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Publisher : Barron s Educational Series
Publication Date : 2008 08 01
>> Funny stuff
This is the first SAT prep book with a sense of humor that I ve ever run into The grammar section is full of silly examples that add life to what is far too often a dry subject and some of the wrong answers in the multiple choice sections are pretty funny though you have to pay close attention to notice those
The verbal sections are great The book provides clear specific explanations for each answer The glossary in the middle of the book also defines EVERY word used in the sentence completion practice tests
>> Great Score Improvement Tool
I am very thankful to have purchased this book it has helped me a ton My first score on the SAT was a 2080 I used Barron s to study for my second SAT Today my score is 2250 that s a 170 point score improvement for a score that was already excellent
Pros
The book explains certain tactics These tactics are like strategies for test taking and for each individual subject Some of them are common sense but many of them especially in the math portion are incredibly helpful
The book stresses guessing There s an entire chapter devoted to why students should guess on the SAT I was one of those students that would omit a question rather than risk a quarter point reduction This book had some eye opening cold hard statistics to show why students should guess
The math is pretty straight forward and well divided I had McGraw Hill s SAT 2009 for the first SAT The math was strong but it was not nearly as relevant as Barron s Barron s didn t even bother to teach students what types of math you ll see on the SAT it gives students just enough background information as well as test taking strategies
The practice tests are realistic in both scoring and content I m not sure whether or not Barron s used SAT licensed questions but you probably wouldn t know either way
Cons
The vocabulary section is useless It s one massive list of words There are hundreds of words The pull out vocabulary cards are kind of useful but the entire vocabulary section did not seem to stress vocabulary in context or word parts
The writing section was comprehensive and helpful but I very much preferred McGraw Hill s in depth worksheet method for writing
My suggestion is that if you need to raise your overall score your math score and your critical reading score you ll love Barron s On the other hand if you are focusing on your writing score or you need to work on your vocabulary you won t find Barron s as helpful
>> Product NEVER recieved
It has been a month and I still have not recieved this product in the mail or at all
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