SAT Advice

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<p>Basically, I have started to “hardcore” (sorry for the lack of a better term) study for the SAT; yet I feel as if my studying plan is not good enough. I currently have the 2005 and latest blue book along with a Barron’s 2400 guide and a Barron’s SAT writing workbook. As I read more and more threads on CC I feel as if I need every single book made (slight exaggeration :slight_smile: ). Along with the anxiety of failing, I feel the way I study is ineffective. For example, I tend to create a mindset saying “Today, I am going to complete a practice test from the blue book.” Yet when I begin, I come to realize that I am in complete shock in how many I am missing and take excessive “breaks”.</p>

<p>So I guess my reason behind posting this thread is to:

  1. Gain tips on overcoming anxiety when practicing and persevere through the practice tests.
    And
  2. Gain tips on how I should go about studying. For example:
    -Use the Practice tests in the blue book sparingly only to simulate the SAT and work out of bootleg books like Barron’s?
    Or
    -Complete a section here and there out of the practice tests in the blue book along with the bootleg books.</p>

<p>SAT range: (with excessive breaks)
~1900 (first ever practice test)</p>

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<p>I’d recommend taking practice tests ONLY with the Blue Book / other previously released SAT tests. Those will be the most accurate. (But I also practiced the Writing section with other books.)</p>

<p>Anxiety tips would be helpful to me as well(:</p>