<p>Are Barron’s verbal tests somewhat easier than the real SAT?
I ask this because i get much less wrong on the sections than i would usually get.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>don’t think so. barron’s analogy is kinda weird, though.
i thought RC was really helpful.</p>
<p>Yes barron’s was easy for me… i got 50pts lower on the real thing</p>
<p>I think the Barron’s verbal is wayy too easy.</p>
<p>Even in comparison with other prep books, you can tell.</p>
<p>Barron’s prep books suck.</p>
<p>A real prep book is the 10 Real SATs</p>
<p>no way… barrons was MUCH harder (thogh i got the same score in the last 3 practice test as i did in the real one) 10 real sats is the best</p>
<p>I thought barrons verbal was a little easier than the real thing…but the math is CRAZY hard. Buy the 10 Real SATs book for a real gauge of how you’re doing.</p>
<p>Barron’s is about right on the sentence completions, but it chooses strange words on the analogies. The passages and questions on Barron’s, though, are much easier.</p>
<p>Whoa… Barron’s verbal is WAY harder than 10 Reals’!!! I consistently made 3-6 mistakes on Barron’s verbal, but on 10 Reals, I always got less than 2 wrong. Barron’s sentence completion is very easy though - the answer is always a word the sentence defines or a synonym of a word in the sentence. But, CR is hard. If you can do well on Barron’s CR, you’ll definitely ace the CR section of the real test.</p>
<p>FYI, I got 1520 my first round (750V) without having touched Barron’s practice tests, because I thought that the verbal portions were too hard. On my second try, however, after some prepping, I did the tests in Barron’s. Even though I still think they’re kinda hard, I got 1600 on the real test. So, you see, Barron’s overprepares you. Whatever score you get on Barron’s, you’ll get more than that on test day.</p>
<p>barrons verbal is a lot harder than the actual sat. However, barrons verbal is easier than barrons math.</p>
<p>well i just bought the Real Sat’s
does it really give you a good idea on how well you do on the SAT currently? because these tests i think are like 5 or 6 years old and the tests must have changed a bit by now right?</p>
<p>yes it does. i have almost completed the book by doing sections every night.</p>
<p>my current sat from the practice tests is ~1400-1450. let’s hope it holds true for December 4th. :)</p>
<p>Yes, it positively nearly predicts your score, at least in my case. I took 3 practice tests about a month before i took it last year, and the scores were 1370, 1430, 1480. The average of those 3 = 1426.67. I got a 1420, go figure.</p>