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05-27-2007, 06:55 AM
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#736 | | Senior Member
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| INTRUDER ALERT!!!
WE HAVE CLASS OF 2011 PEOPLE HERE!!! | 
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05-27-2007, 08:02 AM
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| Rister, mind telling me from where did you get your strategies? Thanks.. | |
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05-27-2007, 08:23 AM
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#738 | | Senior Member
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| Epiphany, my friend! 
Kidding.
"Strategies" is the wrong word, I must admit.
Well, I worked through PR's How To Crack the New SAT but this wasn't too rewarding. I profited most from the Blue Book. You start to develope a feeling which word has to fit in, and of course, if you don't understand a word, write it down.
In addition, PR has a good list with frequently appearing words (there aren't too many words but you still get a solid knowledge about the most frequent words). I can also recommend you to learn the roots! It's sufficient to recognize the root of a word (in most of the cases) to ace the SAT!
Personally, I didn't learn any roots because I could profit from my Latin skills but if don't know Latin, I'd say it's a good idea.
In conclusion, practice and roots were my "strategies". As I said I studied the Princeton Review Words and the Sparknotes Words. Maybe they don't cover as many words as Barron's 3500, however, I don't think that the the costs (time!) outweight the benefits (a higher chance to know ALL words on your test, but still there might be words you never heard of) if you learn the 3500.
It's up to you.
P.S. If you can, read the "International Herald Tribune". There are a lot of SAT words and if you see them in context it's easier to remember them.
P.P.S. Dosomegood, where are you from? | |
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05-27-2007, 08:37 AM
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| Yeah, you do have wise Class of 2011ers here . You can ask us for advice. :P. We've been through it.
Um, Rister, not that I want to force you to apply to Oberlin, but Oberlin is one of the few LACs which have very strong sciences . Now if you meant "liberal" or "eccentric", you're right. Oberlin is not for conformists =). | |
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05-27-2007, 10:31 AM
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| Um, Rister, not that I want to force you to apply to Oberlin, but Oberlin is one of the few LACs which have very strong sciences . Now if you meant "liberal" or "eccentric", you're right. Oberlin is not for conformists =).
what she means is it's for freaks. | |
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05-27-2007, 10:44 AM
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| CurlyFry, I'd rather go in the social sciences. I was referring to the student body when I said that Oberlin might be too artsy for me (with the Conservatory and everything) | |
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05-27-2007, 01:05 PM
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| NO, taemi, we do not want to hijack this thread... poor '12ers.. okay well. Freaks > Snobs. Especially Haahvaaahd Snobs.
Oh well, yes, we tend to be indvidualistic . Amherst is a good school too, but they rejected me, so grrr. | |
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05-27-2007, 01:09 PM
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| hack this thread? hello? are you dreaming?  | |
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05-27-2007, 09:50 PM
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| hiii
hey everyone
i'm new here
anyone from nepal applying for class of 2012? | |
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05-28-2007, 12:00 AM
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| yeah there are 2 more people i guess | |
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05-28-2007, 05:45 AM
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| swift7 is from nepal, isn't he? | |
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05-28-2007, 05:47 AM
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| Ya, and so is Rena...(we hav a threesome here)..  ... | |
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05-28-2007, 05:48 AM
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| This thread is very stagnant...lets keep it moving ppl
We've all gotten very static during the last days-finals and all, but cmoooon | |
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05-28-2007, 06:29 AM
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| Rister:i'm from Shanghai,China | |
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05-28-2007, 08:58 AM
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| w00t we have indians, chinese, nepalese, italians | |
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