>I’d rate PR and SN 8 if they didn’t have so many mistakes in them.</p>
<p>CB 10
PR 7
Barrons 0 (way too many mistakes)
Barrons 2400 a very good book if you’re looking for that score but don’t do the practice tests</p>
<p>I’d give Kaplan an 8, their online free QuizBank is excellent for prolonged periods of practice problems.</p>
<p>i think akahmed should give us his rating</p>
<p>I’m curious to hear about RocketReview…</p>
<p>whoa i have kaplan and i’ve never used the online quiz bank. I dun even know how to get on there.</p>
<p>CB Blue Book 10
CB Online Thing 10
everything else worthless</p>
<p>It’s definitely true that anything not exactly like the real SAT can get you into bad habits.</p>
<p>I agree, I keep hearing of this RocketReview. Someone whose used it should rate it.</p>
<p>I think princeton review would be at least an 8, at least for writing and most of the math.</p>
<p>saying that ABSOLUTELY NOTHING works except for the OMGEE official BB is kinda closed minded don’t you think. Yeah, it is a great book that is designed by the testmakers, but still that doesn’t mean other books are detrimental to studying for the SAT. You guys sound like paid endorsers of college board products.</p>
<p>I would like to point out that if you were only to buy one book, buy the college board BB. It is the best but not the only option.</p>
<p>chink: I don’t think the CB books are the only helpful books - but other books CAN be detrimental if they bring you to have incorrect expectations for the test or if they have bad explanations of why certain answers are correct. Web sites are even more iffy… I advise people to stay away from any SAT web sites that aren’t affiliated with one of the major test prep companies or CB itself.</p>
<p>As someone who scored a 2400, I think I have some good insight on the nuances of the test. There are always those tough CR and writing questions where you narrow it down to two answers. At the upper level of SAT scores, it is distinguising the correct answer from these two that will help you improve. OBVIOUSLY, the CB book and online course are REAL SAT questions written by the ACTUAL WRITERS with all the ACTUAL TESTING AND REGULATIONS. If you read the Princeton Review, for example, and take four of their practice tests, you will get used to how PRINCETON REVIEW thinks when you answer their questions, and you will think like Princeton Review when you take the test. I’m telling you, some of those answers are very subtly different, and knowing how ETS decides which one is right is the golden key. So do Blue Book tests, go over your incorrect AND correct responses, explain to yourself why your answer was incorrect or correct. All the better if you have the Online Course, where CB TELLS YOU exactly why they think their answer is correct. Listen to them; they’re the real thing you’re going against. </p>
<p>On the other hand, if you are scoring 1500/2400 on your practice tests and have serious CONTENT issues with math, critical reading, and writing, then go buy an SAT workbook that teaches you geometry, vocabulary, grammar, what not. But don’t do their practice tests. Do CB only, trust me.</p>
<p>I did both PR tests and CB tests and it didn’t hurt me at all to do PR. </p>
<p>CB = 9 (no explanations, so it loses a point)
PR = 8</p>