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Summary: GOOD SAT PREPARATION.
Review: This book is very good for preparation of the SAT. My daughter is really happy with the effect of the book because it provided with really actual examples and a lot of practice problems. All these all the key issue to raise scores in the SAT.
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Summary: I' m not a genius
Review: this book made me feel like the dumbest teenager on earth. It taught strategies that I would never use and don't really get . The vocabulary words were very good but Kaplan's list is better. In addition, Kaplan also includes some nmemonics in order to help the student remember the word. I hate how the book never really explained the answer but just told what the correct answer was because it "made the most sense." "Is a vagrant a person without a domicile. Yup!" This was one of the explanations that the book gave. It got me running to the dictionary and feeling like a dumba**. If I knew what the words meant, I wouldn't have gotten the book in the first place.
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Summary: Not good or helpful for those with semi-decent scores
Review: This book might help you if you started with an 800 on the SAT, but I started in the 1200-1300 range and found that the Joe Bloggs method and the other innane tricks taught by the Princeton Review are not particularly helpful. Even their vocabulary list is somewhat simplistic. Honestly, this book probably raised my score no more than 20 points. A waste of money and time. The practice tests are also not like the actual SATs. If you want to learn about how actual SATs are, don't expect to find the answers in the back of this book. If you are already scoring high, you should buy 10 Real SATs and maybe get a personal tutor if you can afford one. Good luck!
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Summary: This book is not for everybody. . .
Review: This book uses very unconventional methods to teach how to take the SAT test. For some it may be better, but for other straight shooters like me, may prefer a direct approach. You can contrast the methods with the 10 real sat book's, which gives you a text book approach to answering the questions (after all they would not want to give away too much of a test they made).
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Summary: Super preparation for anyone, including high scorers
Review: Without a doubt, this is the best test preparation book I have ever read, and I have read no small number of them. As others have pointed out, some of the strategies the authors describe border on the obvious, but these are sufficiently important, few, and entertainingly presented that this small lapse is quite acceptable. The book's practice tests are refreshingly indistinguishable from real SATs; they are certainly the best available, though those in Kaplan's SAT book are quite good as well. Many reviewers have declared this book to be insufficient for those who seek high scores. I disagree strongly. Good advice is good advice, even if presented in a manner less than ceremonial. Pedantic word lists assembled without attention given to what words will likely appear on the SAT, though impressive and temptingly concrete, are not the best use of any preparer's time. Of greater importance than a presentation of all the math and English needed for the SAT is a thorough, insightful walking through of SAT questions, and that's where this book shines. This book, the College Board's book of ten real SATs, and a functioning noggin are all anyone needs to succeed on the SAT. But if you've got money to spare, you might try the Kaplan book, too -- another look at strategy and a few more realistic practice tests can only help. I have not yet taken the SAT. On practice tests, my scores started as low as 1440 but have since climbed well into the 1500's -- even to the point of a 1590 most recently. More than to any strategy, I attribute the improvement to increased familiarity with the test, and I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the contribution this book has made.
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Summary: The Test Prep Book By Which All Others Are Measured
Review: Written by the Princeton Review, the worlds leading authority on test preparation, Cracking the SAT offers in depth instructions and strategies on the skills covered on the SAT. Students who take the Princeton Review SAT course have an average score increase of 140 points (verified by Roper Starch Worldwide). The same score raising techniques taught in the course are used in this book. Cracking the SAT, the only test prep book to become a New York Times bestseller with over one million copies sold, includes two full length diagnostic exams plus and additional four full length sample tests on mac and windows CD-ROM, which will show you how to quickly attack and answer test questions successfully.
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