The strategy guide with attitude, Up Your Score is the only test-preparation book written for students by students. Smart, savvy, and serious-but funny, too-Up Your Score proves itself as the guide that tackles the SAT in terms of students will immediately relate to.br>For the 2001-2002 edition, the book has been revised and updated by Joe Jewell, a new guest editor with a perfect 1600 under his belt. Presenting solid, practical information in a voice that's hip and knowing, the book covers 600 key vocabulary words, teaches important insider math tricks, shows how to improve memory and concentration, and demonstrates how test-taking is itself a skill, including how to think like the SAT and why it's always better to guess than leave a question unanswered. And there are the side issues-what to do if you have a nasty proctor and how best to fill in the answer circles and save nearly six minutes. With Joe Jewell's updated cultural references and his own special strategy tips, here is the latest on everything kids need to psyche out-and not be psyched out by-the Test.
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Praise for earlier versions of UP YOUR SCORE:
IEverything You Need to Give IEm HellO (Sassy Magazine)
IShows other sweaty-palmed teenagers how to outsmart the SAT before it outsmarts them"This is big news in high school hallways.O (The Boston Globe)
It might be next week. IT might be next year. But one day before long youIre going to walk into an SAT testing hall and in three hours set the course of your future. Worried? Well, Joe, Larry, Manek, Michael, and Paul were worried, too. But not only have the authors been there and back (with all of them scoring over 1500, including two perfect 1600Is), they decided to do something about it. A guerrilla guide written for students by students, UP YOUR SCORE combines the best math and verbal preparation with the strategy you need to psyche out O and not be psyched out by O The Test.
FIVE KIDS WHOOVE ACED IT SHOW YOU HOW TO:
-Think like the SAT
-Improve memory and maintain peak concentration
-Master insider math tricks
-Learn 600 key vocabulary words
-Hone you speed and timing
-Be a better guesser (and why itIs almost always better to guess)
-Do sections in the best order
-Prepare your SAT II essay in advance
BUT WAIT! THEREIS MORE:
-Insider college admissions advice
-What to do if you have a nasty proctor
-The UP YOUR SCORE Lower Your Stress PlanU
-The SAT and the Internet
-A recipe for Sweet and Tasty 800 Bars and how to smuggle them into the testing hall
-How best to fill in the answer circles and save nearly 6 minutes
-and ATTITUDE
About the Author
Larry Berger is a Yale graduate and Rhodes Scholar and the CEO of Wireless Generation.
Michael Colton, a Harvard graduate, is a screenwriter and co-editor of ModernHumorist.com
Manek Mistry graduated from Cornell Law School and is in private practice.
Michael Colton, a Harvard graduate, is a screenwriter and co-editor of ModernHumorist.com
Manek Mistry graduated from Cornell Law School and is in private practice.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Not another dry, boring SAT book!,
By Kristin (Wilmington, DE USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Up Your Score 2001-2002: The Underground Guide to the SAT (Paperback)
I teach an SAT Prep course, and I recently was thrilled when I found this book. It is totally in tune with a teenager's sense of humor. I was even laughing out loud in some instances! Even better, it is an excellent preparation tool that identifies tried and true techniques. They have updated this edition so that the jokes are new and fresh, and the writers are completely down-to-earth. They truly seem to recall what it is like to be an eleventh grader who is extremely anxious about taking this test. Additionally, it's not too long and cumbersome that it will scare away students who truly wish to up their scores; I read the book in one evening. (I wish I had read it when I was in high school!!!) It's a necessity for any college-bound high school student!
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Very nice book! This book is a very concentrated book which takes strategies from all the current SAT/PSAT courses out there and binds it into one book! Very very nice for any student who wants to master the SAT! I personally raised my score 140 points after I read this book. I have have taken Kaplan, Princeton and Score Prep and this has all their strategies and more. What I loved about this book was the fact people not that much older than me wrote it and could relate to me. Very funny boook. I laughed my way to a 140 points and anybody else can do the absolute same.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Funny & Helpful,
By "naomiii" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Up Your Score 2001-2002: The Underground Guide to the SAT (Paperback)
There's one thing that separates this book from all the other SAT books -- it's written BY students FOR students. That, and you actually WANT to keep reading it. There's nothing dry and boring about this book. It's funny, it's helpful, and I give it more credit for helping me raise my Verbal & Math scores than any of the other books that I bought. I believe that the only books you really need to prepare for the SAT I are "Up Your Score" for insight on the test, tips on how to master the different types of problems, and a no-fail vocabulary builder, and "10 Real SAT's" for the practice tests. I've recommended "Up Your Score" to all my friends-- it's the only SAT book I've read that was fun to read & helpful at the same time.
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