Up Your Score (2011-2012 edition): The Underground Guide to the SAT - Softcover

Colton, Michael; Rossi, Paul; Mistry, Manek; Berger, Larry; Workman Publishing

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9780761158738: Up Your Score (2011-2012 edition): The Underground Guide to the SAT

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ISBN 10: 0761158731 ISBN 13: 9780761158738

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, 2010

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Every year, the number of students taking the SAT rises. And every year, colleges are becoming more competitive. Throw the weakened economy into the mix, and it creates a perfect storm for Up Your Score: a book of invaluable test-taking wisdom, the only book written by "been-there-done-that" kids, the only guide that kids will enjoy using. It’s proven to work—the students who created Up Your Score all nailed the SAT and went on to the colleges of their choice, including this year's 2,400-scoring guest editor.

A guerrilla guide that's a perfect complement (and reality check) for the student who has already tried Princeton Review or Kaplan, Up Your Score injects real-life humor and attitude into the dry business of test prep. Its vocabulary is rich and lively with examples that kids will relate to, and with proven tricks to make definitions memorable. It covers the eight main issues of math, with test-wise, problem-solving techniques. To help students ace the writing section, it addresses the 13 most important grammar rules to know. And it shows how to "psych out" the test: How to think like the SAT. How to prepare the essay in advance. The best ways to fill in answer circles and other strategies to save precious minutes. Plus, 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 (and how to smuggle them into the testing hall).

FREE: An iPod download to help users learn the 600 key vocabulary words.

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From the Back Cover:

Sooner or later, it's going to happen. You'll walk into a testing hall and face the SAT. With about a million other kids. What's your edge? It's this: Poise, confidence and attitude. Written by five savvy students who aced the test (and who all went on to the college of their choice), Up Your Score is the guerrilla guide to SAT conquest. Combining the best math, critical reading and essay preparation with study and test-taking strategy, Up Your Score goes far beyond traditional test-prep with brilliant insider tips and tricks from kids who've been there, done that. So when you wake up on the big day, you'll be ready to rock.

About the Author:

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

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