Who here took an SAT prep course and did it help?
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I took an SAT Prep class in high school and we took many SAT tests that had been given in the couple of years prior to my class.  And my scores always went up.  I never did take an actual SAT though, but the tests we took in that class were real SATs.\n\nJ
1061858
I suggest you look into the Kaplan review, they have very good reputation when it come to SAT (and other tests)
803788
I couldn't afford the courses either (over a grand for some help? No ma'am!) but I did pretty much the same thing you did. I got a couple of help books, went to different websites that gave me free practice tests, got an idea of what the test was all about by starting all this about six months before the actual exam and I ended up scoring at 1400 (this is the old SATS, out of 1600). \n\nIf you can get a group together to do faux practice tests, it'll work out even better. Me and my friend would compare how we got different answers. Even if we both got them right, it was helpful to see how someone else deduced the answer and ended up helping me out a lot on the test because I could try to answer hard questions using a different method. \n\nGood luck on your committee. It definitely sounds like a very good way to prepare our hispanic youth for their futures
482388
Get an SAT study book of any kind. I also did a google search and found some SAT words. Then I went to Collegeboard.com and got a practice test.
908678
I took the PSAT last month. Still haven't gotten my scores back yet. \nMy brother took the SAT last year. I don't know what his score was, but he's at a private college that only has 300-400 students, so it must've been good.
773126
Not only should you study hard for the SATS (practice tests help a LOT), start taking on leadership positions in your extracurricular activities.  Also, and this may be a little early to start this, but start thinking about what you're going to write on for your admissions essay.  Good luck!
676394
What helped me a lot was Kaplan's GRE Exam book. It prepared me for the whole exam. In the back it has word lists, prefix/suffix lists, top GRE word lists, synonym lists, etc. Studying these lists and doing the practice exams in the book and on the CD helped me the most. Make flash cards using the lists and study hard!\n\nI studied the book for about 3 months prior to the exam and passed with a 570 verbal and 660 quantitative, 5.0 on the essay part. I highly recommend the book and it's not too expensive. Around $20 or $25 if i remember correctly.
390869
I plan on taking a Kaplan SAT classroom course this summer.  The teachers could help us with test taking strategies and other SAT related stuff.  \n\nIf you plan on buying a kaplan book from a store, then you have to be self-motivated to go through the book on your own and learn from it.
136734
There are severl SAT prep books that you can buy that have practice questions in them...they are very representative of the real thing! Good luck!
961643
1280\n\nlatin/ Colombian\nTook a prep course but it wasn't anything serious and I don't think I got to much out of it.\n\nnow my father got awarded: National Merit Scholar for his SAT's but I didn't do as well :)\n\nLangley HS... Mclean VA... home of the CIA
319555
hey i registered for the sat too. i don't really understand why you're having trouble, its really simple. if nobody else helps you, let me know and i'll try to help you.
1045371
I had excellent grades in history and won honorable mentionn from the National Historical Society.\n\nI attended all classes, I took notes, I read the text book, I read some outside biographies, and I practiced my essay questions before the test. I got very good at guessing what the essay questions would be, and wrote a practice essay for at least three questions before the test. I had all A's except for the semester I got married and missed a few classes.
39348
ya, I took it. It wasn't really hard, but if you look over any math notes that you have it probably help.*Good Luck*
382924
I highly recommend a good tutor.  The one on one attention really helps and it's much more comfortable asking questions. Worked wonders for me!
117607
I admit when I was told by my counselor that I had to take the course, I wasn't thrilled about it but when I started taking the course, I found it quite interesting! It really gave me a better perspective on how and why people behave and respond to all types of situtations. Also, please do your assignments on time and don't wait until the last minute to study because there is a lot of information contained in each chapter of your textbook.
256394
Yeah just take a few pratice tests from the practice books. Then I reccomend doing a Princeton Review or some other training program, though costly it'll get you results. Almost everyone's score goes up after taking those. Mine did too. And be sure to take the PSATs.
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Get an SAT book, and learn all the different types of question format so that when you take the real test, you will skip the tipe to read on how to correctly answer the question cause you already know, and you'll have more time to work on answering the question.\nIt might not sound as much of a help, but believe me, it helped me very much. The SAT has breaks during the exam, but all the time, i was done sooner than the others and i got a pretty damn good score.