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| Author: The College Board
Publisher: College Board
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 99
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 889
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.3 x 2.1
ISBN: 0874477182
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.1662
EAN: 9780874477184
Publication Date: January 7, 2007
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 Useful, but don't base your practice around it July 30, 2005
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
Many people who reviewed this guide online seem to recommend making it the center of their studying. While this book is good practice and contains some advice, it lacks in what students such as myself crave most- strategic advice.
This book was made by people who excel at WRITING tests, not taking tests, and it shows. The test-taking strategies and "relaxation and concentration techniques" are generally common sense and can be worked out by simply taking a few tests...
Which brings us to the bulk of the book. The practice tests are indeed written by the experts, and so they are generally unambiguous, good questions. However, I have found that most other test books provide well-written practice questions in the course of their review sections (though generally subpar diagnostic tests).
A test like the SAT requires much more than just familiarity with the style, which is all this book really offers. If you want the full studying experience, buy it, but if you only have budget for one book, this isn't the one- go for Kaplan instead.
 As a Secondary English Teacher/Online SAT Essay Grader... August 4, 2005
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
I recommend this guide highly. As a previous reviewer cautioned, don't use it as your only means of preparation. Your study should be multi-faceted. In terms of which preparation guide to purchase, this one is the way to go. Used alone, you will increase your score. Used in combination with school classes or private classes, as well as paying attention to instruction and feeback from your writing teachers, and/or participating in study circles with like-minded students, you will increase your score greatly! Good Luck.
Great buy for practice, not strategies - No Solutions April 6, 2005
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
My 5 star rating is not an overral review, but a review for the quality of their practice tests. If you are looking for practice tests, this is the book for you because it inclused tests written by ETS, and after taking the March 12 exam I can tell you that the practice tests and actual tests are very similar. While this book is awesome for practice tests, it is not the book to buy for strategies. Which the book includes some strategies, CollegeBoard is not going to release a book that tells you tricks to solve the problems they test you on. Also, the solutions to problems ARE NOT in the book, and you mast pay for them through their online course. I did this, but I don't think you should have to pay for them.
SAT prep MUST HAVE June 8, 2005
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I have bought countless SAT prep books already over the past few years and with this new SAT that college admissions will be looking at for the first time for high school graduates of 2006, I have built much confidence for this test. I do recommend Kaplan, but there are a few errors in their books. With this book, you are guaranteed "real" questions that will show up on the test. Of course, they will be in a different format, but after taking the June 4, 2005 test, I can safely say that this book predicted the actual one very well. One warning on the essays though. I've heard that they actually grade slightly harder than the samples they give online. Otherwise, great test prep book. (Some of the questions have been recycled from past SAT college board books, such as the 10 Real SATs book, but this is still definitely worth getting!)
Practice Makes Perfect January 6, 2006
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
From the point of view of a high school student who had recently taken the New SAT, I found this book really useful. Especially, if you are taking the test soon and you don't need any more tutorials on grammar or math equation, this should be the best method for practicing before the actual test.
This book is written by the people of Collegeboard, who actually write the SATs. So as a student, I could grasp exactly what the Collegeboard wanted us students to know in this standardized tests. Even though, this indeed is a standardized test that supposedly is impartial and understandable to people of various backgrounds, there is a certain psychology that you have to develop in order to take the SAT's.
For example, the sentence completion ones (where there's a blank in the middle of a sentence and you have to pick a word(s) most suitable), you sort of have to know what Collegeboard wants as the answer. When a sentence says "kind and _____" the blank would be a synonym for "kind" because "and" always symbolizes synonyms in the SAT.
Even the reading section has fixed concepts behind each questions: sometimes they are asking for direct paraphrasing (or reiteration of facts) but sometimes the question wants us to analyze and interpret a portion of the text. Therefore, this book allows us to figure out exactly what the question is asking, because we get to look at exactly the types of questions that will come up on the real test.
Remember: the only thing that you will see over and over are the questions-you will be able to grasp the purpose of the question by practicing questions from this book. And if you understand the purpose of the questions, you will do well =) (hopefully)
The new ESSAY section was exceptionally helpful for me because I could begin to understand what kind of questions that I have to deal with during the test. Given the time limit (25 minutes) to write a reasonably well structured essay, only practice makes perfect. Even if you are not a talented writer, if you sort of stick to the organization that this book says, you will do well on the actual test (I actually did pretty well on my essay section by following the structure that this book suggested!).
Lastly, there's a lot of information about scholarship, other standardized tests and applying to college that may be helpful for you.
I hope this helps. Everyone's sort of frustrated about SAT's because it has become increasingly difficult after the changes in March 2005. This will really help you get to know what the Collegeboard wants from you.
And good luck on your test =)
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