<p>Hello,
I’ve been reading all the threads and posts about students preparing for the upcoming SATs and who are doing their “last minute” studying. I’ve been wondering, as a freshman/sophmore, what productive and (free) steps should I take now in order to get a good score on SAT in the future? (senior yr)</p>
<p>For verbal/writing:
Read extensively and do not bother “prepearing for SAT”. Also watch out what to read.
For math: do the best you can in your class.
Really, massive “test prep” work is only for “last minute”, for who are not fully ready by the very time.</p>
<p>thanks, but what do you recommend to read? (except TIME magazine…)</p>
<p>i would say just pay attention as hard as you can in your classes. i was surprised that nearly every word my teacher said was helpful to me in my SAT experience. paying attention will also pay off in your sat 2 subject tests.</p>
<p>if you haven’t already, read the harry potter series; i honestly think it helps monumentally in both critical reading and especially writing</p>
<p>How does it help for writing???</p>
<p>you start learning sentence structure. helps with both essay writing and multiple choice.</p>
<p>lol, it shows in your username.
actually, I’m going to agree with harrypotter123, because for a small period of time, it was easier for me to write any kind of compositions after reading all Harry Potter books, since I read them consecutively, followed by some other boring books…
Now, however, I completely stopped reading, and forgetting basic words =(. I just can’t find any good books that are of interest to me and helpful in SAT prep.
Can you recommend any?</p>
<p>I dunno about that man…and I’ve read all the Harry Potter books.
For the Writing MC, I just did a bunch of writing MC questions.</p>
<p>Selena 731,
I think books such as Jane Eyre, Whuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice,and other such books from the era, are EXTREMELY “good books that are of interest to me and helpful in SAT prep.”
SAT vocabulary repetitively appears in their languge, and they usually contain a lot of long sentences with sophistigated structure, even more so than SAT readings. Plus, such books are profound enough to involve a lot of different themes (courage, belief, friendship, love, etc…), which help to solidify your writing.
But after all, don’t force yourself if they do not interest you at all.</p>
<p>Just do well in classes and READ, READ, READ (anything and everything- books, magazines, newspapers). New York Times and the Economist are good ones.</p>