<p>Knowing that @Mahkookeh is aiming for a 2300+ on the SAT, I would assume that he is planning to apply to ‘top-tier’ colleges, which means that a 2200 is not really good enough (unless he applies to colleges that overlook writing score like Williams). I think Writing is the most improve-able section of the SAT, as the rules of grammar are pretty straightforward and there’re certain ways of “hacking the essay”.
See AcademicHacker’s post for advice on the essay: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html</a>
About the sentence corrections, check out SparkNotes Seven Deadly Screw-Ups, which I find very helpful.</p>
<p>Now, about the vocabulary, I would recommend that you should ONLY study vocabulary from The Essential 500 and Direct Hits (the latter being the more favorable). Seriously, there’s no way of prediciting which words will show up on the test and the best vocabulary lists are the ones that do not pretend they are more than just a list of words that appeared earlier on the test. You don’t need to learn around 3500 words from Barron’s, more than half of which, I believe, are taken from the dictionary and probably will never show up on the test. Trust me, just get yourself Direct Hits and you’re fully equipped for the SAT.</p>