Barron's How to Prepare for the PSAT/NMSQT: PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test

by Ira K. Wolf, Sharon Weiner Green, Mitchel Weiner

For many high school students, taking the PSAT/NMSQT is their first concrete step toward preparing for the SAT and planning for college. This exam also serves as the National Merit Scholarship... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764126490
• ISBN13: 9780764126499
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.9" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Practice for the PSAT's

I agree somewhat with what other the reviewers said that "this book has too many errors," and it does have a lot of erros. However, I don't think that there is another PSAT book on the market that parralels all the things in this book. First of all, the writers went into great detail about all the question types and there were TONS of practice problems and a test to review each question type to diagnose your weak areas. Then there was a 1300 word vocabulary list and a succint PSAT high frequency word list. There was even roots to help with unfamiliar words that you may encounter on the day of the test. And lastly but not leastly--there were 10 practice tests. This is probably the best PSAT, SAT, and even SATII:Writing book that there is out there. The mistakes are nothing compared to the breadth of knowledge and tips that this book provides. This book is definitly worth every last penny.

awesome book...

Covers all topics in great detail... The 1300 word vocab list is excellent, and covers just about every word you need to know in order to get an 800 verbal. LOTS of reps in ELEVEN full practice tests with explanations for every question.

Thank you Barron's

Thanks to this book I did so well (1360 -- I only got 1040 when I took the PSAT in 10th grade) that I am really feeling confident about my SATs this spring. The book taught me everything I needed to know. I improved much more than my friends who took courses. The tactics REALLY helped a lot. I found out that I could get a higher score by not trying to answer all the questions. The math sections in particular were great. Even though your PSAT scores aren't sent to colleges, you want the experience of good scores before you take the SAT. GET THIS BOOK!

It helped me--now it's helping my sister

In my sophomore year I took the PSAT and got 1140. Last year I used this book to prepare for the PSAT--I got 1330 (a 190 point increase!) and received a National Merit Letter of Commendation. I went through the whole book and found about 6 or 7 typos and 2 actual errors--out of thousands of questions. no big deal. but my sister just got a copy (mine was all marked up, so she got her own) and in her later printing, the typos were gone! She really likes the different tactics for the math and even though I am a slightly better student than she is, she may get an even higher score than I did.