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New York City Specialized Science High Schools Admissions Test (Arco New York City Specialized Science High Schools Admissions Test)

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There are a few prep books in the market, I woul rate them as below
1. Barron's How to prepare for SSHSAT ----4 stars
2. Kaplan's SCI-Hi------------------------3 stars
3. Princeton Preview SSHSAT---------------3 stars
4. Arco Specialized science High exam-----2 stars

I was accepted to Stuyvesant High school. To prepare for the exam, I used almost all the books available on the market, including Arco.

Do not plan to rely on Arco books as a primary source of test preparation. The questions are not challenging enough. The reading passages do not share the same depth of analysis like those found on the exam. The math questions are much too simple and require almost no thinking skills whatsoever. The logic questions do not encourage the reader to reason through a situation. As a result, the user of Arco books is mislead about the exam's degree of difficulty.

This book does not include practice tests for the Hunter College High School exam (as Amazon's description indicates).

I made it into Stuyvesant High School. I didn't use any other book (I couldn't find any). This book really helped me.

I bought this book preparing for another exam. When it was time to prepare for the Specialized High school exam I picked up this book again. My friends thought I had no chance. They were paying $1,000 for courses. While I was just using this book. And now Im in Stuyvesant and they're not. It's all thanks to this book!!!

ARCO's Specialized Science High Schools Admissions Test guide was a staple when I was preparing for the big test. It explained the exam format, gave test-taking strategies, and provided ten short sample quizzes. It gives a wide variety of sample questions, and explains why the right answer is correct. Using this resource, I made the Bronx Highschool of Science! If you are serious about the science high schools, the ARCO SSHSAT book is a must.

I bought this book and the Barrow's book. My son took the 2007 Specialized High School test and he got over 600 point. He said the Barrow book is much better and helpful. This book does not match the real test at all. You may use it as a practice IF you have time.

This is a great book to use for study purposes on entering any specialized high schools, such as brooklyn tech, bronx science, and so on... It gives you tests on questions you will recieve. then all the answers, + explanations and diff. techniques to coming about the answer... A must have for any 8th or 9th grader with hopes of going to a specialized high school. -Beerinder