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Summary: Reasons y u should not take classes to do well on your SATS
Review: Kaplan Verbal Workbook is a book everybody should use in order to do well on verbal. Kaplan provided tons of practice problems, tons of words for me to study, and tons of tips for me to know. Well there is a downside to it becz it doesn't give lot of tricks and tips as other books but you'll be able to find out by yourself. I raised my score by 180 points using this book. I've done 1 set each day and memorized 3 pages of word list each day. I've done this for 2 months and BAM my SAT Score accelerated. Thank you Kaplan. By buying this book, you're buying youself an IVY glory or the college u want to get into.
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Summary: Reasons y u should not take classes to do well on your SATS
Review: Kaplan Verbal Workbook is a book everybody should use in order to do well on verbal. Kaplan provided tons of practice problems, tons of words for me to study, and tons of tips for me to know. Well there is a downside to it becz it doesn't give lot of tricks and tips as other books but you'll be able to find out by yourself. I raised my score by 180 points using this book. I've done 1 set each day and memorized 3 pages of word list each day. I've done this for 2 months and BAM my SAT Score accelerated. Thank you Kaplan. By buying this book, you're buying youself an IVY glory or the college u want to get into.
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Summary: For students seeking extra help on the SAT verbal sections.
Review: Kaplan's SAT Verbal Workbook provides effective strategies for tackling the three verbal question types on the SAT: Analogies, Sentence Completions, and Critical Reading. Six sample verbal test sections with thorough explanations are included, along with a valuable SAT vocabulary review.
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Summary: This book prepares you well
Review: Thanks to this book, I vastly improved upon my PSAT score and surprised my parents (and myself) with my results on the SAT. The popular SAT vocab is reinforced over and over again throughout the book, so come test day, I wasn't surprised by many words. Plus, there are so many practice questions, I felt like the test was old hat!
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Summary: Excellent content and physical product
Review: The sections are layed out and written like as if you were taking the SATs then and there in this book. Excellent. But the greatest plus is that the paper it's printed on is great; none of that cheap yellowing rice-paper thin paper Princeton uses. Great stuff. And the paper's pretty flimsy (yet still unusually strong) so you can bend the pages back without creasing the spine. Ordinarily, the aesthetic value of the book, unfortunately, is what matters in the end to me. If it looks terrible, I just won't do it, just lose the energy. Can't really explain that, but the last line is you HAVE to get this book at the very least for the SATs.
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Summary: Clear Structure, Good Vocab List
Review: The vocabulary list contained in this book goes on for 90 pages, and contains about 2500 words. Since last month, I have taken the challenge to memorize them all. Everyday, I also took one of the 30 or so question sets (10 analogy, 10 fill-in, 10 reading). By now, I am 2/3 of the way finished. This contributed greatly to the increase of my verbal score to 750 (from 650) on the practice SAT test. Besides, I also have "hot words for SAT 1", and the Barron's guide. This is because one book does not offer enough practices. Getting a couple books is also advantagous because the varying teaching styles makes the task of memorization less monotonous.
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Summary: Best book to improve your verbal score
Review: This book is a must-need if you are struggling in the verbal section of the SAT*. This book guides you with the the main concepts and steps you need to be able to boost your score up (i went from a 420-590). It has lots of questions to make sure you can apply the methods they give you. By the time you finish this book the verbal section feels so much easier. And yea if you are that type of person slacks off (like me) and can't be bugged to learn all the vocab, IT'S OKAY because the methods in the book are enough to boost your score. The vocab is that little extra push.
THe practice tests at the end of the book mirror the real SAT very well and is good practice for the real SAT*. And all the questions u get wrong are covered by a detailed explanation to why it is wrong and they give you the meanings of the word if its a sentence completion or analogy question.
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Summary: Buy this book!
Review: This book was really valuable to me, and I encourage anyone who needs help on the SAT (don't we all?) to consider it. The practice is broken down into analogies, critical reading, and sentence completion. I'm really good at verbal, but the analogies always killed me. Once I got Kaplan's help and practice, however, my analogy scores shot WAY up. It also helped me with critical reading and sentence completion. I like the way Kaplan breaks it down into 7 or 10 minute drills. It's the best way to learn. The vocab list at the back is also really good. I only memorized about 30 of those words... and just out of that, 5 or 6 showed up on the SAT I took. Crazy! I can't tell you how wonderful it was to go into the SAT and not feel panicked or stressed. I actually had extra time! The first time, I couldn't even get through the whole SAT. But after using Kaplan, I didn't feel nearly as anxious. I knew the format, understood how to approach the test, and was very familiar with the specific questions. And I'm a good test taker - I already knew all the basics. This book provides specialized strategy, which is incredibly valuable, and makes things easier to understand. All in all, I went from a 660 to a 760 on verbal. Combined with the math workbook, I raised my SAT score 150 points. I give Kaplan the credit... well, most of it. :) I'm really glad I had these books, and I would reccommend them for basically anyone. This Kaplan Verbal SAT Workbook really does work. It WILL raise your scores.
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Summary: Buy this book!
Review: This book was really valuable to me, and I encourage anyone who needs help on the SAT (don't we all?) to consider it. The practice is broken down into analogies, critical reading, and sentence completion. I'm really good at verbal, but the analogies always killed me. Once I got Kaplan's help and practice, however, my analogy scores shot WAY up. It also helped me with critical reading and sentence completion. I like the way Kaplan breaks it down into 7 or 10 minute drills. It's the best way to learn. The vocab list at the back is also really good. I only memorized about 30 of those words... and just out of that, 5 or 6 showed up on the SAT I took. Crazy! I can't tell you how wonderful it was to go into the SAT and not feel panicked or stressed. I actually had extra time! The first time, I couldn't even get through the whole SAT. But after using Kaplan, I didn't feel nearly as anxious. I knew the format, understood how to approach the test, and was very familiar with the specific questions. And I'm a good test taker - I already knew all the basics. This book provides specialized strategy, which is incredibly valuable, and makes things easier to understand. All in all, I went from a 660 to a 760 on verbal. Combined with the math workbook, I raised my SAT score 150 points. I give Kaplan the credit... well, most of it. :) I'm really glad I had these books, and I would reccommend them for basically anyone. This Kaplan Verbal SAT Workbook really does work. It WILL raise your scores.
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Summary: The most useful tool
Review: This is the only study aid I used when taking the SAT test last year, and I got a 770 on the verbal section. The vocabulary section can be a bit tedious if you have little studying time, but is invaluable if you have the time to read it thoroughly. The practice questions were also comparable to the actual test and helped me focus on the sections I needed the most help with. This is the best study tool I have seen and certainly worth purchasing.
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