SAT Score Improvement Advice

caughtintraffic
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:52:26 +0000

I think the best way to practice for the SAT is to just take a lot of practice tests. Initially, you may want to spend a couple of weeks going through some prep books. I used the blue book, McGraw’s big SAT book, and some of the Barron’s books. The Barron’s writing workbook is pretty good. After you look through those, try doing practice sections and practice essays as often as possible. Cut out the problems you miss and put them in a notebook; that way, you can easily review missed problems. I found that method from someone (travismarie, maybe?) from here, actually. DO NOT use Kaplan books of any sort. It’s better if you just use authentic practice tests such as those from the blue book or from college board’s online SAT course. The online course isn’t that helpful, except it includes ten SAT practices tests. If you run out of practice tests, you could consider getting the red book/10RS (10 real SATs). It’s from the college board too, but it’s from the older SAT. If you use that, just ignore the analogies.

Personally, I don’t think SAT courses are that helpful, but if you ask around, some people may believe otherwise.

When do you intend on taking the SAT?