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Cracking the SSAT/ISSE, 1999 Edition (Cracking the Ssat & Isee)

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I was so disappointed with this book that I wrote a letter to The Princeton Review, the publisher. It sums up my feelings. Obviously, I cannot recommend this book.

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My daughter was recently scheduled to take the ISEE test for middle school. To that end I bought "Cracking the SSAT & ISEE". You should be ashamed of yourselves. This book is sloppily written, assembled and edited.

On page 49 "negative" is spelled "negitive".

On page 509 you are given 35 minutes for the 25 questions in Section 2... but there are actually 40 questions in Section 2. Should there be more time? Less questions? Are the rules of thumb to gauge your results correct?

On page 347 400-180=120! Hello?

Furthermore, though this book tutors both the middle and upper school ISEE tests there is no distinction betweent the two in the study work. We had no idea when we were spending our time on something that wasn't part of the required work. Since you formulated the sample upper and middle tests you must have known. This was valuable information that was totally missing.

I do not send this letter lightly. It is not the kind of thing I would normally do. However, I am livid after being let down by a company I thought I could trust. Didn't someone take a critical look at this book before it was published?

I bought this book to help my son get ready for the SSAT which he took last month. It was clearly superior to the others available at my local bookstore, some of which had not been updated to reflect that the test has included an essay for nearly two years now.

The tone was lighthearted and made him actually enjoy the math review. There is an excellent vocabulary section at the beginning of the book and I've seen him continue to develop and use the vocabulary skills he learned during his work with the book.

I have recommended it to friends.

I checked the results of my son SSAT low level test. I faild to understand or got different answers on next math questions: Section 2, question 10; Section 2, question 15; Section 2, question 25; Section 4, question 16; Section 4, question 20; Yury Makedonov, Ph.D. (Physics and Mathematics)

Cracking the SSAT/ISEE by Liz Buffia is a very thorough and precise book! You know what? Well I would have spent many useless hours studying material I didn't even need know. This great and very informative book puts everything I need for the SSAT and also the ISEE. If you buy this book, you will surely make a great choice because they tell you what the tests are on, and it has the current up-to-date information because they are published annually. I just have 2 words---BUY IT! You will score high!!!

Good book. Very helpful