Kaplan SAT & PSAT [With CDROM]

by Kaplan Eductional Centers and Kaplan Test Prep

Book Overview

Approximately 2 million students will take the SAT this year, and Kaplan students will have the competitive edge. It is proven that nine out of ten Kaplan course students will get into one of their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743241568
• ISBN13: 9780743241564
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Kaplan
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

higher scores indeed

I used this book to coach an SAT prep class for a group of 9 homeschoolers. Their composite scores went up between 70 and 160 points from the first practice test, to the real test. I will continue to use Kaplan books for test prep.

Best SAT prep EVER

If you don't believe me, then listen to this true story:I got this book in the mail 2 days before my SAT exam. The day before the exam, I decided to read the verbal section, and then when I did a practice SAT, my verbal score jumped 100 points from 630 to 730. Amazing, non?

Great SAT Prep Book

Very good book. I recommend it for anyone.

A really nice book to own!

I bought this book May '01, and it was the best SAT prep book I have ever bought! Starting out with two ways of using this book, A. "The Classic Way" in which you go through the book at a steady pace if you still have about five or six months like me! B. "The SAT EMERGENCY Plan" for those that are taking the SAT in just two weeks, or maybe even three days! The book gives lucid directions with a humorous tone for its students. It familiarizes its readers with the SAT exam, building up the confidence, which is a very important factor in taking the SAT. Then section two teaches the verbal skills, and of course, workouts with completely satisfying explanations. Section three comes with a handful of SAT math concepts and detailed explanations on how to do each section of the SAT. Yet the best thing the book offers for the math section is the Top Ten SAT Math Traps, which no other books (that I know of) offers. Master these questions to ace the last 3 questions of the Regular Math Questions! On Section four, once again, no other books that I know of offers their readers a "Stress Management System". This section could really save those stressful students taking their SATs the next week! Also, the PSAT reviews for sophomores are just as excellent; only if I could have acquired this book last year, the Writing Skills section would have boosted my mediocre English up a whole lot of points! Don't be surprised; still more awaits your attention! There are "SIX" full-length practice tests with explanations! Section six teaches you how to count your raw score and convert it to the real score, also devising a plan for each individual their goal aim. Section seven gives you more than 2,200 vocabs for you to cram, and best of all the English section, Kaplan SAT & PSAT 2001 edition grouped their vocabs into a "SAT Word Family List¡¨ Allowing the test-tomorrow-students memorizes vocabs more easily than ever by grouping similar definitions to cram! Last but not least, comes the Kaplan CD-ROM. A personalized plan, featuring both a verbal and a math section review, full-length and practice tests after each sections. For game-lovers, there is a humorous game for enhancing your vocab and math skills for the SAT! And for lazy seniors (like me) or early planning juniors, there is an "Admissions Planner" that helps you get more information on everything you need to worry for universities! I am very glad that I chose this book over a ton others!

I wish I had bought this book sooner

My daughter is a good student (B average) but she gets nervous taking tests and she was disappointed with her spring SAT scores. I bought this book so she could study over the summer and retake the SAT in the fall. I wish I had bought this book sooner! I was surprised at how much time she spent with it (the CD-ROM helped) and it really built her confidence to see her scores on the practice tests go up over the summer. The review material like the vocabulary list and the 100 math concepts are useful too. A good book.