Up Your Score: SAT : The Underground Guide, 2016-2017 Edition by Michael Colton read book TXT, FB2, EPUB
9780761187080 English 0761187081 As if high schoolers weren't under enough pressure, the SAT is changing its format, meaning that most of what kids have learned about the test needs to be tossed (along with their big sister's study guides). But just as it has for over 20 years, Up Your Score will be on call, with expert advice, sound strategies, and sharp wit to take the pain out of SAT prep and help students outsmart the test on the big day. With the latest updated info and the help of six pros who aced the test, readers will learn how to think like the new SAT, improve their memory and discover how to maintain peak concentration, master insider math tricks, and much more. Plus, this edition features the latest in pop culture references, which will keep students paying attention. At a glance: What's new on the new SAT? * More aligned with high-school curriculum and the Common Core standards * Greater focus on "real world" skills like in-depth analysis of content and evidence * Math covers fewer topics, with a new emphasis on problem solving, data analysis, understanding graphs and charts * Reading and Writing sections combined into one "Evidence-Based Reading and Writing" section * Essay now optional * Fewer questions; no penalty for wrong answers * Scoring: Returns to 1600, from 2400, It's almost here. The completely reorganized, revamped, new SAT is scheduled to be released upon the nation's high schoolers in March 2016. No longer will students be able to skate by using their older siblings' study guides, which means the need for Up Your Score: SAT has never been greater. And we're talking about a lot of kids. Last year, more than 1.7 million college-bound seniors took the test (the most ever), and 2016's group will be just as big. A complement and reality check to the mainstream study guides, this is the only book written by students (all of whom achieved perfect or near-perfect scores and went on to the colleges of their choice) for students. It's the book that kids recommend to one another, because it's as entertaining as it is effective. This completely rewritten edition of Up Your Score: SAT is a comprehensive course on how to dominate the new SAT--for only $14.95. It's packed with upto- date information, smart strategies, and proven advice, and written with a sharp sense of humor and in the irreverent voice of a peer, engaging kids, not putting them to sleep. Here are tips on improving memory and maintaining peak concentration, insider math tricks to master, key grammar rules to remember, and how to think like the SAT. Plus, lots of ways to get time on your side, including preparing your (now optional) essay in advance and how best to fill in the answer circles. And, to keep that energy up, a recipe for Sweet & Tasty 800 Bars., More college-bound seniors than ever are taking the SAT in 2012, 1.66 million of them. "Up Your Score: SAT" is the only guide written for students, by students. Filled with expert advice and proven strategies, it injects a feisty attitude into the dry business of test prep, fending off test anxiety with humor. Its four authors and guest editor achieved perfect or near-perfect scores and attended the colleges of their choice, and the book shows readers how they can do the same. Discover the eight core ways the test approaches math. Learn 600 key vocabulary words with proven tricks to make definitions memorable. Master the 13 most important grammar rules, and find out how to prepare your essay in advance. Plus, "Up Your Score" shows how to psych out the test. How to think like the SAT. The best ways to fill in answer circles and other strategies to save precious minutes. 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. "Up Your Score" is the inexpensive complement and reality check to the institutional tomes by Princeton Review and Kaplan. It s the guerrilla guide that students recommend to each other the only one kids actually want to use. But don t take our word for it check out these posts from "Up Your Score s" Facebook page: " OMG, with this book, my second SAT score went up 220 points from my first score . . . thanks for the awesome tips. everyone should buy this book : ) "" Just bought the book for my SAT test . . . I m already laughing and it s making studying a little less terrible " I got a 1900 partly because of you guys, thank you SO much "", Thoroughly overhauled for the new SAT, U"p Your Score" is the only test-prep guide written by students--all of whom achieved perfect or near-perfect scores and went on to the colleges of their choice. A complement and reality check to the mainstream SAT study guides, it's the book that kids recommend to each other, because it's as entertaining as it is effective, showing students how to: - Think like the SAT - Master insider math tricks - Remember the 13 most important grammar rules - Hone their speed and timing - Be a better guesser (and why it's always better to guess) - Vanquish anxiety and improve concentration - Best fill in the answer circles, saving nearly six minutes - Unwind with SAT Yoga Packed with up-to-date information and smart strategies for the redesigned SAT, this new edition of "Up Your Score "is written with a sharp sense of humor in the irreverent voice of a peer, so it engages kids, rather than puts them to sleep. And, to really keep that energy up, it includes a recipe for Sweet & Tasty 800 Bars.
9780761187080 English 0761187081 As if high schoolers weren't under enough pressure, the SAT is changing its format, meaning that most of what kids have learned about the test needs to be tossed (along with their big sister's study guides). But just as it has for over 20 years, Up Your Score will be on call, with expert advice, sound strategies, and sharp wit to take the pain out of SAT prep and help students outsmart the test on the big day. With the latest updated info and the help of six pros who aced the test, readers will learn how to think like the new SAT, improve their memory and discover how to maintain peak concentration, master insider math tricks, and much more. Plus, this edition features the latest in pop culture references, which will keep students paying attention. At a glance: What's new on the new SAT? * More aligned with high-school curriculum and the Common Core standards * Greater focus on "real world" skills like in-depth analysis of content and evidence * Math covers fewer topics, with a new emphasis on problem solving, data analysis, understanding graphs and charts * Reading and Writing sections combined into one "Evidence-Based Reading and Writing" section * Essay now optional * Fewer questions; no penalty for wrong answers * Scoring: Returns to 1600, from 2400, It's almost here. The completely reorganized, revamped, new SAT is scheduled to be released upon the nation's high schoolers in March 2016. No longer will students be able to skate by using their older siblings' study guides, which means the need for Up Your Score: SAT has never been greater. And we're talking about a lot of kids. Last year, more than 1.7 million college-bound seniors took the test (the most ever), and 2016's group will be just as big. A complement and reality check to the mainstream study guides, this is the only book written by students (all of whom achieved perfect or near-perfect scores and went on to the colleges of their choice) for students. It's the book that kids recommend to one another, because it's as entertaining as it is effective. This completely rewritten edition of Up Your Score: SAT is a comprehensive course on how to dominate the new SAT--for only $14.95. It's packed with upto- date information, smart strategies, and proven advice, and written with a sharp sense of humor and in the irreverent voice of a peer, engaging kids, not putting them to sleep. Here are tips on improving memory and maintaining peak concentration, insider math tricks to master, key grammar rules to remember, and how to think like the SAT. Plus, lots of ways to get time on your side, including preparing your (now optional) essay in advance and how best to fill in the answer circles. And, to keep that energy up, a recipe for Sweet & Tasty 800 Bars., More college-bound seniors than ever are taking the SAT in 2012, 1.66 million of them. "Up Your Score: SAT" is the only guide written for students, by students. Filled with expert advice and proven strategies, it injects a feisty attitude into the dry business of test prep, fending off test anxiety with humor. Its four authors and guest editor achieved perfect or near-perfect scores and attended the colleges of their choice, and the book shows readers how they can do the same. Discover the eight core ways the test approaches math. Learn 600 key vocabulary words with proven tricks to make definitions memorable. Master the 13 most important grammar rules, and find out how to prepare your essay in advance. Plus, "Up Your Score" shows how to psych out the test. How to think like the SAT. The best ways to fill in answer circles and other strategies to save precious minutes. 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. "Up Your Score" is the inexpensive complement and reality check to the institutional tomes by Princeton Review and Kaplan. It s the guerrilla guide that students recommend to each other the only one kids actually want to use. But don t take our word for it check out these posts from "Up Your Score s" Facebook page: " OMG, with this book, my second SAT score went up 220 points from my first score . . . thanks for the awesome tips. everyone should buy this book : ) "" Just bought the book for my SAT test . . . I m already laughing and it s making studying a little less terrible " I got a 1900 partly because of you guys, thank you SO much "", Thoroughly overhauled for the new SAT, U"p Your Score" is the only test-prep guide written by students--all of whom achieved perfect or near-perfect scores and went on to the colleges of their choice. A complement and reality check to the mainstream SAT study guides, it's the book that kids recommend to each other, because it's as entertaining as it is effective, showing students how to: - Think like the SAT - Master insider math tricks - Remember the 13 most important grammar rules - Hone their speed and timing - Be a better guesser (and why it's always better to guess) - Vanquish anxiety and improve concentration - Best fill in the answer circles, saving nearly six minutes - Unwind with SAT Yoga Packed with up-to-date information and smart strategies for the redesigned SAT, this new edition of "Up Your Score "is written with a sharp sense of humor in the irreverent voice of a peer, so it engages kids, rather than puts them to sleep. And, to really keep that energy up, it includes a recipe for Sweet & Tasty 800 Bars.