Hi everyone, I've just discovered this site (I'm a little slow on the uptake when it comes to the internet!). Anyway, I'm hoping you might have some ideas for me. My brilliant (at least I think she is!) 17 yo daughter will be taking the SAT for a second time in October. The first time around, she did pretty well, but she's got her sights set on some pretty exclusive colleges, and she wants to do better. I live in an area where classes aren't an option (not to mention limited contact with other homeschool families). Anyone have any ideas for online resources or books to help her prepare? I've already looked at the websites for Kaplan and Princeton Review, but I don't want to commit to anything without some other opinions. Thanks in advance and God bless. Jennifer
Khan Academy has free SAT prep, but I don't know if it is for the more recent version of the test. http://www.khanacademy.org/sat.jsp
Google "SAT question of the day" -- saw a reference to this on another board somewhere earlier today.
Barnes & Noble, and other bookstores, have SAT Review books with information and sample tests. We have The Princeton Review SAT for the newer form of the SAT. There are different companies that make them, so check that out before you purchase or check one out from the Library.
Thanks for all the ideas. Allison checked some out last night. She's already done a couple of the books available (the college board book, and barron's). That Khan academy link is something, but it's the college board book she's already done! She's interested in Number2 so that's definitely helpful. She also came across something called word-nerd she found online. Has anyone tried this? It's not free, but it looks like a great vocabulary site, and I suspect my 15 yo son might get some use out of it, too...boys seem to have so much more trouble with all things verbal Just thought I'd see if anyone's tried it before I shell out the dough! Y'all are great.
When I was in HS, well, starting in 7th grade, every time I took the SAT or PSAT, my score jumped a lot, just because I was more comfortable with the system. Is there a chance of her taking the PSAT a time or two more before October?
Check at the local library for any other books she hasn't done yet. Kaplan's, Barron's, Princeton Review, and look at Steck-Vaughn too. I seem to recall a free site called Vocabulary.com that had a section on SAT vocab - try that too~
My daughter swears by the Princeton review test prep books for everything. She scored pretty high on the SAT (perfect 800 for the Writing Section) and she was a National Merit Finalist (PSAT). She also scored 5s on most APs she did - and she only used Princeton Review books (often out the library - or we bought from Amazon). Princeton explain what the testers are looking for and how to go about taking the test, as well as providing practice questions similar to the real ones. And - for your encouragement - she got accepted in 4 hard to get into schools who had acceptance rates less than 25%. Meryl
