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Summary: A real decoding of the SAT
Review: A Real Decoding of the SATI was amazed at how many examples on my actual SAT looked like the ones in this book. But what was more fascinating is that I found that I could use so many of the book's strategies on the actual test-it was like this book decoded the whole SAT test. And the methods and examples are so easy to understand. I wish I read this book when I entered high school. I think if I had, all my courses would have been so much easier to understand and appreciate. I sure could have used all the methods in all my classes. Anyway better late than ever. This is sure a book where you can get so much out of even if just a few pages are read.
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Summary: OK, i guess
Review: Although the problems and tests were good for review, the writer doesn't seem to know much about the structure of the SAT. Of the last two fifteen minute sections, one should be a math section, and the other a paired passage, but on one of the practice tests (i have closely looked at all of them) both were math. His strategies were average; i already knew most of them, and didn't think the rest were that great. Personally, i prefer the Kaplan Methods. (Take their prep course. It helps!)
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Summary: Thank you for a great SAT book
Review: Before I took the SAT I was so discouraged--I looked at many other books used them and had not done well on the SAT--then I saw this book- Gruber's Complete Prep for the SAT- and was amazed at how the strategies and methods worked so well-I increased my score by 130 points in the verbal and 170 points in the math! In fact, the other books actually decreased my score. The beautiful thing about this book is that the tests are keyed to very important thinking skills and strategies and also basic skills and it is so complete and you can customize the book to your own level--I haven't even seen a computer program which does as good a job.You can even follow the advice with a four hour study program or a longer one--I chose the longer one. I was also excited about learning the methods in this book--some were "eye openers." By the way I had suggested this book to a friend of mine and he got a 270 point increase using it. Thanks again--I just wish I didn't spend the money and time on the other books I used before using this one.
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Summary: Solid math review but lacks application for the SAT
Review: Having tested many books that deal with the SAT I was positively surprised by the depth this book provided. The problem is the fact that the sample questions in it do not really reflect the real SAT-test and can only be used to study the math or the critical thinking skills.
Also, dont plan to use this book to brush up your vocabulary - the included word-list provides you with only the meanings of the words and not with a sample sentence.
This book might be suitable for usage in combination with 10 Real SATs or some other book that features more realistic SAT questions.
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Summary: The Best Piece of Work I've Seen on Test Preparation
Review: I am a teacher and this is by far the best work I 've ever used in test preparation. I teach SAT classes as well as other classes and my SAT students are thrilled with the book. Many of my students have been admitted to schools they didn't dream of getting into and they claim it was because of this book.Incidentally,I noticed a review from Olympia, Washington about this book--there must have been a mistake. Their description must have been associated with a different book!
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Summary: A Super SAT Preparation Book
Review: I can't thank Dr. Gruber enough for writing this book. I used it and got into all the colleges of my choice increasing my score 340 points. This is the most complete book I have ever seen on the SAT and I learned things in this book that were never taught in High School. Going through this book made the SAT easy and actually fun to take. Thank you again for such a great book.
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Summary: FUTUREDOC
Review: I have been through most of the test preperation books in the market, but this I was very optimistic upon coming to this book. The book itself is not written in a "user-friendly" manner, and the best parts of this book are the 3,500 word vocab list. The math section is very comprehensive, however, the questions are a lot harder than those found on the SAT, which eventually starts to discourage you. I verbal review sections are practically useless, and the strategies do not work. Once again, buy this book only for the vocabulary list, and then move on to some other book (such as kaplan, etc...). This list will give you the foundation to answer analogies and sentencecompletions but nothing more... The practice tests are quite useless, and are much harder than that found on the real SAT... Good luck on you test preperation
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Summary: FUTUREDOC
Review: I have been through most of the test preperation books in the market, but this I was very optimistic upon coming to this book. The book itself is not written in a "user-friendly" manner, and the best parts of this book are the 3,500 word vocab list. The math section is very comprehensive, however, the questions are a lot harder than those found on the SAT, which eventually starts to discourage you. I verbal review sections are practically useless, and the strategies do not work. Once again, buy this book only for the vocabulary list, and then move on to some other book (such as kaplan, etc...). This list will give you the foundation to answer analogies and sentencecompletions but nothing more... The practice tests are quite useless, and are much harder than that found on the real SAT... Good luck on you test preperation
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Summary: BEST SAT Book on the market
Review: I've gone through almost all the SAT books that I can get a hold of, and so far the best is the Gruber's SAT book. I wish I could have found it earlier. It has many shortcut strategies that many other books don't have. It has a lot of practice questions and is very comprehensive. The only other book that comes close is the REAL SATS, and explanations don't even come with the answers in that book and the strategies there are somewhat general.
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Summary: A Very Comprehensive Resource--Too Comprehensive
Review: If you're (or perhaps your son or daughter) preparing for the SAT, this is a rather helpful resource. The most notable part of the book is the word list, which contains 3400 words, most of which regularly appear on the test (at least 30 of the words from the list appeared on the SAT I took). The drawback is the math section; it tells you everything you need to know but it was so convoluted that I just gave up, and turned to my Kaplan book, which was much easier to follow. But I did raise my score (1330 to 1600) over the course of a year, and I can't say that this book did not help me.
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