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| Author: The College Board
Publisher: College Board
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $13.57
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Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 98
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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| Customer Reviews:
 The Official SAT Study Guide March 26, 2007
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
This book is the filet mignon of SAT prep, but it has one drawback.
I've tutored the SAT for over two years, and have scored over 2300 twice as an adult. This title is superior to the Kaplan and Princeton Review books, because it is designed by the people who produce the SAT. This simple fact is enough to elevate it head and shoulders above the rest.
When you use the College Board book, you'll be exposed to the perfect difficulty level of questions - not too easy, not too hard. Therefore, you'll learn perfect pacing - not too fast, not too slow. And perfect feedback - not so easy that you think you're a genius, not too hard that you'll think you should go back to seventh grade. And perfect test perception - you'll see just how many "oh my god!!!" questions there are and will handle them accordingly.
The only drawback is the lack of an answer key. The College Board is much more interested in a "fair test" than in helping you out. But if you combine this book with an established, talented SAT tutor, you'll improve your score tremendously with this book.
 This is not even funny August 18, 2005
14 out of 92 found this review helpful
Is it a good book or not? Does it help or you are waisting you time and money? It, baby, depends on what you are lookin' for. If you want to study for SAT then you have no choice but to buy this book. What you will see on a test day is in this book. This writing comes from test-makers and you can (hopefully obviously) assume that it will help. I don't really know what to say here... SAT is a monopoly. Everyone has to do it no matter what. Than, let's see here, comes a book, let's see, from test-makers, hmmm, lots'f profit; isn't 't so?! And we are just their preys, waitin' to be eatten. Dismal, don't you agree?!
 Too Easy August 31, 2005
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
I am working with a rising senior; she and I both feel the tests in this book are too easy and easier than the real SAT. I am resorting to old volumes of "10 Real SAT's" and other company's test prep materials.
 The standard for SAT prep, but not without its flaws July 16, 2006
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
The following is an abridged version of a review found on CEEAE dot org:
The Official SAT Study Guide is the standard for SAT preparation. This book is written by the College Board and ETS, the companies that administer and author the SAT. So the problems found in this book are as close to real questions as we have right now. The Official SAT Study Guide is the follow-up to "10 Real SATs". "10 Real SATs" was the standard for preparation for the old SAT. Now with the New SAT, College Board released a new book, The Official SAT Study Guide.
The Official SAT Study Guide consists of two main parts. The first 300 pages consist of introductions to the test, sections and question types as well as some test-taking hints (the hints should not be confused with strategies, since they are so basic in nature). This part of The Official SAT Study Guide is largely useless. It may serve as a good introduction to the SAT, but it falls far short of providing any real strategies.
The second half of the book is where the Gold lies: 8 full-length exams. Each exam closely mirrors real SAT exams and even has an accurate answer sheet to bubble in the answers. Students have almost universally praised these exams as the most accurate to the real SAT. Also, all 8 of the full exams are in the book, not on some superfluous CD as in many other books.
This book, however, is not without its flaws. We will only list one of the major flaws here, but if you would like to see the full list please venture over to CEEAE dot org. The most significant flaw in The Official SAT Study Guide is that there are no explanations provided to any of the exams. We were surprised by this since so many students, tutors and counselors complained about the lack of explanations in "10 Real SATs". We just figured that the College Board would have included explanations in their most recent release, but unfortunately they have yet to do so. Perhaps the next edition will be accompanied by explanations.
Note: This book as well as more than 20 other SAT prep books are reviewed and ranked on CEEAE dot org. Every book review has a direct link to its amazon page, so you can read the reviews, view the rankings and then return to amazon to purchase your selections.
Don't trust in the practice tests. October 21, 2005
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Although this book has practice tests made by the SAT makers,that doesn't mean it has the practice tests as hard as the real tests.I put all my trust in it but got dissappointed on the test day due to the extreme difficulty of the real reading passages.
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