<p>Hey guys,
Would anyone like to recommend a study plan for the aforementioned books? I have five tests left in the Blue Book. I am about 2/3 done with PWN the SAT and I have not begun Chung’s at all. I have provided my own study plan below, but if anyone has suggestions for revision of my plan or offer insight on how long I should taker per book, that would be great. </p>
<p>Things to Know:</p>
<p>SAT Test Date: March 14th, 2015
Current Math Score: 610 (Though after completing most of PWN the SAT, I’m confident that I’m at about a 660).
Expected Test Prep Start: December (Things are way too busy right now.)</p>
<p>Current Plan: </p>
<p>DECEMBER</p>
<p>Week 1: Read PWN the SAT
Week 2: Finish PWN the SAT
Week 3: Read Chung’s, Blue Book Practice Test (1)
Week 4: Finish Chung’s, Chung’s Practice Tests (1-3)</p>
<p>JANUARY</p>
<p>Week 1: Chung’s Practice Tests (4-5)
Week 2: Chung’s Practice Tests (6-7)
Week 3: Blue Book Practice Test (2), Chung’s Practice Tests (7-8)
Week 4: Chung’s Practice Tests (9-10)</p>
<p>FEBRUARY</p>
<p>Week 1: Blue Book Practice Test (3), Chung’s Practice Tests (11-12)
Week 2: Chung’s Practice Tests (13-14)
Week 3: Blue Book Practice Test (4), Chung’s Practice Tests (15-16)
Week 4: Chung’s Practice Tests (16-17)</p>
<p>MARCH</p>
<p>Week 1: Blue Book Practice Test (5), Chung’s Practice Tests (18-19)
Week 2: Chung’s Practice Test (20)</p>
<p>I plan on not timing myself for the first ten or so of Chung’s practice tests and then setting myself time restraints that get gradually smaller. It’s a given that I will be reviewing problems missed. </p>
<p>What do you think? Am I spending too much or too little time on Chung’s practice tests? Should I be spacing my tests out more? Please let me know. Thanks! </p>
<p>I received an 800 on the SAT administration this November using the exact same books that you listed. The form of the tests within Chung’s book I found to be unhelpful, and if you can just read through the tips and make note of the ones that you need more work on (if you are that eager for questions, just look for the ones after each tip) you should have the most useful parts of Chung’s book already within your head.</p>
<p>As far as PWN the SAT goes, I can be honest in saying that I never finished all of it, but the dividing of the book by SAT section was useful. If you enjoy its content review, then focus primarily on making sure that you understand all of the concepts involved (and be prepared for the overlap between the books).</p>
<p>The best practice tests that you can get, by far, are within the Blue Book. Unless you enjoy faux SAT tests, and have a lot of free time on your hands, focus on finishing the Blue Book and understanding why your test answers were incorrect. I doubt that you could stay with this type of regimen of testing without some degree of burnout, so focus on the items that are most useful to you.</p>
<p>Considering that you’ve already taken five tests in the Blue Book, so far (hopefully not the first three), can you tell us what scores you seem to be getting without preparation? That would likely be the best determinant of what you should be doing to get a good score on the SAT Math section.</p>
<p>Welp. I really want to do some Chung’s test because a lot of my friends have used it and scored what they wanted. However, I will seriously consider what you’ve told me and I think I might not do ALL of the tests, maybe like the first five (just for funsies).
As for the Blue Book practice tests, I made the unfortunate mistake of splitting the sections up for the first five tests and since I didn’t like the math portion initially I skipped them. When I said I have five more tests left I meant full practice ones. I have only completed one full math test in the SAT. I got a 650, not a huge improvement from a 610, but definitely significant. So from a 650 where should I go? Almost half of my missed questions are due to misreads. I’ll definitely work on that.
Thanks for the feedback! </p>