The SAT I for Dummies

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Summary: Best SAT prep ever written
Review: This is a great book that makes studying for the SAT fun. Weused it in Mom's Home SAT Prep Course. 20 days before the test, my11th grader read one chapter per night. After she read each chapter,she had to sit down with me and explain the chapter. We went over eachsample problem and the tips. Each night, it took her about half anhour to read the book and half an hour to explain it to me. She alsotook 2 sample SAT exams from the book. She scored only about 1150 onthe practice SATs in the book but on the real SAT, she scored 1320 --and we attribute a lot of it to the help of SAT for Dummies! The best$... we ever spent. Ideal for kids who have good vocabulary and mathskills and simply need to learn the sneaky tricks of the SAT. And momor dad, after this kind of prep course, even YOU could take the SAT!

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Summary: THE BEST BOOK FOR THE SAT's
Review: This is an absolute MUST for anyone who will be taking the SAT's... its fun and easy to read. I read it the first time in less than 24 hours. Then I read it several more times and memorized parts of it. Her tips and tricks are great when there is "1 minute to pencils down." This book not only taught me a thing or two, it calmed my nerves and improved my score almost 200 points. I took the SAT's 4 years ago and I recommend this book to everyone that asks how I got a 1500... Good Luck. Thanks Suzee!

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Summary: Don't buy this book
Review: Unless you have never seen an SAT before in your entire life, this book is completely worthless. I bought it mainly for the practical advice I hoped it would contain; I was, however, sorely disappointed. The book is juvenile, uninformative, and riddled with mistakes, especially in the practice tests. The "tips" Vlk hands out are dubious at best. I've taken the SAT officially 4 times, and I've taken numerous practice tests over the years, and nothing Vlk says is at all innovative or interesting. Stick with 10 Real SATs