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04-25-2008, 06:25 AM
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#1 | | Junior Member
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| how does the blue book compare to the actual SAT?
I'm taking the sat on may 3 and i want to know if the blue book is the best possible prep. Do you find that your score ranges are higher or lower than your scores on the actual test? | 
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04-25-2008, 04:14 PM
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| The Blue Book is great since it is written by the same people who administer the test, so the style/type of questions are the same. I found my score ranges on the practice tests were roughly where my actual score was. | 
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04-25-2008, 09:15 PM
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| the blue book is the best possible prep.
2360 using little other than the blue book. it's just practice and technique. | |
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04-25-2008, 10:16 PM
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| ^ Do you mind me asking what your score was before you began studying? That is, if you took a practice test before beginning your SAT prep using the Blue Book... | |
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04-26-2008, 05:50 AM
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| thanx only six more days until THE TEST | |
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04-26-2008, 10:13 PM
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| Yes, it is an excellent form of preparation -- I was lucky enough to get a 2400 by solely using it to study. However, I never obtained such a high score on any of the practice tests in the book (I generally had 3-4 errors on any given practice test), so you shouldn't underestimate the positive effects of high quantities of caffeine and stress on your actual performance. Also, I would recommend against using books such as Kaplan to study (and perhaps others, but I only perused my friend's Kaplan book, so I can't say anything about TPR) as the questions are oftentimes factually incorrect and, in general, unrepresentative of the exam as a whole. | |
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04-26-2008, 10:41 PM
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| @Sci-Fry: I took a class and learned some testing technique; at the "beginning" of the class, I got either a high 2200 or a low 2300. At the "final" I got a 2400. So I wasn't using the blue book to "study" per se, just practice technique and questions.
Doing practice tests in general helps. I mean, by the time I took the SAT, there were times when I read a sentence completion, thought "hey X should go here" and X was actually one of the answer choices. It made me LOL a bunch. | |
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04-26-2008, 11:06 PM
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| We have two 2400-zingers in this thread.
Doesn't that make you wonder how common that score is?
I'm glad I'm a commoner now. @_@
@topic - I think it's pretty accurate. (But what I hate about this book is that it gives you a range... and doesn't pinpoint the exact score you can hope to get.)
I took 1 of its practice tests before the March exam, got an 1800 on it, but on the real thing, I got a 2000+.
So, I'm hoping for something like that happening this time too, heh. | |
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04-26-2008, 11:13 PM
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| I don't know who you're referring to, but if I'm one of 'em, then I feel like I need to clarify: I got a 2400 on an older SAT exam for practice, but a 2360 on the official exam.
And yeah, the range thing is irritating. | |
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04-26-2008, 11:15 PM
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| 2360 is still pretty good. 
40 points away from 2400 = Blah.
Are you a senior/junior?
Just wondering. | |
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04-26-2008, 11:39 PM
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| Senior. Dartmouth '12. Yay! | |
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04-26-2008, 11:44 PM
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| Congrats!
I can't wait to type something like that one day instead of 'I'm taking the SAT'... eek.
How many times did you take the SAT? | |
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04-27-2008, 12:03 AM
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| Once.
Haha. I was so happy. | |
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04-27-2008, 12:08 AM
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| >_<
Blech.
One last question: What did you get on the essay? (you seem like the kind who score high... ) | |
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04-27-2008, 07:49 AM
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| hopefully the stress will boost by grade!! | |
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