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McGraw-Hill's 12 SAT Practice Tests with PSAT, 2ed (McGraw-Hill's 12 Practice Sats & PSAT)

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The reading in McGraw Hill's 12 SAT Practice Tests was really helpful since the answers give not only the reason why one was wrong, but also, the meanings of the vocabulary words in short concise synonyms for easy memorization. Ever wondered, what does that word mean in a reading question? McGraw Hill's 12 Sat Practice Tests explains it clearly! --something that other books don't offer.

I think this is a great book, in which a potential SAT student can reap great rewards! Good luck on the SAT's guys~

This is a great book with very few if any typos. For anyone that is looking for practice before taking the actual test, this is the book to get. The answers are well designed, the explanations are clear, and its an economical buy. My only criticism is that the sat converter that comes with the book is too lenient. I'm relatively certain that one cannot get a perfect score on the writing section with more than 3 questions wrong.

McGraw Hill is great for critical reading and writing. I did not notice any typos, and the 12 practice tests are enough for any ambitious teenager (I only completed 4). The font is different from the actual SAT, and that always bothered me.

However, I always thought the math was too easy or worded strangely. I preferred either Princeton Review or Barron's Math workbook to prepare for the math portion.

I believe that SAT preparation requires a cocktail of different prep books, so one can do sections according to current skill level.

I suggest you to not buy this because of so much typos with answers messed up with the explanations.
If you already bought this book be sure to check practice test 2's section 3 with section 4's answer keys b/c they are fliped!!! It almost gave me a heart attack when I was checking the answers until 24 and then relized that the answer keys were flipped.
So check the explanations too if you got things wrong.

I am a high school student who has taken/is still going to take the SATs. Like most students, my weakest subject is Critcal Reading, then writing. I'm telling you, there's no better book (other than the BB) for CR and writing. I find it to be slightly more challenging than the BB, but so what? Practice hard, ace the test right? Yeah i agree with the other reviewers that there are seldom incorrect explanations, but that's common in every book. In my opinion, I think the explanations themselves are really in-depth and understandable, which is what you would want in an SAT book. I can't say anything for the Math section, as I usually skip them (I just take practice sections, not tests with these), because I have done well on the Math. Plus, McGraw-Hill uses white (as in white like this page) paper, which is a nice contrast to Barron's or princeton review, which usually has a more yellowish-color to it, so McGraw-Hill is better on the eyes. If you're a student looking to improve CR and Writing, look no further; this is your answer (other than BB).

The tests are good, but the answer key section is chock full of mislabeled section numbers. Makes it an interesting challenge in grading the tests.

My son's high school asked us to get this book for class. I have found this book to be a great source of practice tests that will prepare him for the upcoming SAT tests.

Very good book and very useful for High schoole studants. It helps to improve your SAT score and knowledge. I will recomend this book to high school studants, Thanks.

This book is a complete solution for SAT. There are 12 tests in the book and they are difficult enough to test out the students' knowledge. I am a private tutor and I ask my student to buy this one. I highly recommend it.

After using The Official SAT Guide created by College Board, this is an okay source to start with additionally studying. But, I would highly reccomend against using this book if you are looking to improve your math score. The questions are often poorly worded, confusing (not in the regular SAT way), and have incorrect answers in the answer keys. I usually found at least 2 questions in each 25 minute section that were utterly rediculous and not worth spending the time to decipher. Not an accurate depiction of what the real SAT is like. Writing and Reading are fine. Moving on to Princeton Review, hoping they will be a more accuarate studying source.