<p>I have the first volume of Direct Hits, and I think it’s great. The words are presented in a way that makes memorization easy, so I had no trouble learning one chapter every day.</p>
<p>Even though I think DH is good, I’m not buying the second volume. Each book only has 200 words, which I don’t think is enough to prepare me for the SAT. The DH books are expensive, and so I’d rather look up commonly appearing SAT words on CC, learn the words from Sparknotes, and then study the vocab presented in my Barron’s and PR book. I’d rather get as much as I can without spending too much money, instead of paying a ton to facilitate my learning process… </p>
<p>But yeah if you have a LOT of trouble remembering the vocab you’re presented with, I’d get Direct Hits. If you’re naturally good at memorization, then I wouldn’t bother with these books.</p>