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Release Date: 2004-09-28
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| Pretty Good, but not the best one out thereI have two main SAT test prep books (and some SAT practice test books and a couple books that focus on particular aspects of the SAT) and this is one of them(along with "The New SAT and PSAT by Sparknotes).
This book was good but not spectacular.
PRO'S
- It gives some good strategies for cracking the sections
- Has outstanding techiques for guessing; more advanced and sophiscated techiniques than anywhere else- this alone makes the book worth the price
- Has explainations for practice tests(though others have said the practice tests are not very accurate to the real ones; I can't be the judge of that so read other reviews)
Cons
- Wide Margins - Unless they expect you to write two paragraphs of notes on every page these margins are too big- Maybe their trying to fluff up the thickness of the book
- I found an error in their drills- nothing major but could've been caught by an editor
-Teaching method isn't as good as Sparknotes "The New SAT and PSAT" book
Overall
This has great guessing strategies but is only average in teaching. I recommend buying this book( makes sure its the 2006 edition or later as they may have fixed some mistakes)along with "The New SAT and PSAT" by Justin Kestler and Ben Florman(Sparknotes)
Also get some Sparknotes Powertactics books, Kaplan workbooks and the College Board SAt Study Guide.
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| Topics are covered vaguely This book seemed appealing to me because it seemed to cover all of the major topics of the SAT Subject Test. However, for each subject, there was usually only one situation covered.
In certain subjects such as percentages, I felt that I was left on my own to do the practice questions. Some of the time, the author explained a topic by solely explaining a question on the diagnostic quiz at the beginning of the chapter. In many cases, the practice questions were on aspects that were not reviewed during the chapters and the explainations of the questions left something to be desired.
I made the mistake of only using one book for my studying. After reading this book, I felt loosely prepared for my test, and I feel that my study time would have been better spent reading another study guide.
I do not recomment this book.
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