@Spiral7 I just watched the video. It was very good. It had great actors and I can’t believe it was made by a freshman in college. It doesn’t seem like it because the editing is awesome and a great script.
I’m reviewing barron’s for sat ii math 2 in october and I hate permutations and combinations! I can never remember when to use which. When I look at the concept on khan academy or the textbook, I’m like “oh, yeah, I remember now,” but when I just do a problem, I can never decide which to use. Eh, I hate probability, conics, and vectors!
So I was searching for free test prep websites and found this website: https://www.number2.com/index.cfm?s=Iw8kIWNPbw2975822. I was wondering if anyone used number2.com for ACT test prep before. How effective is it? Did it prepare you well for the ACT? Or if you haven’t used it, please tell me if you think this is a legit website.
I don’t know about that website, but I tried using BenchPrep last year and it was absolutely terrible. There were errors everywhere. I have since sworn off online test prep services (Shmoop is pretty bad, too).
I have not done any volunteering this summer…yikes…but I will do an intensive hospital internship next year that honestly not many 15 or 16 year olds get to experience. I still need some community service, like at churches or food drives. I will never play sports in high school and am much more interested in the arts, like music music theatre.
Is anyone obsessed with scheduling the tasks you have to do each day? I have become so obsessive, like reading my last summer reading novel in ten days and fastidiously completing a music theory textbook almost 700 pages long chapter-by-chapter before school starts August 24 because who knows when I will have time for that?
P.S. I am more motivated than ever to get no more than two B’s on my transcript this year because that “B” in GT English is…whatever.
Is anyone studying for the new PSAT? I got Barron’s. I wish they kept the old PSAT for one more year.
@JHUbal27 Yeah I’m obsessed with creating schedules and planning, although a lot of times I over plan and fail to reach my goal. I tend to overestimate the amount of energy and caffeine I can drink haha
I have to make calendars, although that might just be because I’m so busy.
I’m getting 150 service hours from my internship this summer, plus another 100 hours from other various sources. I’m pretty much set.
I got Barron’s for the new PSAT as well. I also got some PR practice questions and the new Blue Book (lol I’m not even taking the new SAT, I’m taking the old one).
I also got Barron’s for the new PSAT… plus the Kaplan book. Also Khan Academy 
Taking the old SAT too!
I’m also taking the old SAT! Unfortunately the critical reading section is killing me right now, I just can’t seem to bring my score up.
I haven’t taken a real SAT yet, but critical reading is always my worst area on practice tests and on the PSAT. I got a 68 on the CR PSAT last year, which would be a 680 on the SAT… I need at least 720
@MissRB0021 Critical reading is the killer section for me as well. It’s just so aggravtaing. I’m stuck at 700-720 for CR while everything else is improving.
How hard did you guys say Barron’s practice tests are compared to the real thing??? (Sorry, I’m lazy to dig through all these pages). I just took a sat ii biology practice test and got a 620!!! I’m freaking out!!! I was hoping for a score at least in the 700s and I thought I knew the material pretty well! 
Barrons guide is harder but only by like a few questions (that’s how it felt when I took Barrons guide for math ii and chem)
I forgot what I scored on my bio practice tests, but the best indicator of your actual score is the College Board official practice test. I scored the exact same thing on all of my College Board practice tests as I did on the actual thing (for three subject tests).
As for the actual SAT, my Writing score is stuck in the 600s (although I have no idea about essay scores), while my CR and Math scores hover around 750 (need to get them up those last 50 points to make up for Writing–gah!). I hate the SAT writing section; the grammar is ambiguous at best.
@topaz1116
Dude The Ultimate Guide to SAT Grammar by Erica Meltzer is the BEST BEST BEST SAT writing book for the old SAT. I’m not kidding, it helped me raise my PSAT score from 50 something to an 80. It literally tells you every single possible error on the SAT Writing portion. Her blog/website, thecriticalreader.com, has most of the rules posted online but without the practice problems in the book, which I thought were useful. It’s way better than Barron’s/PR/etc and has amazing reviews.
Sorry for the intense advertising haha.
Aite. I will check that book out. I actually did better on the PSAT Writing (71) than I do on SAT Writing (600-ish), which is somewhat strange.
I have the [url = <a href=“http://www.amazon.com/SAT-Elite-2400-Advanced-Preparation/dp/0804125538%5DPrinceton”>http://www.amazon.com/SAT-Elite-2400-Advanced-Preparation/dp/0804125538]Princeton Review SAT Elite 2400 and so far it seems to be pretty good. It is made for students who are already getting 700+ in each section and has hard practice problems.
On the PSAT I did the worst in CR and the best in writing but on a practice SAT I did the best in CR and the worst in writing because of the essay. The online grading thing gave me an 8 but I think I can do better than that.
I already have, like, 7 SAT books so I really shouldn’t get more. I have Barron’s Writing Workbook, the Blue Book, Kaplan 2400, Barron’s SAT, 500 SAT Critical Reading Questions, How to Write a Killer SAT Essay, and Gruber’s SAT Critical Reading Workbook (plus another 3 PSAT books).
It helps to have neighbors and siblings who are willing to give you their SAT books 
I’m a 17er, hoping was a 16er to be over with school already lol
^I wish I had a fast forward button for senior year.