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I need a really, really good book that will help me raise my verbal part of the SAT. Can any one help me with their past experiences with SAT books, and how they helped them in the verbal part?

Thanks:

By Amethyst (Amethyst) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 09:43 pm: Edit

there is a 3,500 SAT I vocab list on the "Barron's how to prepare to SAT I" book, some people say that if you know all the words on that list, you'll score above 700 on SAT I verbal. I brought the book, it's very helpful.

By Mitodnaman (Mitodnaman) on Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 12:28 pm: Edit

thanks amethyst:

I will buy the book and try to learn the words.

By Serene (Serene) on Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 12:37 pm: Edit

Try Kaplan too. I liked it.

By Premed88 (Premed88) on Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 12:41 pm: Edit

what about critical reading? What's the best book for that?

By Marek (Marek) on Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 02:20 pm: Edit

I think you cannot prepare for critical reading with a book. All you need to do is concentrate really hard on the test day, keep your cool and put a bit of logical reasoning into your answers.

Know the vocabulary also. Sometimes the questions refer to unusual words and expressions.

By Tata (Tata) on Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 02:45 pm: Edit

what if u keep forgeting the words u learned???


anyway i can remember ??? (i have a quick-memory but they don't stay too long)

By Wizzz (Wizzz) on Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 03:43 pm: Edit

I got a question, if we are taking the october sat is it possible to learn all of barron's 3500 list by then if we haven't done any word lists at all before (say i started now)? Im thinking about first memorizing the ~550ish hot prospect words first and then going straight into the bigger list. I will also be out of country throughout august so that might hurt me, but ill still try to review my lists during that time. Is it possible?

By Cremebrulee (Cremebrulee) on Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 05:18 pm: Edit

Wizz-
YES ITS POSSIBLE
I am memorizing the Grubers 3400 vocab list at one column (35 words) a day. This would take me about 97 days ( I hope my math is right)and I will be finished by October SAT/PSAT time.
If you work on the barrons list at a pace of about 50-70 words a day you too could be finished by October. Also remember that of those 50-70 words a day you will probably know at least 5-10 of them so it isnt that bad.
The key is to pace yourself.

By Cremebrulee (Cremebrulee) on Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 05:19 pm: Edit

P.S
don't forget to circle the words you have trouble with and go back to them, otherwise they may slip your mind