Product Description

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.

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Product Details

Publisher	Workman Publishing Company
ISBN	0761149422
Features	ISBN13: 9780761149422 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Format	Paperback
Author	Larry Berger,Michael Colton,Manek Mistry,Paul Rossi
EAN	9780761149422
Label	Workman Publishing Company
Dewey Decimal Number	378.1662
Studio	Workman Publishing Company
Number Of Pages	328
Title	Up Your Score: The Underground Guide to the SAT 2009-2010 Edition
Publication Date	2008-07-02
Manufacturer	Workman Publishing Company

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Customer Reviews

A great book to help prepare you for the SAT

Review by nkang, 2010-07-29

I remember reading an older version of this book a few years ago in preparation for the SAT, and it helped a lot. The book was written in a way that eases your fears and gives you lots of helpful tips/tricks to use on the test - without boring you to death. Bottom line, I was able to go into my test confidently and with ease after reading the book. I scored a 2000 by primarily using this book. While I would recommend this book, I would also suggest buying a book of practice questions so you can put the strategies in "Up Your Score" to good use. So I think you can spend less than $50 for two books and still do really well on the SAT - you don't need to spend a ton on prep courses if you put what's in this book to good use.

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AMAZING HELP!

Review by xoxofashionistaa, 2010-07-18

absolutely amazing! its fun, and easy to read which is sooo helpful! a must buy for SAT prep

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Written by kids - and it shows.

Review by Barquentine, 2010-02-06

I've been teaching the SAT for one of the major international companies for 6 years, and also have my private tutoring business. I already had quite a lot of SAT books of various quality and decided to try this one.

Sadly I discovered it to be pretty much a waste of money. The advice given is often silly obvious tips written in a supposedly humorous style that became very wearing after the first few pages. The sample questions provided are of the too-simple 'not likely to see this in the real SAT' type or not representative.

There are a lot better books than this one out there. Start with the official guide and use it for all practice questions. If you need more tuition then try Kaplan for a general course or for math, I like the McGraw-Hill textbook.

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His Favorite

Review by AnObservation, 2009-10-26

For our son. He enjoyed reading it. He felt it was written by and for students.

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This book was awesome

Review by N. Brice, 2009-08-25

I used the 1999 version of this book back when I took the SAT test. I suppose I should be reviewing that version, but I am going to review this one instead so people who are considering buying it know what a valuable tool it is. A combination of my shoddy high school and my lack of effort made me ill prepared for the SAT. I spent about two months using this guide and did much better than most of my peers. This is just from going over the vocabulary and English portion. I didn't even read the math portion. If I had done so, I probably would have done even better. The book is entertaining and contained some very useful strategies for memorizing boring things. I recommend this book to anyone who is thinking about taking the SAT test.

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