Best SAT review book?

[PHiuR]

what company makes the best review book?

may3rd big SAT day...also my prom its gonna be a sucky morning, goodnite

 

[zippy]

Princeton Review, hands down.

Those books are really good for reviewing - they aren't dense and dull like most textbooks are. They are a much faster read and every so often they make fun of the College Board - not to mention they have the best content and help the most.

Good luck.

 

[huypham]

Man, nothing beats the 10 REAL Sats. Get your hands on as many real SATs as possible. Sometimes they repeat questions, sometimes they are similar.

Personally, no offense Zippy, but Princeton Review was too easy for me. If you're trying to shoot up from a low score initally, it's not bad. But if you want to climb up to the really really high scores, you should be practicing with the real thing.

huy

 

[zippy]

Originally posted by: huypham
Man, nothing beats the 10 REAL Sats. Get your hands on as many real SATs as possible. Sometimes they repeat questions, sometimes they are similar.

Personally, no offense Zippy, but Princeton Review was too easy for me. If you're trying to shoot up from a low score initally, it's not bad. But if you want to climb up to the really really high scores, you should be practicing with the real thing.

huy

Right, he asked for the best review book. 10 REAL SATs is a great book with practice exams. I felt that practicing the test helped me prepare far better than reading a book.

By the way, I was in the 97th and 98th percentile for my SAT...so yeah, I was up in those high scores.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: zippy

Originally posted by: huypham
Man, nothing beats the 10 REAL Sats. Get your hands on as many real SATs as possible. Sometimes they repeat questions, sometimes they are similar.

Personally, no offense Zippy, but Princeton Review was too easy for me. If you're trying to shoot up from a low score initally, it's not bad. But if you want to climb up to the really really high scores, you should be practicing with the real thing.

huy

Right, he asked for the best review book. 10 REAL SATs is a great book with practice exams. I felt that practicing the test helped me prepare far better than reading a book.

By the way, I was in the 97th and 98th percentile for my SAT...so yeah, I was up in those high scores.

Get the 10 Real SAT book and do as many tests as you can between now and the exam. They help much more than the review books. (Btw, I did well as well, 1490)

 

[zippy]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Originally posted by: zippy

Originally posted by: huypham
Man, nothing beats the 10 REAL Sats. Get your hands on as many real SATs as possible. Sometimes they repeat questions, sometimes they are similar.

Personally, no offense Zippy, but Princeton Review was too easy for me. If you're trying to shoot up from a low score initally, it's not bad. But if you want to climb up to the really really high scores, you should be practicing with the real thing.

huy

Right, he asked for the best review book. 10 REAL SATs is a great book with practice exams. I felt that practicing the test helped me prepare far better than reading a book.

By the way, I was in the 97th and 98th percentile for my SAT...so yeah, I was up in those high scores.

Get the 10 Real SAT book and do as many tests as you can between now and the exam. They help much more than the review books. (Btw, I did well as well, 1490)

Ya' beat me by 10 pts.

 

[jlarsson]

Definitely the 10 real SAT book. Nothing is better than experience when coming to the SAT's. The only hard part of the SAT's is decifering the questions. The material itself is quite easy. With this book, you'll get good practice taking the test.

Good Luck!

 

[jurzdevil]

or you could not review at all to see if you learned anything in high school

 

[brtspears2]

Originally posted by: jurzdevil
or you could not review at all to see if you learned anything in high school

Not advised, only got a 1200 first try using this method. Did 3 outta 10 of the "real SAT's" and behold, 1300. Since I was going nowhere with my lack of GPA, I decided it was time to call it quits and not try the SAT again.

 

[jurzdevil]

Originally posted by: brtspears2

Originally posted by: jurzdevil
or you could not review at all to see if you learned anything in high school

Not advised, only got a 1200 first try using this method. Did 3 outta 10 of the "real SAT's" and behold, 1300. Since I was going nowhere with my lack of GPA, I decided it was time to call it quits and not try the SAT again.

well that means your score is 1200.

you did 3 of the supposed tests with the same questions. tell me thats not a form of cheating.

at least you bought a book and didnt drop 800$ for a review course.

it has perplexed me that people study so hard for these tests that are supposed to judge you on how you did throughout highschool. you should either know it or not by the time you take the test. i still say go take the test without any knowledge of it.

now someone may say you do the review to become familiar with the format of the test...maybe that is part of the test. being able to adapt to a different weay of testing during the test.

by the way... i got 1170 the first time i took the test and 1190 the second time.

 

[AntaresVI]

I didn't use anything before my PSAT and i got a 1550; I used 10 Real SATs before my first SAT and got a 1490. Go figure.

 

[zippy]

Originally posted by: jurzdevil

Originally posted by: brtspears2

Originally posted by: jurzdevil
or you could not review at all to see if you learned anything in high school

Not advised, only got a 1200 first try using this method. Did 3 outta 10 of the "real SAT's" and behold, 1300. Since I was going nowhere with my lack of GPA, I decided it was time to call it quits and not try the SAT again.

well that means your score is 1200.

you did 3 of the supposed tests with the same questions. tell me thats not a form of cheating.

at least you bought a book and didnt drop 800$ for a review course.

it has perplexed me that people study so hard for these tests that are supposed to judge you on how you did throughout highschool. you should either know it or not by the time you take the test. i still say go take the test without any knowledge of it.

now someone may say you do the review to become familiar with the format of the test...maybe that is part of the test. being able to adapt to a different weay of testing during the test.

by the way... i got 1170 the first time i took the test and 1190 the second time.

It isn't cheating. The questions are different for every single test. The passages that you read are always different. Nothing is the same from test to test except for the format. By taking practice tests you are learning the format of the test and practicing questions similar to those that will actually be on the SAT.

If a math teacher gave you a review packet to do to study from for the test, would you not do it because the questions are similar? How about homework? The questions in the homework follow the same format as the ones on the test - maybe we shouldn't do homework any more...it's cheating.

 

[Hector13]

Originally posted by: jurzdevilit has perplexed me that people study so hard for these tests that are supposed to judge you on how you did throughout highschool. you should either know it or not by the time you take the test. i still say go take the test without any knowledge of it.

now someone may say you do the review to become familiar with the format of the test...maybe that is part of the test. being able to adapt to a different weay of testing during the test.

by the way... i got 1170 the first time i took the test and 1190 the second time.

I gotta completely disagree. I don't think the SATs are able to test your "natural" ability or your general knowledge. It is one stupid and predictable test. I think your best bet is taking 10+ practice exams and memorizing every stupid type of trick question they can use. The SAT doesn't tell you squat about your intelligence; it's simply a test of how well you know the material they will ask you. The more practice you have at it, the better you will be.

Sadly, though, how you do on this one stupid test will play a big role in what schools you get into. And what schools you get into can play a huge role in where you end up (please don't bring up billy gates or other college drop outs who succeeded without a degree; for every one of them there are 1 million other drop-outs struggling to survive).

 

[touchmyichi]

I took a class on taking the SAT, my scores jumped 300 pts.