Im going into 9th and im starting to worry about this stuff…my parents were born in india and are no help cuz they have less clue then i do on how this stuff works?! I have figured out a lot by looking at other ppl who asked questions but i still have some…
1) What are the best books to study for the SAT I …if i want to be a neurologist which SAT II should i really take?
2) IF anyone has taken SAT prep courses at Kaplan or the such do u think it helped any? is it worth it?
3) Are there any free sites i can practice on?
4) If i take the PSAT in 9th grade and completely suck, then will colleges ignore me? is it better to not take it…or is it truly only practice and helps out on the REAL PSAT?
5) Anything else that u think is important to know?

plz help me out..i really have no1 to ask and well..i havent met my Counsler for highskool yet but if the middle skool ones were anything to go by they wont help, to racist…

I already have the Peterson’s online SAT course, but I’ll soon be taking the PSAT. Do I need another online course for the PSAT or is everything that I need to know already on my SAT course?

Are the Princeton Review SAT practice test generally harder than the Sat and other prep books?
I took the Barron’s 2400 practice test and I got a score in the range of 1450-1520. I got a 1580 on the PSAT. I took the PR sat practice test and I got a 1210!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… I’m so annoyed. Now I really dont know where I stand in terms of SAT performance.

Is the writing really hard to do well on? At this SAT preparation course students, including my friend and I, took practice tests similar to the SAT, which I know because of taking tests from the blue College Board book and asking another friend who took the SAT and the same course when she was our age, about 2-3 years ago.

My friend got an 800 on writing, and I got a 740, but for some reason when she took the real SAT (I haven’t yet), she only scored a 600. What gives? She was really good at writing and did assignments for 25 minutes in 10 minutes, getting maybe 1 wrong. Also the person who is most likely gonig to be valedictorian at our school only got a 710.

Any tips? In the College Board book I’m scoring in the 700s, getting only maybe 4 wrong with. I think my essays are pretty good. I need a good writing score because math is the easiest for me, probably a pretty easy 770+, but critical reading I’m only getting mid to high 600s. I was counting on the writing, which is easy for me, to get me around 2150-2200, but people aren’t doing good on it. Why?? Advice???
Also, on the PSAT I got a 68 on writing (HOWEVER, only 3 were wrong and none blank; it must have been a bad curve, and after looking at the PSAT I realized one or two of those errors were really stupid mistakes).
I know I need a good score for good colleges. I don’t really need help with writing since I’m getting almost every question right under timed conditions. I just don’t get why such smart people are doing so poorly, including my friend who got an 800 on writing for a practice test similar to the SAT.

Ok so on the ACT test… if you get a question wrong… do they take away points like the PSAT?

Ok so on the ACT test… if you get a question wrong… do they take away points like the PSAT? Also… what else do you know about this test?
oh! thank you sooo much.

I already have the college board one and now i just want to buy a book that has practice tests so far i have only seen three which are
the princeton review 11 Practice Tests for the SAT & PSAT, 2010
Kaplan 12 Practice Tests for the Sat 2010
Mcgraw-Hill’s 12 SAT Practice Tests with PSAT

I’m in 11th grade. I wish to take the SAT and two SAT subject tests. Correct me if im wrong but I wish to take the PSAT soon in october, then begin to take SAT prep courses that will finish by the end of october, so then i’ll take the SAT in the following November or maybe even June. I’ll also take the two SAT II subject tests in June.

am i on the right track? please correct me if im wrong.

Ok so on the ACT test… if you get a question wrong… do they take away points like the PSAT? Also… what else do you know about this test?

I have to decide soon which prep course I should take, the ACT or the SAT’s course. On the PSAT, I wasn’t really satisfied with my score and the question-type on practice SAT questions seemed weird/difficult.

I haven’t really taken many ACT practice questions, but I know they are easier than the SAT (except you are more rushed by time).

Should I take the ACT or the SAT? Why?

Also, which tutoring service (princeton review, kaplan, etc) is best for the ACT?