Publication date, january 2016, november 2015, november 2015, november 2015. Since the format of the sat changed so much in early 2016, i do not recommend using old sat books to study for the current sat. I bought this book after getting a 2170 on the sat. How to build a strong vocab, think straight magical book a to z. If you still need extra practice, though, i recommend barron s sat prep books, especially if you want a perfect or nearperfect score.
This book has lots of practice problems and useful explanations, but i find that the questions are a lot more advanced than the actual sat questions and therefore not representative of the real test. Take real, fulllength new sat practice tests from college board, watch sal work through sat questions, and use official sat practice to get personalized sat. I was aiming for a perfect score and was shocked that i had scored so much below my goal. This book cut and pasted a lot of the math problems from the old sat barron s book into the new sat book, and its missing a lot of problems that are distinct to the new sat math section.
Barron s sat 1600 is based on the updated sat test. Barron s books also dont reflect the character of the new sat. The official sat study guide, 2016 edition official. We walk you through the pros and cons of this sat book and how to use it. For example, as i was taking the first practice test, there were at least 5 fairly challenging questions within the first 10 questions these. I have used the barrons series of books for the past 8 years as my goto for all of my companys sat and act prep classes and was stunned when i just opened this book. Scoring your sat practice test 7 the sat suite of assessments. In the passage, lymie closes his book only after a coat that he recognized as his fathers was hung on. Sat subject test physics barron s sat subject test and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Sat premium study guide with 7 practice tests barrons test prep. The sat reading practice also now includes more passages that were written in the last 20 years, compared to the 2016 volumes.