hi salman!

you’re right–going through the entire “blue book” in a mere 19 days sounds positively gut-wrenching.
the good news is you don’t need to go through the entire book, nor wrench any guts in the process :). 
i’d even argue that attempting to do so would be counterproductive since you wouldn’t leave enough
time to learn from the mistakes you have been making on the practice tests you do complete.

here is what i suggest: 

week 1-2: take a practice test over the course of 3 days, going over each section as soon as you are
finished with it. as soon as you finish a section, figure out which ones you miss without marking the correct 
answer next to the incorrect one. instead, go through and try to figure out why you missed the question. 
careless errors aside, doing so will force you to think like the test writers. when you can’t figure it out, you can
often google the question and it’ll likely come up on a discussion forum. finally, do extra prep on areas in which 
you are lacking. this can be from other sat practice tests that ets offers online for free (though you won’t
burn through all the tests in the blue book so you can use some in the back). 

week 3: by this time, you should have taken about 4 practice tests. in the final five days, take two practice tests,
as much as possible, in one sitting. repeat the review steps from week 1 and 2. even if you can’t follow this 
schedule to a tee, completing four total tests in this manner will help you boost your score (so no need to feel you
have to do a minimum number of tests or you’ll be doomed :)). 

finally, i’ve recorded explanations to the first practice test in the blue book: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_dd1ew9du0

good luck, and hope that was helpful!

i’ve got like 19 days to prepare for the sat exam and it all 
feels gut-wrenching to cover up this book in such a short span
of time considering i have to practice individual sections and 
then move on to the practicing sats that i’ll be doing. what do 
propose i should do?

hi gautam,

while i have taught the act before, i’m not quite as well versed in the quality of all the act material on the market, i’m afraid—i don’t know about mcgraw hill’s 8 practice tests or the up your score strategy book. i do know that the red book is the best place to start for practice material, though. 🙂

how many practice tests you should take depends on what exactly you need to work on. if pacing and stamina cause problems for you, personally, than you may want to focus on practice tests. that might mean taking 4 or 5 full length tests in the next two months. usually, 2 or 3 is enough, though. if you know that reading causes you trouble specifically, then you’ll want to spend a lot of your study time doing focused practice with that, not going through full practice tests. for advice on how to improve your sat / act reading skills, check out these blog posts:

– //www.catharsisit.com/hs/sat/2018/sat-reading-practice/

i really want to get 36 on my act and have the following books to prepare for it
the official red book, mcgrawhill”s 8 practice tests and up your score strategy book.
i had given my sat in may and got a 1990 , highest was 2100 in my practice tests

please tell me the number of practice test i need to take and how is it possible to improve my reading .
i have more than 2 months left (2 months and 10 days to be exact ).
please also tell me if these books are correct and helpful and if not other books i should be looking to buy .

thanks