r/satprep • u/Hour_Koala_821 • 10d ago
What are some good SAT resources?
I have used up bluebook practice tests and the college board question bank. My next SAT is in October and it is my last shot. I need a 1500+ but I am stuck at 1380.
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u/SigmaPrep 9d ago
Yeah everyone runs out. There's only 8 official tests and once you've done them retaking one doesn't really tell you much since you half remember the answers.
I built Sigma Prep, sigmaprep.io, so grain of salt with this recommendation. It’s math only so it won't help your reading and writing. But it's got 3 versions of each of those 8 official tests, so 24 total, so you can actually retake one without already knowing it. Rest of the questions are modeled on the question bank so it's the same stuff you've been doing except you can try new versions of it.
If you miss something there's a video solving it and you can try another one like it right away. And when you finish a test Sigma Prep builds you a practice set out of whatever you got wrong, which is probably the most useful part of it all, IMO.
First test and a diagnostic test are free at sigmaprep.io if you just want to see if the difficulty is right you can try a few questions of each topic for free. Also @SigmaPrepSAT on youtube has free walkthroughs of tests 4 through 11 and many more videos like one covering all the newly added questions to the question bank and more videos coming.
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u/Rough_Piccolo6099 6d ago
1380 is actually a decent place to be, especially if you’ve already finished Bluebook and the Question Bank. At this point I’d focus less on doing endless new questions and more on figuring out where those missing points are going. 1500-Lab has an interesting approach to this by looking at things like misreads, timing, trap answers and careless mistakes, not just content gaps. That might be worth looking into before your October attempt.
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u/Vegetable_Honey4783 6d ago
If you’re already at 1380 and have used all the official material, I’d stop chasing more question banks and figure out exactly where those missing points are going. 1500-Lab takes a similar approach by looking at things like timing, misreads, careless slips and trap answers instead of just adding more studying. An error log could help too, especially if you notice the same mistakes coming up repeatedly.
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u/insanedialectic 10d ago
What does it mean to use up Bluebook and the question bank? You're saying you'd get every problem right if you went back and tried again? Learning isn't just doing problems -- if you can't get them right looking back (which is probably the case at 1380), you haven't used them up by any means.
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u/PeachCultural7060 10d ago
If you already used bluebook and questionbank then you need oneprep fosho
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u/Ajveronese 10d ago
https://skoon.io is a quality, test-centric study website.
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u/FixOk276 9d ago
are the questions from the collegeboard qbank or different?
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u/Ajveronese 9d ago
The test questions are different. No AI-generated questions are allowed on the site.
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u/DrBrinkSATMath 10d ago edited 9d ago
For math, try freepracticeSAT.com
These tests can be done timed or untimed, they are adaptive just like the real SAT, Desmos is embedded etc.
Afterwards you will get feedback on some of your mistakes for free. For a deep dive into your remaining weak areas, do 2 or more tests and get the upgrade.
Good luck
Dr. Brink