Up Your Score: The Underground Guide to the SAT, 2009-2010
It's the SAT guide that kids will actually enjoy using. And it's the one that works: The students who developed Up Your Score all aced the SAT and went to the colleges of their choice. Irreverent, credible, delivered with attitude, Up Your Score combines the best math, critical reading, and essay preparation with strategies and tips designed to help kids psych out The Test. Its witty, peer-to-peer voice—like getting advice from a good (and really smart) friend—makes the material so much...
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It's the SAT guide that kids will actually enjoy using. And it's the one that works: The students who developed Up Your Score all aced the SAT and went to the colleges of their choice. Irreverent, credible, delivered with attitude, Up Your Score combines the best math, critical reading, and essay preparation with strategies and tips designed to help kids psych out The Test. Its witty, peer-to-peer voice—like getting advice from a good (and really smart) friend—makes the material so much easier to retain than the dry text of traditional test guides. And priced at $11.95, it's an economical alternative to expensive test-preparation courses, and an affordable addition, breath of fresh air, and reality check for the student who has a Princeton Review or Kaplan book.Includes: How to think like the SAT. How to prepare the essay in advance. Six hundred key vocabulary words (and proven tricks for actually remembering them). Insider math tricks. The best way to fill in answer circles, and other strategies to save precious minutes. Plus, tips for maintaining concentration, why it's always better to guess than to leave a question unanswered, and a recipe for energy-boosting Sweet & Tasty 800 Bars (and how to smuggle them into the testing hall).FREE: An online diagnostic test from PrepMe.com and an iPod download that helps students learn the 600 key vocabulary words. The New York Times “A guerilla manual to fighting the enemy…It takes no prisoners.” –The New York Times
Introduction: A Brief History of This BookOne Afternoon in the Ithaca High School Cafeteria Way Back in the Late ‘80sYears LaterMonths Later Chapter 1: About the SATBefore We Begin, Any Questions?An Author’s Note Intended to Build ConfidenceThe Story of the Evil Testing SerpentSAT ScoringSAT MistakesSAT ServicesHow to PracticeGetting in GearUp Your Score Cheat Sheet Chapter 2: The Critical Reading SectionFour Key Rules and a TipSentence CompletionsCritical Reading PassagesAbout SAT WordsMemorizing SAT WordsThe Word ListUseful SynonymsSimilar-Looking WordsImportant Literary Terms Chapter 3: The Math SectionTheory of StudyCalculatorsFractions/UnitsWord ProblemsEquationsGeometryCoordinate GeometryThe Funny Symbol QuestionHeinous Miscellaneous MathGrid-in Problems Chapter 4: The Writing SectionThe Story of Little-Read Writing SerpentThe Three Question TypesThe 13 Rules of the Writing TestPractice QuestionsThe Essay Chapter 5: Guessing, or The ETS Strikes Back: Impostors from HellImpostors from HellGuessing, the SAT, and the Specter of World DestructionThe Six Rules of GuessingA Final Word on Guessing Chapter 6: But Wait! You Also GetConcentrationProctors: Mindless Slaves of the ETSRelaxationYoga and the SATCheatingLittle CirclesIs the SAT Biased?SATing for DollarsDon’t Let Your Parents Read This!SATitisCanceling CounselingThe SSS and the SDQThe SAT and the InternetSneaky SnackingFashion and Beauty TipsStick It in Your EarSome Other Thoughts on Getting into CollegeParting Words of AdviceWho Are These People, Anyway?Free PrepMe.com Diagnostic Test and iPod Vocab List
