SesameWords Vocabulary is back

Test Preparation
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<p>Long time members may remember a vocabulary website I created a while ago called SesameWords. To create it, I took my stack of about 60 real exams, entered all the vocabulary words manually over the course of a weekend, and ranked them by importance for the SAT. Two of the original threads are here: </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/401705-my-list-included-90-95-oct-6-vocab-so-far.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/401705-my-list-included-90-95-oct-6-vocab-so-far.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>When I stopped working full-time as a private tutor, I stopped maintaining the website, but I keep getting PMs from students who want the words, so I’ve put it back up. The URL is now <a href=“http://sites.google.com/site/sesamewords/[/url]”>http://sites.google.com/site/sesamewords/&lt;/a&gt; but the old address (<a href=“http://www.sesamewords.com%5B/url%5D”>www.sesamewords.com</a>) should forward to the new site. (It looks a little different because I moved it to Google’s free hosting service.)</p>

<p>I also uploaded all the words, with synonyms, to Quizlet, a great online flash card program that you people should all know about. To use flash cards for those words, you can go to the Quizlet group:</p>

<p>[Group:</a> SesameWords SAT | Quizlet](<a href=“http://quizlet.com/group/50374/]Group:”>http://quizlet.com/group/50374/)</p>

<p>Some of the synonyms could be a little clearer, so I’ll try to edit them again bit by bit, and I’ll probably be adding resources (links, other handouts) to the page as I have time. </p>

<p>Hope this helps somebody. Best of luck studying, all.</p>

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<p>thank you for this! I’ll go over the top and if i have time the mid frequency ones by march… do you have an idea how this list did on the more recent exams? just wondering.</p>

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<p>Hi Snorlax!</p>

<p>Once I had convinced myself that the list worked consistently on several exams, I stopped counting so frequently. So I’m not sure. I did check it against several SATs, however, all released after I finished the list, and it did about as well. Basically, I proved to myself that the list contained all the words that even the most ambitious student could hope to memorize, and then I stopped worrying about it. At the time, a lot of other students were using it and getting really great results, so it seemed pretty proven.</p>

<p>If I check it against more recent exams, I’ll let you know. If you check it against more recent exams, let me know too!</p>