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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 378.1662 EAN: 9780375766091 Edition: Stg ISBN: 037576609X Label: Princeton Review Manufacturer: Princeton Review Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: June 12, 2007 Publisher: Princeton Review Release Date: June 12, 2007 Studio: Princeton Review Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Cracking the PSAT brings you proven techniques from the test prep experts! The 2008 edition includes 2 full-length practice tests and all the strategies you’ll need to score higher. In Cracking the PSAT, we’ll teach you how to think like the test writers and ·Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you ·Master the most important PSAT vocabulary words ·Crack even the toughest subjects: geometry, vocabulary, algebra, grammar, and more ·Ace the math and short critical reading questions Plus, all of our practice questions are just like those on the actual PSAT—but with detailed answers and explanations for every question. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Excellent resourceThe Princeton Review is great for learning the strategy behind test-taking. While not designed to teach all the math, reading, and writing skills tested (that's what high school is for; PR's books include excellent review guides for all subjects, however), this book DOES teach you how to avoid the "traps" and how to get inside the heads of the people writing the test. Invaluable for the college-bound high school student. I'd never have gotten my 1600 (old SAT) without it! Rating:  - Cracking the PSAT/NMSQT 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)I bought this book based on the reputation of the Princeton Review. However, it did not live up to my expectations. The beginning of the book is dedicated to the practices the author of the PSAT, the ETS, uses to fool test takers. In this beginning section, there are sample questions, yet NO explanation as to how to arrive at the correct answer is supplied. It took two of my daughter's high school math teachers to crack one of the questions. The reason why our education system is failing (and this ... Read More Rating: - excellent materialsLike all of the Princeton Review's "Cracking the [.....]" study guides, Princeton Review's Cracking the PSAT book offers lots of sound, helpful, and at times quite clever tips for doing well on the exam. However, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to buy any book on the PSAT since the PSAT is simply an abbreviated SAT exam without the essay. Instead, buy the newest edition of Cracking the SAT, which will give you the same excellent preparation materials, and which you are going to need in a few months ... Read More 
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