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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Other titles in the Up Your Score: The Underground Guide to the SAT series:Up Your Score: The Underground Guide to the SAT, 2007-2008 Editionby Larry Berger
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Youand#8217;ve been hearing about the SAT since the day you entered high school. Guess what? Itand#8217;s time. So when you walk into that testing hall, will it be a case of nervesand#8212;or attitude? A guerrilla guide written by six students who destroyed the SAT, Up Your Scorecombines the best math, critical reading, and essay preparation with the strategies and tips you need to psyche outand#8212;and not be psyched out byand#8212;The Test. As Sassymagazine said, and#8220;Itand#8217;s everything you need to give and#8217;em hell.and#8221; Review:and#8220;This is big news. . . . Shows other sweaty-palmed teenagers how to outsmart the SAT before it outsmarts them.and#8221; and#8212;The Boston Globe Synopsis:Itand#8217;s the proven guerilla guide: The students who developed Up Your Scoreall aced the SAT and went to the colleges of their choice; and the new guest editors, Jean Huang and Swetha Kambhampati, each scored a perfect 2400 by following UP YOUR SCORE principles. Packed with attitude, rock-solid knock-and#8217;em-dead strategies, and laugh-out-loud humor, this is the book for students by students, the book that diffuses the stress and actually makes test-prep fun. Its witty, peer-to-peer voiceand#8212;like getting advice from a good (and reallysmart) friendand#8212;makes the material so much easier to retain than the dry text of traditional test guides. And priced at $11.95, itand#8217;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. Straight from triumphant test veterans, here is: How to prepare the essay in advance. Six hundred key vocabulary words (and proven tricks for actually remembering them). The best way to fill in answer circles and other strategies for saving precious minutes. Plus, tips for maintaining concentration over the long haul, why itand#8217;s always better to guess than leave a question unanswered, and a recipe for energy-boosting Sweet andamp;Tasty 800 Bars (and how to smuggle them into the testing hall). Synopsis:Packed with attitude, rock-solid knock-'em-dead strategies, and laugh-out-loud humor, this unique SAT guide diffuses the stress that actually makes test-prep fun. Its peer-to-peer voice makes the material so much easier to retain than the dry text of traditional guides. About the AuthorLarry Berger is a Yale graduate and Rhodes Scholar and the CEO of Wireless Generation.Michael Colton, a Harvard graduate, is editor-in-chief of ModernHumorist.comManek Mistry graduated from Cornell Law School and is in private practice.Paul Rossi is a Cornell graduate.Jean Huang is a high school senior in St.Cloud, Minnesota and applying for early admissionto Stanford. Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Brief History of This Book(1) One Afternoon in the Ithaca High School Cafeteria Way Back in the Late and#8217;80s (2) Years Later (2) Months Later (4) About the SAT (5) Before We Begin, Any Questions? (6) An Authorand#8217;s Note Intended to Build Confidence (13) The Story of the Evil Testing Serpent (18) SAT Scoring (20) SAT Mistakes (23) SAT Services (23) How to Practice (26) Getting in Gear (28) Up Your ScoreCheat Sheet ( 29) The Critical Reading Section (33) Four Key Rules and a Tip (34) Sentence Completions (36) Critical Reading Passages (41) About SAT Words (58) Memorizing SAT Words (60) The Word List (64) Useful Synonyms (155) Similar-Looking Words (156) Important Literary Terms (157) The Math Section (167) Theory of Study (1680 Calculators (171) Fractions/Units (176) Word Problems (184) Equations (194) Geometry (209) Coordinate Geometry (222) The Funny Symbol Question (229) Heinous Miscellaneous Math (2320 Grid-in Problems (236) The Writing Section (241) The Story of Little-Read Writing Serpent (242) The Three Question Types (244) The 13 Rules of the Writing Test (249) Practice Questions (263) The Essay (267) Guessing, or The ETS Strikes Back: Impostors from Hell (279) Impostors from Hell (280) Guessing, the SAT, and the Specter of World Destruction (283) The Six Rules of Guessing (285) A Final Word on Guessing (290) But Wait! You Also Get (291) Concentration (292) Proctors: Mindless Slaves of the ETS (297) Relaxation (299) Yoga and the SAT (302) Cheating (305) Little Circles (307) Is the SAT Biased? (311) SATing for Dollars (313) Donand#8217;t Let Your Parents Read This! (314) SATitis (315) Canceling Counseling (316) The SSS and the SDQ (316) The SAT and the Internet (317) Sneaky Snacking (319) Fashion and Beauty Tips (321) Stick It in Your Ear (322) Some Other Thoughts on Getting into College (323) Parting Words of Advice (324) Who Are These People, Anyway? (326) Free PrepMe.com Diagnostic Test and iPodandreg; Vocab List (328) What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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