The Official SAT Study Guide: For the New SAT
by The College Board
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Book Reviews of The Official SAT Study Guide: For the New SAT
Book Review: Useful, but don't base your practice around it
Summary: 4 Stars
Many people who reviewed this guide online seem to recommend making it the center of their studying. While this book is good practice and contains some advice, it lacks in what students such as myself crave most- strategic advice.
This book was made by people who excel at WRITING tests, not taking tests, and it shows. The test-taking strategies and "relaxation and concentration techniques" are generally common sense and can be worked out by simply taking a few tests...
Which brings us to the bulk of the book. The practice tests are indeed written by the experts, and so they are generally unambiguous, good questions. However, I have found that most other test books provide well-written practice questions in the course of their review sections (though generally subpar diagnostic tests).
A test like the SAT requires much more than just familiarity with the style, which is all this book really offers. If you want the full studying experience, buy it, but if you only have budget for one book, this isn't the one- go for Kaplan instead.
Book Review: Best book out there for the New SAT!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am very happy with my purchase of The Official SAT Study Guide. This is the only book out there that has tests created by the test maker. The detailed descriptions of each section, including the New Essay section, are a plus. It is great that they have essay questions with sample essays. The 'Keep in Mind' approaches give me valuable insight on the new SAT. Since I own the book; I am able to go to collegeboard.com and receive free online score reports and sample essays for all of the practice tests. I am also a subscriber to the Official SAT Online Course and I am able receive answer explanations for the all of the questions in the practice tests. The online course also has auto essay scoring for all of the essay questions in the book-that means I can go in and type my essay and receive feedback instantly. I also love the interactive lessons. I think that is my favorite part!
I think the study guide and the online course make a great pair in studying for the new SAT. It has already given me the confidence that I will be ready for the new SAT!
Book Review: Bought this for the mystery tutor site, glad I did.
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book for my kid because it was recommended on mysterytutor.com, and I have to say I'm glad I did. The questions are different from what he was working on before, which was one of the Barron's books, just like the guy on the mystery tutor site said they would be. It just makes sense to use real questions to get ready for the test, especially when it's an important one.
Some other reviewers have written about how the book doesn't provide solutions, and I agree that that's a problem, but if you go to the mystery tutor's forums you can get all of those solutions for free, so that way you can still use this book of real questions and not have to go with some other company's fake questions, but still have explanations.
The book is full of real practice questions just like it says it is, and it's the only book of practice questions you should be using! Get it and don't think twice.
Book Review: Just because it's from the college board it doesn't mean anything
Summary: 1 Stars
This book, by far, is the worst book for preperation. Just because it's from the collegeboard "the test makers" doesnt mean that its good (actually ETS makes the test, not collegeboard). The book gives very simple examples, not much help or hints or "way of eliminating the answere." They just say "which one sounds wrong." ALso, the pactice test do not align with the actual SAT, it's easier (in the book). Also the practice test just comes with an answer key, and they expect YOU to figure out the answeres, if you want the explination, you'll have to buy "the official SAT online Course" which cost $60 or $80 dollars (the online course also sucks). So don't buy this book. also, they give the lames tips "stay focused, think positive" and my most favorite one "remember you are in control" which your acutually not, your a statistic in the Normal Distribution, so actually YOU are NOT in control.Book Review: The Best SAT Study Guide By Far!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am an SAT Tutor and have routinely seen students of mine improve their SAT scores between 250 and 300 points and beyond. The only book I use is this one because it's the only book on the market that has questions made by the test maker. This not only insures that students know and improve in content skill but, just as important, they become very aware of patterns. In other words, by reviewing hundreds of questions, students naturally become familiar with the common traps, errors and nuances of the test. This builds confidence. Further proof? The Amazon ranking of this book is routinely in the top 100 while it's closest competitors are in the thousands or tens of thousands!Rock the Test: The Newest SAT Solutions Manual to the College Board's Official SAT Study Guide