Summer SAT Prep

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
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<p>Any recommendations for a SAT Prep course over the summer or certain books I should buy for prep? I took a practice SAT freshman year and got a 1900 but I hope with prep I can get my score over 2200. Thanks</p>

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<p>Don’t take a class. Read through this forum and devise a self-study plan.</p>

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<p>Yep. You can self-study.<br>
Classes are not effective. Are you 2017? Then you will be under the new SAT.

  1. Read, read, read. Read non-fiction books. 1 per month during school year and 2/month in summer. Go to criticalreader dot com for a list. Barrons or McGraw Hill has list also. 75% of reading passages are non-fiction. The new SAT 90% of reading passages are non-fiction.
  2. Vocabulary, Vocabulary, Vocabulary. Recommend Direct Hits (2 books) or Princeton Review WordSmart.
    I can’t tell you what to do without knowing what grade you are in. Frosh? Because different test for 2017.</p>
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<p>@TomsRiverParent Nope I think I just missed the cutoff I am a sophomore now and graduate in 2016 so I will be the last year to take the Old SAT…</p>

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<p>and any non-fiction books you recommend? Maybe a science im interested in? …</p>

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<p>Go to critical reader dot com. She has list and article.
Her #1 is Oliver Sachs who writes on Psychology. Awakenings, etc He has several books.
Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin,
Omnivore Delemma by Pollen?
From other lists.
Double Helix by James Watson
Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawkins
Civilization of Discontents by Sigmond Freud
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
I’m assuming you are a sophmore. Take AP History Junior year. Lots of reading and good prep for SAT.</p>

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<p>@tomsriverparent yep I am a sophomore and I took AP World History this year and am set to take AP U.S. History next year. Thanks for the tips!</p>

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<p>ok. So you will take the PSAT in October.
Attack the PSAT as if it were the real thing. You get your test results in December and can fine tune your study plan for the real SAT assuming March is your 1st test.<br>
Websites to check out:

  • critical reader dot com
  • pwnthesat
  • satquantum
    If you just want 1 comprehensive SAT workbook, McGraw Hill or Barrons are the way to go. But you will need the Blue Book for the Practice Tests for Fully Timed Practice tests.</p>
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<p>@tomsriverparent ok thanks a lot. The PSAT and SAT are the same in terms of content right just the PSAT is shorter? If I study for the SAT I will be by extension studying for the PSAT as well right ?</p>

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<p>Yep. PSAT doesn’t have the Essay.
You have plenty of time. Map out your testing plan. ie. when do you plan to take the SAT, etc.
Then build a study plan around it. You will need to determine if your target colleges require the SAT subject tests and incorporate that into your plan as well.</p>