<p>I’ve planned it out and I’ll pretty much be done with all of my practice books by Sept. 5 or so. My SAT is on October 10th. What should I do for that long period of time? Will I be in a worse situation? Should I keep on refreshing my mind with the prep books?</p>
<p>Redo some of the practice tests, especially the ones in the Blue Book. Go over the vocabulary daily and make sure you’re doing the question of the days.</p>
<p>Of course, review the material learned.
But the best way to make use of the time left is to find more real SAT tests and practice with them.
Only the real SAT tests previously given by the CB helps when studying for the SAT.</p>
<p>Other than the blue book, where can I find more real SAT tests?
Also, did CB recently release a new blue book?</p>
<p>Math: Take AMC or AIME practice tests. SAT math will be a breeze once you do enough of these. Just make sure you look over the SAT format/style/tricks before the test, though.</p>
<p>Reading: read. reread. Fiction (Faulkner, Conrad, others), nonfiction (Dubois, Nabokov), poetry (Cummings, Frost, Dickinson, others), and essays (Nabokov, Frost, others). These writers are some of the more difficult ones to comprehend. look up words you don’t know…</p>
<p>Vocabulary: not only look up words you don’t know and find other words you don’t know, but look up words you somewhat know to learn all the word’s nuances.</p>
<p>Writing: read sample SAT essays. read sample AP language and lit essays. Maybe reread a classic (but not cliche) text that you could use in your essay. Get to know this text front and back. It will be your bread and butter. Practice more essays (if you run out of prompts, ask your teacher to make one or pick a current political or cultural debate and make your own).</p>
<p>Grammar: buy a concise grammar textbook and read it once, but preferably twice or thrice. Make a list of grammar topics you still have trouble with, and work on those.</p>
<p>If you do all this and don’t improve, you have a problem. Even if you only improve slightly, think of how much more of a general intellectual you’ll become (larger vocabulary, sharper math skills, acquantince with great authors, better grammar, better critical reading skills, and improved writing). Some of these skills will particularly come in handy for college apps, AP tests, math competitions, etc.</p>
<p>What is AMC and AIME?</p>
<p>^Math tests for the mathemetically inclined. AMC qualifies for AIME which qualifies for USAMO which qualifies for IMO. If you can get to AIME, you’re smart at math (to give proper context, only 1 out of 1000 students from my class at the top public HS in the state got to AIME). If you can get to USAMO or IMO, you’re a genius at math. </p>
<p>Google search it. There are problems online, which I find kind of fun (but very challenging).</p>