MathGuy777

I wonder how much one should spend on improving all parts of their SAT score (CR,M,W)

(Technically) Free:
SAT QOTD by College Board
College Board Practice
(If you have Internet access) Tons of guides and advice on this forum
Advice from your Math and English Teacher

<$100:
The SAT Blue Book, 2nd edition: ~$15
SAT Math-specialized workbook: ~$15
SAT CR-specialized workbook: ~$15
SAT Writing-specialized workbook: ~$15
SAT Vocabulary book: ~$20-30
Pencils, Paper, and a calculator: $10-20$

ZombieDante

I don't understand the question here....

But I'm going to take a shot at it in the dark and say that spend as much as YOU need. Get all the stuff YOU will need to get the score you want.

MathGuy777

Haha, it's just to discuss how much people paid for. I wasn't necessarily asking a question, my apologies...

gomdorri

The SAT Blue Book, 2nd edition: ~$13
Princeton Review 11 practice tests 2011: ~$2
Cracking the SAT, Princeton Review : ~$11
Barron's: ~$11
DH Volume 1 (didn't waste money on second though. though direct hits is amazing, I didn't feel like it was worth it to buy vocab books for 20+ dollars): ~$11
Pencils, Paper, and a calculator: 0 (I had the calculator since I was in 5th grade... pencils and paper I get for free because at the end of the school year, everyone at my school threw away their new and unused school utensils, and I obviously took the opportunity to scavenge for everything I could get. :3)

+3.99 shipping


Kaplan 12 SAT Practice Tests: Free, got a used from cousin and erased all of his work
Jan 2011 Q&A Service (sat practice test): Free, from cousin

3 PSATS (2010, 2011, 2011 practice): Free, decided to take the PSAT during 9th and 10th grade

CC's links to additional SAT practice tests: Free
Regular Kaplan SAT book: Free (borrowed from library)
College Confidential: Free
Collegeboard SAT QOD: Free
Sparknotes and 5000 vocab words + other sources for vocab: Free (why I didn't want to buy more DH-I'm kind of a cheapskate)
The Internet: Free.... err... sort of. But not counting the cost of our plan since I don't JUST use the internet to study for the SAT.... o____O



This looks like overkill but it's actually not lol. I study intermittently throughout the day, and sometimes I don't even study at all. /lazybum
I've neglected studying vocab for the last week so ...

I've been taking around 1-2 practice tests every week since June and I managed to bring my score up from an 1890 to a 2400 on the last practice tests and constant 2300+ before that (WITHOUT the essay of course lolol). I was scoring in the 1500s before that too.

stressedouttt

$15 on the blue book

that's all you need. if you go through the whole book, you should be good to go. you should at least be able to get a 2200+

I didn't go through the whole book, but I didn't get 2200+ haha. I did get 2000+ though

MathGuy777

^That's amazing! Also, congratulations on your score!