Amazon.com Review
Edward Deptula's approach to preparing for the SAT is streamlined and efficient. The guide is mighty thick, but the material is neither complicated nor overwhelming. The writing is clear and engaging, and the chapters are all labeled such that you can pick and choose those areas you want to study. Deptula explains 10 guaranteed ways to raise your score, coaches you through the sections to make you a better test taker, lists 500 SAT words you need to know, includes nine sample exams, and provides a number of study plans tailored to fit various needs.
The guide helps you track your progress and reduce your pretest anxiety, familiarizes you with the test structure (its directions and answer-sheet format), explains how the test is scored, and what the best test-taking strategies are. Deptula thoroughly explores verbal analogies and sentence completions, critical reading and word roots, plus all the math you need to succeed in fractions, algebra, and geometry. With a diagnostic exam to help you pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses, an answer key and explanatory analysis for each of the practice exams, and a section covering the PSAT/NMSQT, Deptula's SAT guide is comprehensive, effective, and very easy to use. --Stephanie Gold
