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Barron's Sat I How to Prepare for the Sat I (Barron's How to Prepare for the Sat I (Book Only))

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As an SAT Verbal tutor for over 20 years, my book of choice is Barrons for several reasons. #1- More practice tests than any other book #2- harder than the real test, at least in verbal #3- excellent vocab cards in the back which also serve as a great core vocab for college #4- avoids the weird questions found in ARCO #5- maybe not as much explaining as Princeton or Kaplan, but TRIPLE the practice -- If you need the explanations, get a combo of the books #6- Follow this book up with the 10 REAL SAT'S and you will see that they are now a piece of cake!! #7- when the students that I coach use this book, they are assured of a verbal point gain anywhere from 100 to 210 points, depending on how much they put into it. There are other reasons for this book to be a master tutor's book of choice, but in the interest of not being too verbose, let me just say "TRY IT!!"

This book is incredible. I studied with it all spring and took the SAT I on May 1. My scores were 290 points higher than on my PSAT!!!The best part of the book are all the strategies for solving the math problems. Using them, I was able to answer at least 10 or 15 questions that I would have otherwise had to leave out.The practice tests are really good. They are just like the real thing, so doing them is really good practice. If anything, they are slightly harder, so the real one I took in May seemed easier.I would recommend this book to anyone high school student who will be taking the SAT I. My younger brother is in 9th grade and he just started to read it.

This book is great for studying for the SAT. It has some good tips and advice for you to boost your score. The practices are thorough and well written. After doing my SAT I felt pretty good. However, I did find that the Math sections in the real SAT were not nearly as difficult as they were in the book. But the Verbal sections in the book were not as difficult as the ones in the real SAT. So just be careful.

This is the first time I ever used a review book and felt like it really, really helped. Two of my friends who were seniors this year told me they had used it in a course and their instructor had told them it was the best book available. So I tried it. But I used it on my own; I didn't take a course of any kind. Incredible--my SAT scores this May were 330 points higher than my PSAT score. Of course, I was thrilled. The whole book was good---tactics, review, and practice tests--but what I really found amazing were the math tactics. I am NOT a great math student in school, but I learned tricks to do problems that I never would have gotten on my own. My PSAT math score: 470. My SAT math score: 690. You do the math on that one! The book also really helped with my vocab. If you are serious about getting into college and want to really do well on the SAT, GET THIS BOOK!

Well, Well, Well. This is definitely a "must-have" for anyone who wants to take the SAT and hasn't got a 1600 for the first time. I must admit that I was skeptical that any book could help me prepare for the verbal or math section, but after following all the guidelines in "How to prepare...", I reconsidered my thoughts. I am not a native English speaker, that is why it is hard for me to learn words like "arroyo", but after some practice I found out that studying can be fun and it was largely due to my determination and this book's tips that I almost finished learning them all. I said almost since, apparently, 3 moths allocated to SAT weren't enough - this is where I come to an advice to you, all those wanting to take this test - plan much ahead! I've studied math at a high level, and even now I am majoring in Applied mathematics, but I hadn't even thought about the great tips&tricks I found in this book - "plug-in numbers" is a phrase I will certainly remember for all of my life, and it is a tactic that I've also used in my recently taken test. I won't brag about my scores - I don't know them yet (I've taken the test on the 4th of November). And I don't want to make any assumptions since I've learned that SAT is as unpredictable as an earthquake. There's one thing I can say - this book's tests were harder than the real thing, and they were really helpful! Thank you Sharon Weiner-Green Ira Wolf for such a marvelous job!

Don't get me wrong, this book is EXTREMELY helpful. It is a bit harder than the real SAT, it has TONS of practice and great strategies. I haven't taken the SATs yet, but I'm sure I'll see results. The only problem, though is that in going through almost every math problem in the book (it's got QUITE A FEW in chapter 12) I must have found about 10 typos/mistakes. This amount is probably 1-2% of the problems, so no biggy. I still regard this book as the best all-purpose SAT guide around.

The word lists and the Sample tests are what make this book worth its money. The advice given while 'guessing' in the verbal section is good too. I particularly like their style of attacking the reading comprehensions.

My mother bought me several SAT review books this year. By far this was the most useful. I just got my SAT scores back and I increased 230 points from my PSAT---much more than any of my friends who took expensive classes.I was particularly impressed with the math section and with the TACTICS for getting the right answer to questions I didn't know how to do.I would recommend this book very highly to any student preparing for the SAT I.

I received a copy of this book as a gift and my scores jumped from a 1380 on the PSAT to a 1590 on the SAT! I owe it all to the careful, thoughtful, and insightful ideas of Dr. Ira Wolf. I would never have been as successful as I was without his help. Everyone out there who is looking to improve their scores should follow my example and get some help from the masters.

This is a pretty good book if you are looking for long-term study for the SAT. The one negative I had about this book is that there are over 1500 vocabulary words which is impossible to study. There are plenty of practice tests, over 10, and vocabulary flash cards. In all, this is a good deal for about $15. I would definitely recommend this book over the ARCO title, though.