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Summary: This is a Superb Book
Review: Let me put it like this. I used this book a week before the SATs, essentially skimming through it, but making sure to get the gist of it, and it improved my score by 100 points. I bet that if someone takes time with this book and works continuosly with it, then they will find great help in it. This is truly one of the best test prep books I have ever read. A must Buy
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Summary: A mediocre test preparation book
Review: Many people go for the most popular book on the market, for example the Princeton Review or Kaplan. However, this book solely explains how to take the SAT, using tips and tricks provided by the author. Although knowing about "Joe Bloggs" and traps to avoid, this is not a satisfactory replacement for other SAT books on the market. The "Hit Parade", which is a list of SAT words that frequently come up on the SAT is alright. The Verbal section explanations and tricks are satisfactory. They just suggest that you memorize vocabulary and in conjunction, use their strategies. Math (which is my difficulty) is not explained thoroughly in this book. Yes, knowing the strategies is very very helpful, but honestly, there is no way you can get a high score without knowing how to solve the problem. The Math section of this book is shallow and does not provide adequate practice to prepare you for the SAT.For the Verbal Section of the SAT, I recommend you get:
1) Barron's Guide to the SAT (21st Edition) For the Math Section of the SAT, I recommend you get:
1) Gruber's Complete SAT to SAT Preparation Good luck.
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Summary: More Realistic Tools for Taking the SAT
Review: My scores went through the roof with this book, and I was able to add many points to my earliest SAT scores. The advantage of the Princeton Review book is that they understand that taking the SAT only tests how well you take the SAT. The practice tests were much more realistic than those in the Kaplan book--which are not really set up like SAT questions, and try to test knowledge rather than understanding of the College Board test. I have heard complaints about this book not testing enough actual skills, and while I understand the concern, the reality is that the SAT does not really test actual knowledge either. Being a human thesaurus or math genuis are not necessary to know how to take the SAT, and that is what other books, like Kaplan, don't seem to understand. This book really helped me understand how the SAT was set up, and what I needed to learn to be able to take it better. My only complaint is about their CD roms in some of the books--I got the SAT with the online, and was happy with the software, but later when I got their ACT CD and book I have to say I was dissapointed with the quality. If you get the book, get the cheaper one with the online stuff...it is well worth the 18 bucks, unlike some of its counterparts.
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Summary: I am an esay rater
Review: Ok it DOES TEAH YOU STUF.
It just goes too basic on math.
Common area of a rectagle. But its better than KAPLAN which dosen't teach you anything.
Kaplan only teaches you 5 steps, and how to do the test, not any material. Its better than Barrons up to a point. Barron isn't as well oragnanised. It's all crammed up. I got 1570 before having this book.
I got 1600 after reading this book with Barrons.
Kaplan SUKS
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Summary: Nice but could have been better
Review: Princeton Review's latest book on how to crack the SAT is quite good by giving us an accurate discription on how the problems are formatted and on what system they are laid out but in this process it fails to give many furthur execsice to practise. Hence we are short of practise but on the other hand Barrons book is one of the best I have ever come across. It is nicely and coherently laid out and quite systematically and enough practise skills.
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Summary: Needs improvement.
Review: The major problem I have with the princeton review is that they crack out books that have errors in them. This book is good in that respect, however I think there are better ways to prepare. Their discussion of Joe Bloggs isn't bad and it will help, but IT WON'T HELP AS MUCH AS THE MASTERY OF THE MATERIAL! I can not emphasize that enough. The Princeton review shows you all these 'tricks' and not enough time is spent on mastering the material. I hope that I catch many high schoolers and they see this review. If you have about a month before the test I urge you to get a few books. First is Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis. The second is The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne. After you read Word Power you will rip through the Verbal section. The Memory book will help you in all aspects (especially memorizing words)and it will cut down study time by 75%. I am pretty good at math so I didn't get any math books. Now I got a 1230 on the PSAT. Then I read those two books and my score jumped to a 1440(750v, 690m). Remember techniques will help, but mastering the material will help a lot more. Good luck on the test!
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Summary: Not my style
Review: This book emphasizes multiple choice test-taking tricks that have nothing to do with mastering the material. I prefer to work a large number of problems, build skill and confidence in the material, and skip this type of hankypank. This book does not have as many practice questions as other SAT prep books.
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Summary: Wasn't that great
Review: This book emphasizes too much on teaching the tricks to get around questions, instead of getting you to learn the material. I don't agree with some of the concepts that this book is trying persuade, but the sample tests that came with it were very helpful. This book wasn't as good as it promises on the cover.. and it was short too - I read it through in less than 3 days.
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Summary: Good enough
Review: This book is an okay investment. But it would be better if you looked into other SAT tutorials from Kaplan and Arco. The techniques in this book are helpful. But I feel that there are some things lacking. I think there should have been longer excercies on the different types of questions. This book only had drills that only gave you 5 to 10 questions. This bok does not really train you and give you a lot of practice. It comes with 6 SATs, 2 in the book and 4 on CDRom.
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Summary: Want to build confidence?
Review: This book is NOT for you if you are scoring higher than 1300 in your SATs. First, all the questions will be WAY too easy for you, especially the verbal section. I have this book and the Barrons, and the KAPLAN. I took practice tests from Barrons/Kaplan, and I scored about 1340. I did the practice tests from Princeton's Review and it's up by almost 80 points.(70 points coming from the verbal section!) Because it's easier, it will give you confidence about the SATs. But you must also realize that the REAL SATs are not THAT easy.(just a note: I scored 1350 in the REAL SATs, which is close to the BARRON/KAPLAN score but much lower than the Princeton Review) If you're buying this to build vocabulary, buy WORDSMART, or BARRONS SAT. They have much more words for you than this easy book. BUT!! I HAVE TO ADD that this WILL be helpful to those who score in the range of 1000's. I have seen people with those scores who got 100-point boost after studying this book, one aspect being self-confidence and some humorous material.
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