<p>I know there’s probably a thread, but I want the most recent and updated responses possible. I have a cousin who’s a rising senior, and he’s wondering what the best books are. This year, I just used Barron’s which worked well. Is Barron’s the best, or only for the SAT I? What do you recommend.</p>
<p>List in the following format, please:</p>
<p>The Best SAT I Prep Book Is: </p>
<p>The Best PSAT Prep Book Is:</p>
<p>The Best SAT II Prep Book Is:</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>Considering you got a 2390 on the SAT I and a perfect ACT why would you care? (Oh did I forget to mention that you were accepted to Princeton, Yale, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, Penn, Cornell, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Vanderbilt, and Dartmouth)</p>
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<p>Stop ■■■■■■■■ CC and leave =P</p>
<p>read the post again</p>
<p>The Best SAT I Prep Book Is: Collegeboard Official Study Guide</p>
<p>The Best PSAT Prep Book Is: No idea</p>
<p>The Best SAT II Prep Book Is: Collegeboard Subject Test Book
I wouldn’t advise using BB’s advice for preparation but just doing the Practice Tests thoroughly is the best preparation one can get (in my opinion). Of course, just doing the tests one after another won’t help much. Studying each question I missed, and fully understanding it helped a lot.
I currently own Barron’s 2009, Barron’s 2400, and Gruber’s.
I have used Barron’s without much visible progress. My initial scores were the same as the ones I got after I was finished with Barron’s practice tests. However, I have to admit that learning Barron’s high frequency and hot prospect word lists helped me improve in CR.
I’ve done two of 5 practice tests in Gruber’s and was discouraged by little progress, and differences I encountered in the practice tests from the real CB tests.
I have only skimmed the Barron’s 2400 but I might not even use it because most of the things in the book appear to deviate from the SAT standards.
However, after doing all eight practice tests in the BB, my scores improved significantly. Through this tedious process of trying out many types of practice tests I reached the conclusion that doing original SAT tests is the best way to prepare. I now even consider paying for the costly SAT Online course for its six practice tests for my summer SAT preparations.</p>
<p>Silverturtle’s guide for the SAT is incredibly helpful: (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/955109-silverturtles-guide-sat-admissions-success-2.html?highlight=silverturtle[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/955109-silverturtles-guide-sat-admissions-success-2.html?highlight=silverturtle</a>) It has some excerpts about the PSAT and a few book recommendations for SAT IIs so it would be worthwhile to take a look at it.</p>