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by: Suzee Vlk  
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Dewey Decimal Number: 378.1662 EAN: 9780764554728 Edition: 5 ISBN: 0764554727 Label: For Dummies Manufacturer: For Dummies Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: August 15, 2002 Publisher: For Dummies Studio: For Dummies Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: You know that a good performance on your SAT can make the difference between getting into Prestige U. and Run-of-the-Mill State. But how can you clinch that good performance? Suzee Vlk, author of The ACT for Dummies can help. The SAT I for Dummies is packed with useful information and strategies to help you prepare for--and ace--the test. The book includes advice on how to use the book efficiently (Vlk estimates you'll need 23 hours to work through it), review chapters for both the verbal and the math portions of the test, and two complete practice exams. In familiar Dummies style, Vlk includes a handy tear-out "Cheat Sheet" with a summary of the most important information and a "Part of Tens" section with 10 questions never to skip, 10 points to always double check, and "10 Bizarre Ways to Use SAT Math in the Real World." With its witty writing, clear layout, and helpful icons in the margins to point out tips, tricks and traps in the exam, and sample questions, The SAT I for Dummies will help you feel more confident as you pass the first hurdle on your way to college. --C.B. Delaney Product Description: Sheer Academic Torture or Sinister Adolescent Trial. No matter what the folks at the College Entrance Examination Board claim, we know what SAT really stands for. And love them (as if) or hate them (the rational response), you’ve got to take them if you want to get into most colleges. Fully revised to reflect the SAT’s new focus, the fifth edition of The SAT I For Dummies is the painless, easy way to master the test and get the best possible score. Suzee Vlk, a test-prep guru with nearly thirty years of coaching experience supplies you with:
With Suzee as your guide, you’ll discover how to outsmart the SAT. You’ll identify the point behind each of the various styles and types of questions and understand what each is meant to test. And you’ll gain the confidence you need to:
Get The SAT I For Dummies, 5th Edition and rack up the points you need to enter the college of your choice. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Easiest to read of SAT books but a few mistakesI used this book to help a foreign student study for the SAT. I had successfully used the GRE for Dummies book myself and found it to be far superior to the other dry, boring, overlong test books. This book is structured similarly. What I like about it is its straight-forward talk. It gets right to the point in easy-to-understand language and even some humor -- something that's sorely missing from other test-prep books. Particularly helpful are the vocabulary words sprinkled throughout the book. ... Read More Rating:  - Too many errorsMy son and a friend are in the other room right now, taking the practice test. I'm dreading grading them because you can't trust that the answers in the book are right! Too bad it's too late for me to go out and get 2 different books. Just fyi, here are the mistakes we found (2002 edition) 1. Pg. 288, #11 (Answer should be A) 2. Pg. 125, top problem (She wrote + then multiplied.) 3. Pg. 188, the problem has many typos (Should be (1/(1/x))+1=11 Rating: - Horrible Prctice TestsThis is a good book for preparation, but the practice tests are completely unlike the real ones. I took one one here, got a 1025. Compare that to a 1200 I took, with no extra preparation on a real test! Rating: - Don't buy this bookUnless you have never seen an SAT before in your entire life, this book is completely worthless. I bought it mainly for the practical advice I hoped it would contain; I was, however, sorely disappointed. The book is juvenile, uninformative, and riddled with mistakes, especially in the practice tests. The "tips" Vlk hands out are dubious at best. I've taken the SAT officially 4 times, and I've taken numerous practice tests over the years, and nothing Vlk says is at all innovative or interesting. Stick ... Read More Rating:  - Definitely the MOST helpful of booksI have 3 different SAT books, and have flipped through several in the bookstores. This is by far the best. It has the best lay-out & breaks down everything in the simplest way. I haven't been in high school for 8years and this book totally refreshed (& probably even taught) me on 95% of what appeared on the SAT. Get this book if you need to know HOW to do the problems. Get another book or look online if you want to know about the extremely debated "techniques" for improving your ... Read More 
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