<p>Take 5- hour energy before the test! It works!</p>
<p>What do you guys reccomend to improve CR? Other than maybe studying vocab and doing practice tests cause I've been doing that like crazy and no improvement...</p>
<p>I've spent about 20+ hours working through six tests in my barrons workbook. Are you saying that my time would have been a lot better spent doing the blue book tests? My library has a kaplan and PR with a few practice tests in them, I was thinking of just doing them now that I have exhausted barrons, but would you say that it would be a much better idea to work through the bluebook?</p>
<p>Thanks for your input on cc. Do you mind sending me your vocab list? <a href="mailto:moon@louisville.edu">moon@louisville.edu</a> thanks.</p>
<p>"Read Rocket Review. And place special emphasis on the problem:</p>
<p>x^2 + y^2 = A number
(x + y)^2 = Another number
xy = ?"</p>
<p>Example problem please?</p>
<p>@ jumpngo : (x+y)2 = x2 + y2 + 2xy
so you can apply the number to the above equation and find the correct answer.</p>
<p>For any math questions, you can pm me and I will reply as soon as possible !</p>
<p>the sat is important for the internal development of a todd who is preforming a good college attempt.</p>
<p>I have a math problem on the SAT...</p>
<p>I took 2 practice tests (without having a scored essay) and scored ~750 on CR and Writing sections but a 620 on the math =/</p>
<p>The end of section math problems always kill me =(</p>
<p>Will my math score increase just by continually taking the practice tests and "real tests" ?</p>
<p>maybe. you need to learn the basicsa though that pertain to each question</p>
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<p>No.</p>
<p>The idea behind taking practice tests is not to diagnose yourself (although that is a useful boon), but to learn from your mistakes. Granted, those last problems are the hardest. Yet, that should in no way mitigate the value of thoroughly going through them and understanding why you got each one wrong. Go through it thoroughly enough so that if you were to change every number in the problem, you could solve it in 30 seconds.</p>
<p>As you begin to get better at solving math problems you'll notice your error pattern will shift from a lack of knowledge to an abundance of mistakes. Maybe you'll distribute wrong, or solve for the wrong variable, or confuse radius and diameter. Then, you work on your strategy, using prep books--I recommend Rocket Review, others have recommended Grubers.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Too bad my library does not have anything other than a few tattered copies of the Princeton Review and Barrons books.</p>
<p>Thankfully I have one of two of the "Cracking The New SAT" from PR available =)</p>
<p>Is there some sort of complete document with Xiggi's wealth of information? If so, I would love a PM with it!</p>
<p>Go to my post #575 on pg. 39 for a summary of the Xiggi method:</p>
<p>I have to say, I used the advice from this forum to prep for yesterday's exam, and I am feeling so confident walking out of there. I will admit, I am one of those people who forked over the 1100 to Kaplan to learn from them, and it was truly a waste of my time and money. After taking the test for the first time in December 07, I have a 2050. To tell you the truth, I didn't use any of Kaplan's strategies at all. However, thanks to all of you wonderful people on this forum, I am feeling a high 22 or maybe a 23 for yesterday. Thanks to all the people, Xiggi and Godot specifically, though.</p>
<p>GOSH!!!i spent.... about 5 hours.. total, reading thru all the pages.
i am planning to get the rocketreview, testmaster(maybe? is it really good?), maximum sat, grammatix.
i have SAT tutor,but i feel like im not learning anything right now, because my classmates aren't bright, so im delayed.
like everyone else,i have problems with CR, but i have a VERY resolute determination. i used to devote 2 hrs each night(during school time), for SAT. but now i fear, i fear that i can't beat the CR section.
i'm going to use xiggi's method soon, as soon as school's over, my SAT spirit will rise!
hopefully i will return, and thank you for the helpful advice.</p>
<p>There is no substitute for taking practice tests AND most importantly, reviewing each problem as to why it is right or wrong. IMO the blue book and testmasters answers are the two most valuable resources and they can be further supplemented with RR.</p>
<p>Obviously you wouldn't be able to do this and nothing else, but what does everyone think about the efficacy of an audiobook, in addition to practice tests and the like, instead of a traditional book? Would your kids be more willing, excited, etc. to prep for the SAT if they could do it with, oh, about a three and a half hour audiobook, as opposed to a regular book?</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>Hi sorry i probly spelled his sn wrong but i just started reading this post and its great full of info but can someone give me the LO down who this person is ? yall practically treat him/her like a god of the SATs on here.lol</p>
<p>Grammatix is by far the best piece of SAT test prep I've ever seen. </p>
<p>It's hard to describe how good it is with words. I didn't believe the author of the product when he said that he had managed to raise his brother's SAT score (BTW, this is the old 1600-scale SAT) from like 1200 to 1600 in 9 hours simply by teaching him the techniques presented in the Grammatix SAT guide... now I do.</p>