Amazon Customer Reviews

My son just took the SAT for the first time and used this book to prepare... I chose different sections for him to focus on, each week leading up to his test date, and my son read and completed the drills... I then checked his answers and we went over what he missed and discussed the correct answers... This is a must-have for any student preparing for the SAT!

I got this book for my daughter. She took the SAT 4 times
She had taken the SAT 2 previous times and reached a 1250.
On her 3rd SAT, using this book, she got a 1270
she chose to not study the 1st time, wanting to find out how she'd do.
she had mono the 2nd time.
she had the flu the 3rd time.

Finally for her 4th SAT she was healthy.
On her 4th SAT, she got a 1380... that was after using this, plus 2 other books... (Barron's SAT 2400: Aiming for the Perfect Score, and The Official SAT Study Guide)

This score has made a huge difference! She is now accepted to the Honors College of USF.

The Princeton Review gets inside the heads of the test writers and teaches you how to succeed on the SAT, not how to be a math or English wizard. At first, this seemed like a dishonest approach to me, but then I considered that the test writers deliberately mess with your mind to make you screw up, and I decided that turnabout is fair play. I'm definitely not fantastic at math, but this book helped me raise my score 120 points! Unless you know you're going to score straight 800s, I would highly recommend this book and others in the Princeton Review series, like the math drill and the vocabulary review. I tried a bunch of other study aids, and this one was really the best. Thanks, Princeton Review!

The new SAT exam is geared toward the student who has
a good command of the English language, one who reads
details and excels in basic algebra, geometry and the
elements of pre-calculus. Rudimentary probability is tested
fairly.

This is a practical exam because college students must know
how to do all of the above. The better curricula emphasize
critical thinking and case study approaches that are data
driven.

Today's students are at somewhat of a disadvantage because
the high schools tend to assign "junk reading" rather than
high quality literature. "Junk reading" is laden with
colloquial language and is devoid of superior vocabulary
development and grammatical structure.

There are a few bad questions in the reading comprehension
section; however, the presentation tests fairly the ability
of students to "research details". Researching details is
a huge practical problem in today's economy because few
policy wonks actually read the details sufficiently prior to
executing decisions.

This book develops the various techniques fairly so that
students can pass the test with a good grade. The volume
will not make up for years of neglect in reading quality
literature. Today's youth tend to watch too much TV and
many are glued to video games and other endeavors that
do not do a good job of developing vocabulary skills
to the extent required on this exam.

In addition, some high school students are better prepared
than others. Students who have taken algebra with a fair
amount of applied geometry, 3 years of English and foreign
language, 3 years of Global/American history and a good
science sequence will be at an advantage. Students who have
avoided the more challenging courses may have a disadvantage
on the SAT and a similar difficulty with college material.

Nevertheless, this volume will provide the student with
some practical guidance on how and where to focus the
study effort. A discriminating student will concentrate on
identifying and strengthening weak areas early in the
preparation regimen.

Good luck and follow the presentation faithfully.

I'm an Advanced Algebra teacher and even though it's only 9th grade, it's never too soon to start preparing students for the SAT. Great book.