Cracking the SAT with Sample Tests on CD-ROM, 2004 Edition (College Test Prep) [Paperback]

Adam Robinson (Author), John Katzman (Author)

Book Description

Series: College Test Prep | Publication Date: June 10, 2003

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT is very different from getting straight A’s in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about math and English–only the techniques you'll need to score higher on the exam. There's a big difference. In Cracking the SAT, we'll teach you how to think like the test writers and

·Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you
·Master the 250 most important vocabulary words for the SAT
·Nail even the toughest sections: Analogies, Quantitative Comparison, Critical Reading, and more

This book and CD-ROM package includes 7full-length practice SAT exams: 3 in the book and 4 on CD-ROM. Plus, we’ll show you how to go online to get additional practice. All of our sample test questions are just like the ones you’ll see on the actual SAT, and we fully explain every solution.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT is very different from getting straight A?s in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about math and English?only the techniques you'll need to score higher on the exam. There's a big difference. In Cracking the SAT, we'll teach you how to think like the test writers and

·Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you
·Master the 250 most important vocabulary words for the SAT
·Nail even the toughest sections: Analogies, Quantitative Comparison, Critical Reading, and more

This book and CD-ROM package includes 7full-length practice SAT exams: 3 in the book and 4 on CD-ROM. Plus, we?ll show you how to go online to get additional practice. All of our sample test questions are just like the ones you?ll see on the actual SAT, and we fully explain every solution.

About the Author

Adam Robinson graduated from Wharton before earning a law degree at Oxford University in England. Robinson, a rated chess master, devised and perfected the Joe Bloggs approach to beating standardized tests in 1980, as well as numerous other core Princeton Review techniques. A freelance author of many books, Robinson has collaborated with the Princeton Review to develop a number if its courses.

John Katzman graduated from Princeton University in 1980. After working briefly on Wall Street, he founded the Princeton Review in 1981. Beginning with 219 high school students in his parents' apartment, Katzman now oversees courses that prepare tens of thousands of high school and college students annually for tests, including the SAT, GRE, GMAT and LSAT.

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Review; Bk&CD-Rom edition (June 10, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375763309
• ISBN-13: 978-0375763304
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,172,030 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank You, Princeton Review!, February 6, 2004

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Joanna Bloggs (Palo Alto, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cracking the SAT with Sample Tests on CD-ROM, 2004 Edition (College Test Prep) (Paperback)

This is the one book I could not have done without on the SAT. I noticed that a lot of people criticized it for the techniques it uses, but it does teach you a lot about the material tested on the SAT and it gives you myriads of helpful tips.

It is not intended to be funny. The authors do not try to help readers along with jokes and suchlike. They deliver their information in a no-nonsense, concise fashion that may not be good for people who grow bored easily or for those who do not enjoy working. I found it very interesting, but I am considered by many to be unusual regarding my tastes in extracurricular activities.

Something that I found particularly helpful about the book was the included CD with practice tests. Taking one of these helped me see what parts of the SAT I was having trouble with.

The techniques WORK. They really do. They give you a better understanding of the material that the SAT tests and of how the SAT is created, and of what it actually tests. (Vocabulary, some reading comprehension, first-year algebra and geometry. I found this to be true when taking the test.) In only three weeks of studying for one hour a night, I was able to raise my scores from a 480 verbal and a 440 math to a 750 verbal and a 650 math (for a total of 1400) on the final test. I am thirteen and in junior high. I took it for applications to a Johns Hopkins CTY summer program and a high school scholarship.

I would really recommend this book along with 10 Real SATs (which I used only for the tests) to anyone taking the SAT. The amount of help that it gave me was phenomenal, and I am sure that I would not have done nearly as well without it. So thank you, Princeton Review!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, for what it does, September 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Cracking the SAT with Sample Tests on CD-ROM, 2004 Edition (College Test Prep) (Paperback)

The Princeton Review's approach to test preparation is to guide you in psyching out the testers. Their statistics show that their approach is successful in improving test scores, and with the emphasis given to SAT scores, that isn't so bad. But for my own part, I'd rather do well on a test because I've got a good understanding of the material being tested.

Note that the Princeton Review strategies work only for the paper SAT. They don't work at all if you're taking the computer version.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not enough~, August 13, 2003

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"fall2004" (ChangSha, Hunan China) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cracking the SAT with Sample Tests on CD-ROM, 2004 Edition (College Test Prep) (Paperback)

it's cool to have a book such as Cracking SAT, ok, the 7 tests inside are really useful~
especially the computer based ones inside, they're easy to use, and you can soon get the score after you finish the test....

but i think that is a book for you to review the WHOLE SAT before the test..and of course, with 10 REAL...
if you think you are not confident with math or verbal, and you want to practice more about some particular parts of the SAT, buy other stuffs such as XX verbal or math workbook.....