The Princeton Review Cracking the Sat & Psat 1999

by Robinson, Adam; Katzman, John; Princeton Review

• ISBN13: 9780375751585
• ISBN10: 0375751580
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

WE KNOW THE SAT The experts at The Princeton Review take the SAT and other standardized tests each year to make sure you get the most up-to-date, thoroughly researched books possible. WE KNOW STUDENTS Each year we help more than two million students score high with our courses, bestselling books, and award-winning software: WE GET RESULTS Students who take our six-week SAT course have an average score increase of 140 points (verified by Roper Starch Worldwide). The proven techniques we teach in our courses are in this book. AND IF IT'S ON THE SAT, IT'S IN THIS BOOK The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT is very different from getting straight As in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about math and English--only the techniques that you need to score high on the SAT. There's a big difference. In Cracking the SAT & PSAT, we'll teach you how to think like the test makers and: *Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you *Solve SAT analogies when you're not sure what all the words mean *Tackle verbal problems by using clues in the questions *Crack SAT algebra by "plugging in" numbers in place of letters *Ace the geometry problems by "guesstimating" and "sketching" This book includes two full-length diagnostic exams that will predict your score on both the SAT and PSAT. The questions in these tests are exactly like the ones you'll find on the real SAT, and we fully explain every solution.

Author Biography

Adam Robinson was born in 1955.  He graduated from Wharton before earning a law degree at Oxford University in England.  Robinson devised and perfected the now-famous "Joe Bloggs" approach to beating standardized tests in 1980, as well as numerous other core Princeton Review techniques.  He has collaborated with The Princeton Review to develop a number of its courses.<br><br>John Katzman was born in 1959.  He graduated from Princeton University in 1980.  After working briefly on Wall Street, he founded The Princeton Review in 1981.  Having begun with nineteen high school students in his parents' apartment, Katzman now oversees courses that prepare tens of thousands of high school and college students annually for tests, including the SAT, GRE, and LSAT.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v	(4)
Foreword	ix	(4)
Introduction	xiii
PART I: ORIENTATION	1	(44)
1 How to Think About the SAT	9	(6)
2 Cracking the SAT: Basic Principles	15	(10)
3 Cracking the SAT: Advanced Principles	25	(12)
4 Intro to the PSAT	37	(8)
PART II: HOW TO CRACK THE VERBAL SAT	45	(106)
5 Joe Bloggs and the Verbal SAT	49	(4)
6 Sentence Completions	53	(16)
7 Analogies	69	(18)
8 Critical Reading	87	(30)
9 Writing Skills Component	117	(34)
PART III: HOW TO CRACK THE MATH SAT	151	(136)
10 Joe Bloggs and the Math SAT	161	(10)
11 The Calculator	171	(6)
12 Arithmetic	177	(26)
13 Algebra: Cracking the System	203	(24)
14 Geometry	227	(32)
15 Quantitative Comparisons: Cracking the System	259	(14)
16 Grid-Ins: Cracking the System	273	(14)
PART IV: TAKING THE PSAT/SAT	287	(8)
PART V: VOCABULARY	295	(44)
PART VI: ANSWER KEY TO DRILLS	339	(12)
PART VII: THE PRINCETON REVIEW DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND EXPLANATIONS I	351	(144)
17 Diagnostic Test I	355	(52)
18 Explanations I	407	(88)
PART VIII: THE PRINCETON REVIEW DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND EXPLANATIONS II	495	(136)
19 Diagnostic Test II	497	(46)
20 Explanations II	543	(88)
PART IX: WRITING SKILLS COMPONENT SAMPLE SECTION	631	(32)
21 Writing Skills Component Explanations	647	(16)
Afterword	663	(4)
A Parting Shot from FairTest	667	(2)
About the Authors	669