What is the best way to prepare for the SAT?

Some books which might be helpful:

Books:

The Official SAT Study Guide

by The College Board

Price: $11.97 on Amazon.com

This is the book I used, primarily. It has some marginally helpful chapters with test-taking tips, as well as 8 full-length tests and scoring guides. At the very least, it can give you idea of where you stand right now and provide some extremely helpful practice.

Cracking the SAT

by Princeton Review

Price: $13.97 on Amazon.com

I have some friends who used this book, and found it fairly useful. However, it’s more expensive than the College Board book, and includes only 4 practice tests (plus one online) as opposed to 8. Since I feel that the practice tests are the most important parts of a study guide, I wouldn’t recommend this one over another, less expensive book with more tests.

11 Practice Tests for the SAT and PSAT

by Princeton Review

Price: $12.57 on Amazon.com

This is a pretty good deal — 11 tests for just under 13 dollars. It doesn’t include “tips” sections like the previous two, but again, the practice tests are really the most important study aid. Practice makes perfect when it comes to the SAT! If you’re willing to spend the extra money, you might buy the College Board study guide (the first one I listed) AND this one, so you have the College Board tips plus 18 practice tests total (one of the eleven in this book is a PSAT test, so I’m not counting that one).

I wouldn’t waste your money on the books that include DVDs, tempting as they may be (for example, Princeton Review offers its study guide both with and without an accompanying DVD). The people I know who have purchased these have said that the DVDs don’t really offer much useful help beyond that which is in the book.

My recommendation? If you want tips, go with the College Board book. If you want mainly practice, go with the 11-test book from Princeton Review. If you’re willing to spend about $25, get both!

Practice is the one and only way to prepare for and ace your SAT exam. Long hours of practice will prepare you for all the types of questions the test covers.

I recommend using the following book to aid your studying.

1. TutorFox.com’s sat guide: This book sells for only 10 dollars and covers just about everything useful for the SAT exam. It’s a steal for the price it’s selling.

2. Princeton Review’s sat guide: The Princeton Review teaches students how to crack the various types of questions on the SAT exam. It also has a list of the 100 most frequently covered words on the exam(Princeton Hot 100). This book sells for about 15 bucks or so.

Good Luck and let me know if you need any help and/or info…

Take an SAT prep class, also the Kaplan books have practice tests. Take the tests and spend as much time going over any errors that you made. If you find an area that you are not doing well take some extra time to focus on that area.

Also, research some famous quotes for the essay question. They love when you use real quotes in the essays.

Studying.