Up Your Score 2001-2002: The Underground Guide to the SAT - Softcover

Colton, Michael; Berger, Larry; Mistry, Manek

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761119884 ISBN 13: 9780761119883

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, 2000

Synopsis

The strategy guide with attitude, Up Your Score is the only test-preparation book written for students by students. Smart, savvy, and serious-but funny, too-Up Your Score proves itself as the guide that tackles the SAT in terms of students will immediately relate to.br>For the 2001-2002 edition, the book has been revised and updated by Joe Jewell, a new guest editor with a perfect 1600 under his belt. Presenting solid, practical information in a voice that's hip and knowing, the book covers 600 key vocabulary words, teaches important insider math tricks, shows how to improve memory and concentration, and demonstrates how test-taking is itself a skill, including how to think like the SAT and why it's always better to guess than leave a question unanswered. And there are the side issues-what to do if you have a nasty proctor and how best to fill in the answer circles and save nearly six minutes. With Joe Jewell's updated cultural references and his own special strategy tips, here is the latest on everything kids need to psyche out-and not be psyched out by-the Test.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Praise for earlier versions of UP YOUR SCORE:

IEverything You Need to Give IEm HellO (Sassy Magazine)

IShows other sweaty-palmed teenagers how to outsmart the SAT before it outsmarts them"This is big news in high school hallways.O (The Boston Globe)

It might be next week. IT might be next year. But one day before long youIre going to walk into an SAT testing hall and in three hours set the course of your future. Worried? Well, Joe, Larry, Manek, Michael, and Paul were worried, too. But not only have the authors been there and back (with all of them scoring over 1500, including two perfect 1600Is), they decided to do something about it. A guerrilla guide written for students by students, UP YOUR SCORE combines the best math and verbal preparation with the strategy you need to psyche out O and not be psyched out by O The Test.

FIVE KIDS WHOOVE ACED IT SHOW YOU HOW TO:

-Think like the SAT

-Improve memory and maintain peak concentration

-Master insider math tricks

-Learn 600 key vocabulary words

-Hone you speed and timing

-Be a better guesser (and why itIs almost always better to guess)

-Do sections in the best order

-Prepare your SAT II essay in advance

BUT WAIT! THEREIS MORE:

-Insider college admissions advice

-What to do if you have a nasty proctor

-The UP YOUR SCORE Lower Your Stress PlanU

-The SAT and the Internet

-A recipe for Sweet and Tasty 800 Bars and how to smuggle them into the testing hall

-How best to fill in the answer circles and save nearly 6 minutes

-and ATTITUDE

About the Author:

Michael Colton, a Harvard graduate, writes for film and television and most recently the animated Web series “Zoolander: Super Model.”

About this edition

• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0761119884
• ISBN 13: 9780761119883
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288