Up your score SAT : the underground guide to outsmarting the SAT by Berger, Larry, Bindner, Samantha, author; Colton, Michael, author; Mistry, Manek, author; Rossi, Paul, author; Kalb, Chris, ill instant download

Up your score SAT : the underground guide to outsmarting the SAT by Berger, Larry, Bindner, Samantha, author; Colton, Michael, author; Mistry, Manek, author; Rossi, Paul, author; Kalb, Chris, ill instant download

357 p. : 24 cm, Thoroughly overhauled for the new SAT, Up 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 one another, because it's as entertaining as it is effective-over all editions, it has more than 585,000 copies in print, 9Y, Includes bibliographical references and index, Before we begin, any questions? -- The story of the evil testing serpent -- SAT scoring -- SAT services -- SAT mistakes -- How to study: a primer for the lazy, the anxious, and the disorganized -- Getting in gear -- The up your score lower your stress plan -- Concentration -- How not to get stuck -- Wean yourself from your phone -- Creating a study program ... and sticking with it -- Practice, practice, practice -- Building endurance -- The evidence-based reading test -- The serpent's new obsessions, evidence and analysis -- The nuts and bolts of the reading test -- The seven key rules -- So many passage types, so little time -- Reading test question types -- Different readers, different strategies -- A very serious reading passage -- A truly serious reading passage, we mean it this time -- Infographics -- Vocabulary, still essential -- Decodable words -- Memorization strategies -- The word list -- The writing and language test: embracing your inner grammaniac -- Know your enemy -- Standard english conventions -- Expression of ideas -- Informational graphics -- Let's put this all together and practice! -- Pithy parting wisdom -- The math test -- Welcome to math -- Before we begin -- The shape of the test -- How is this different from the old SAT? -- Mental math tricks -- Some arithmetic reminders -- Problem solving and data analysis -- Interpreting graphs -- Statistics -- Heart of algebra -- Passport to advanced math -- Additional topics -- Grid-in problems -- A few last words -- The