<p>1) I got a 2220 on my Jan SAT. 700 - CR, 760 - M, 760 - W (11/12 on essay)</p>
<p>Is the Barrons 2400 book the best for improving CR And W scores? I need to know all the rules they test on the Writing test, as well as strategies for CR.</p>
<p>Can anyone testify for this book? I’ve heard some good things, but I just want to confirm.</p>
<p>Second…</p>
<p>2) For the US History SATII Subject Test, will the AMSCO book for APUSH be good enough to prepare you well for it?</p>
<p>Anyone help?</p>
<p>Barrons is significantly more difficult than the real SAT. If you have trouble in a specific area, which you evidently do not, I would not recomend using it. You are towards the high end of the spectrum for scores and I would wager that you mostly lost points on easy questions and stupid mistakes, as did I. To study for the next SAT I recomend that you use the Barrons writing section but just take a bunch of practice tests to improve your consistency.
I do not know anything about the USH SAT 2 so I can’t help you there.</p>
<p>My critical reading scores ALWAYS keep me from getting a 2300.</p>
<p>I know I can easily get my math up to an 800 (always careless mistakes) and I need more practice with writing, and A LOT of practice with CR.</p>
<p>I am currently in APUSH and I have an amsco book. I’ve heard from classmates above me that it is excellent prep for the AP exam.</p>
<p>AMSCO is probably good, but I used Kaplan for 770 SAT US History and 5 on AP test.</p>
<p>Uhh… I just got done reading Barron’s 2400 chapters on Critical Reading a couple minutes ago, and though I haven’t taken another practice test yet, I at least <em>feel</em> more prepared… and I think I have a better strategy.</p>
<p>Also, I think Barron’s 2400 is the best book for people who want to get over 700 in a section. Its Critical Reading questions and passages are very hard, but that’s because it assumes you can get all the easy ones right easily (which I assume is your case). So if you’re going to get a strategy book, I’d say Barron’s is the only plausible one, when you already have a 700.</p>
<p>I haven’t read the Writing section yet, I just got the book today… I’ll update tomorrow.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>I JUST bought the Kaplan 2400 book! =(
Does anyone know how that ones compares to the Barron’s one - especially in CR?</p>