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Title: Up Your Score: The Underground Guide to the Sat, 1999-2000 (1999-2000) by Larry Berger, Michael Colton, Manek Mistry, Paul Rossi, Hannah Bowen, Adam Jed ISBN: 0-7611-1135-2 Publisher: Workman Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (53 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Quite Humorous
Comment: If you have to get one SAT book (but why would you? =), this is a good book to get. From the start, they say they will not produce fluffy fake questions that can be found in other books, instead they reccomend you get 10 Real SATs (which is very good advice). While most of the information in here can be found in other SAT Prep books, say the Princeton Review, this book is much more funnier than their counterparts. If you need an example, check one of the last chapters where it describes how you should bubble in those pesky circles. It also goes into fairly good detail about the SAT2 Writing test (which also means it covers the PSAT Writing Section) as well.
Rating: 5
Summary: Incredibly funny and helpful!
Comment: Glancing around your local bookstore, you won't find many entertaining sat prep books. "Up Your Score," was recommended by a teacher at my high school and I have to say that I loved it. The writers keep you awake and interested with witty remarks and making fun of the SAT in general. If you don't want to study a whole lot for the test, just read this book and you will be ready. If you are planning on studying majorly, read this before the test and it will relax you and give you helpful hints.
Rating: 1
Summary: Occasionally funny, but more or less a waste of money
Comment: I got this book hoping for some new insight and ideas. After all, it's written by people with 1550s and above, it must be good, right? The concepts presented, especially in the math section, were dummed-down basic 8th grade algebra and a little 9th grade geometry. The verbal section was slightly more helpful, and the list of words to learn is nice, but many of the definitions are incomplete (it's hard to learn a word as well as you need to know it for the SAT from a definition and a sentence, to be fair). Some of the additional advice is useful, and the section on guessing provides some interesting insight and results of original experiments, but it wasn't enough to recommend this book.
Finally, much of the advice was incredibly stupid (suggesting that one skip the last reading passage because it's hard and you'll have more time for the other problems).
I will say that I didn't find a single factual mistake in the entire book.
If you're getting below 1000 composite on the SAT, this book may be for you, but if you're in the 1200-1300 or above range, this isn't worth the time or money.
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Title: 10 Real SATs, Third Edition by The College Board ISBN: 0874477050 Publisher: College Board Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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