What do you think about Princeton Review practice sets?

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<p>I am using the Princeton Review book for preparing for the SAT and I wanted to know how coherent are the scores of the practice sets with a teal test. Do they closely match or have a great discrepancy?</p>

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<p>They are very good!</p>

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<p>The Princeton Review tests seem to be “spiraled” from real SAT questions. In other words, if the College Board question says “Rick is r years old…” Princeton Review will make it “Joe is j years old…”. </p>

<p>The thing that makes them valuable is that the explanations are in real-world terms for beating the SAT. While nothing beats the College Board’s practice questions (as they come from the test adminstrators), the explanations in the “Blue Book” are absurd sometimes, and quite unrealistic in method. </p>

<p>TPR’s tests are very close to the real thing.</p>

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<p>TPR’s tests are neither very good nor close to the real thing. They are not worse nor better than the other synthetic tests. And that says it all. </p>

<p>Check today’s thread … totally indicative of the quality and care that that goes in the junk published by PR. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1133822-math-question-google-page-ranking.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1133822-math-question-google-page-ranking.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>With the availability of real tests, it makes ZERO sense to spend time or money on such extrapolated tests, especially since most originated a few years ago when nobody knew what the new SAT would be.</p>

<p>Use the TPR books for the strategies and study tips, but stay away from the tests. Do the opposite with TCB’s books. </p>

<p>Why suffer?</p>

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<p>I would say PR questions are slightly easier than the real deal.</p>

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<p>Thank you guys for replying. I just bought the blue book and so now, I’ll practice from them. Thank you all!</p>