Up Your Score: SAT: The Underground Guide, 2016-2017 Edition (Up Your Score: The Underground Guide To The SAT) Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
Thoroughly overhauled for the new SAT, Up Your Score is the only test-prep guide written by students—all of whom achieved perfect or near-perfect scores and went on to the colleges of their choice. A complement and reality check to the mainstream SAT study guides, it’s the book that kids recommend to each other, because it’s as entertaining as it is effective, showing students how to: • Think like the SAT • Master insider math tricks • Remember the 13 most important grammar rules • Hone their speed and timing • Be a better guesser (and why it’s always better to guess) • Vanquish anxiety and improve concentration • Best fill in the answer circles, saving nearly six minutes • Unwind with SAT Yoga Packed with up-to-date information and smart strategies for the redesigned SAT, this new edition of Up Your Score is written with a sharp sense of humor in the irreverent voice of a peer, so it engages kids, rather than puts them to sleep. And, to really keep that energy up, it includes a recipe for Sweet & Tasty 800 Bars.
Series: Up Your Score: The Underground Guide to the SAT
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; 2016-2017 ed. edition (December 29, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0761186158
ISBN-13: 978-0761186151
Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
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Any book (especially those related to the SAT) which can hold a teenager's attention span for longer than 9 seconds is a winner. This book does that by using humor and kid-speak to grab their reader's attention, holding it long enough to throw some useful info at them. It's not a comprehensive test guide, but if you "Look Inside" (click the photo on the product page) you can get a sense of what you'll be buying before you make your purchase. It's not a particularly long book, and it has some cartoon illustrations as well as a very nice recipe for 'Sweet and Tasty 800 Bars' when discussing good snacks for test day.My daughter, who is at the top of her class, taking AP classes and doing well, has a very good Critical Reading score (per PSAT testing), but her Math score lags. She takes a College Prep class, and once a week or more they are working on SAT prep, but I still thought if I could find a book with strategies and tips, it would help her to approach the test in a positive, proactive way on every section.To her credit she wanted to take the SATs for the first time this Spring to get the most in-class time possible prior to taking it. She has her eyes on some selective schools and getting a stellar SAT score would definitely boost her chances, thus the book. SPECIAL NOTE: In the Spring of 2016 - Up Your Score SAT: The Underground Guide for 2015 isn't going to be accurate for those taking the SAT. The authors do point that out at the start of the book. It will still be good for test takers THIS Spring and in the Fall and Winter of 2015.The book actually has a team of authors (5) all who claim to have aced the SAT and went to top notch universities (Stanford, Harvard, Yale and Cornell). I would agree with a reviewer who mentions that this book doesn't replace solid practice-type prep, but I think it does enhance it.Whenever we hear the word 'test' we all freak out on some level. This book helps to take that anxiety down a notch or two, and put it into perspective. I'm not thrilled with a small section that basically encourages kids to blackmail their parents into promising them a new 'toy' if they meet a high score goal, but I get where they are trying to go with it.The book also talks about how to send SAT scores, how scores and percentiles are connected, important literary terms, similar looking words, basic math for Geometry, tips like " Always guess..." on Grid-in problems as there is nothing to lose in this section.The 6 Rules of Guessing are good tips!1. One is most like the others.2. Problems increase in difficulty as you go along. (Except the reading passages.)3. Three's a crowd. (If you get a run of 3 or more answers which are the same, one is probably wrong.)4. Etc... are in the book.This book while not revolutionary,is a useful guide for bright kids who just need to remember how to approach the SAT to do well. I don't think it replaces taking a practice test or studying vocab words if that's an area your student needs to work on, but it can help them to think differently about approaching the test with an eye on the prize - a great SAT score.I'd recommend it to reluctant SAT test takers, and those who have test anxiety. It has a 'can-do' feel about it and some solid information in short, manageable doses.---------------------------NOTE: My daughter is scheduled for 6/6 to take her SAT test and has taken the PSAT at the start of her junior year with these scores: 65 (CR - 610/700 projected - 98th), 49 (Math - 460/560 - 54th), and 57 (Writing - 520/640 - 84th). She is currently taking AP Lit, AP US History, and Pre-Calculus with A's in all of them. I think this book, if taken to heart, could boost her scores for the SAT to reflect 720+ for CR, 610+ for Math, and 640+ for Writing. I'll update in late June to let you know how she did after reading this book, (1) practice test and using Khan Academy SAT prep in her College Prep class at school 2-3 times per week for 1/2 hour.--------------------------UPDATE: 6/6/15 - My daughter took her SATs yesterday and came out talking about how she'd noticed that some tips from this book were spot on helpful! One of them was relating to answering questions and not having the same letter more than 3 times in a row. She said that was helpful because it gave her pause when she would get to a question where she didn't know the answer and wanted to guess.She also said that in the Math section she was much more aware (after reading the book) of how to approach the section, which helped her manage her anxiety about it all.This book is the one she kept coming back to, and the one she found amusing throughout. I think that helped make things stick in her head better than it otherwise might have with some dry reads.She gets her test results on 6/25. Unfortunately she had the flu when she took the test, so we're already planning for her to take it again in October, but who knows... maybe with the help of this book she had the tools she need to do the job sick or not.I'll update with her scores after the 25th.-----------------------------------------UPDATE: 6/9/15 - Checked the College Board site today and found a message that essentially said there was an error on the SAT given on 6/6, affecting all who took the test that day. The error means that they will eliminate scoring of one section of both the Math and Reading portions of the test. The essay section (Writing) was not affected. They assure test takers that the test will count, and that they will have enough questions to score to produce scores on time.What does that mean? If the test taker did a great job in the to be scored sections - it's to their advantage to have fewer questions. If they didn't, eliminating questions may be a tough break. At least the College Board will soon be posting both new testing dates for the fall and the scores. "Fingers crossed!"--------------------------------------------------
This book contains very concise and useful information; it's been a valuable teaching resource for years. I always purchase and have never been disappointed by new editions released for new versions of the exam.
I decided to buy this book after my sister had taken the SAT twice and was feeling poorly about her scores. My wife used the 2008 version of this book and recommended that I get the updated version. My sister raised her score a total of 410 points! Her critical reading went up 220, her math 90, and her writing 100. She's now feeling more confident about herself and her ability to get into her dream schools. Best ROI of a $10 purchase ever.
I recently bought this book for myself(current sophomore) and I love it! I started to read College board's SAT prep book and then read this one and there is a huge difference in clarity. I am not saying that college boards book is bad and I would still recommend purchasing it, but this book was easy to read. At times, there was a little too much humor where there shouldn't have been, but overall, an amazing preparation guide for the new SAT.
Great book! All the ideas presented are clear and concise. The book is written for an actual person rather than in textbook format. I read some reviews complaining about 'white men' on the cover. I seemed a bit appalled until I realized that it was just pictures of the authors. This group of 6 decided to write a review book to help out student; no one should be complaining.
Consistently this is the best aid for the SAT test. I was a teacher, my children used it and it is a go to gift for my nephews and nieces. All their scores consistently are raised. You can expect that. Stop reading about anything else. THis one is what you should get ">Read more
amazed! this is the most entertaining & productive book i have ever seen! im amazed, this is what i call a book, its not boring , im not getting bored reading it , because its entertaining at the same time..has nice jokes and it feels like someone is talking to you in person when you read this , not like typical books which sound robotlike
I have taught SAT prep on and off for over 12 years and this series of books is hands-down the best on the market.
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