Why Unofficial? The Unofficial Guide Declaration of Independence | p. ix |
How This Guide Was Researched and Written | p. xiii |
First Things First | p. 1 |
An Unofficial Look at the SAT | p. 3 |
Instructions | p. 3 |
The Unofficial SAT Diagnostic Test | p. 7 |
Answer Key | p. 26 |
Scoring Guide | p. 28 |
Explanatory Answers | p. 33 |
Making Your Plan | p. 41 |
How to Get Where You Want to Go | p. 41 |
The Unofficial Route to Top Scores | p. 41 |
Making the Most of the Time You Have | p. 43 |
Just the Facts | p. 47 |
Getting Inside the SAT | p. 49 |
Finding Your Way Around the SAT | p. 51 |
The Official Description | p. 51 |
The Unofficial Report | p. 54 |
Making the Test Work for You | p. 57 |
Just the Facts | p. 62 |
Analogies | p. 63 |
The Test Capsule | p. 63 |
The Official Description | p. 64 |
The Unofficial Report: Strategies That Really Work | p. 65 |
The Unofficial Report: The Best Tips | p. 69 |
The Unofficial Report: The Most Important Warnings | p. 71 |
Just the Facts | p. 72 |
Practice, Practice, Practice: Analogy Exercises | p. 73 |
Sentence Completions | p. 89 |
The Test Capsule | p. 89 |
The Official Description | p. 90 |
The Unofficial Report: Strategies That Really Work | p. 91 |
The Unofficial Report: The Best Tips | p. 98 |
The Unofficial Report: The Most Important Warnings | p. 99 |
Just the Facts | p. 101 |
Practice, Practice, Practice: Sentence Completion Exercises | p. 102 |
Critical Reading | p. 123 |
The Test Capsule | p. 123 |
The Official Description | p. 124 |
The Unofficial Report: Strategies That Really Work | p. 125 |
The Unofficial Report: The Best Tips | p. 131 |
The Unofficial Report: The Most Important Warnings | p. 132 |
Just the Facts | p. 134 |
Practice, Practice, Practice: Critical Reading Exercises | p. 135 |
Multiple-Choice Math | p. 169 |
The Test Capsule | p. 169 |
The Official Description | p. 170 |
The Unofficial Report: Strategies That Really Work | p. 171 |
The Unofficial Report: The Best Tips | p. 175 |
The Unofficial Report: The Most Important Warnings | p. 181 |
Just the Facts | p. 183 |
Practice, Practice, Practice: Multiple-Choice Math Exercises | p. 184 |
Quantitative Comparisons | p. 219 |
The Test Capsule | p. 219 |
The Official Description | p. 220 |
The Unofficial Report: Strategies That Really Work | p. 221 |
The Unofficial Report: The Best Tips | p. 227 |
The Unofficial Report: The Most Important Warnings | p. 228 |
Just the Facts | p. 231 |
Practice, Practice, Practice: Quantitative Comparison Exercises | p. 232 |
Math Grid-Ins | p. 267 |
The Test Capsule | p. 267 |
The Official Description | p. 268 |
The Unofficial Report: Strategies That Really Work | p. 271 |
The Unofficial Report: The Best Tips | p. 272 |
The Unofficial Report: The Most Important Warnings | p. 273 |
Just the Facts | p. 274 |
Practice, Practice, Practice: Math Grid-In Exercises | p. 275 |
The Unofficial SAT | p. 305 |
The Unofficial SAT Sample Test | p. 307 |
Instructions | p. 307 |
The Unofficial SAT Sample Test | p. 311 |
The Unofficial SAT Answer Key | p. 344 |
Scoring Guide | p. 347 |
The Unofficial SAT Explanatory Answers | p. 353 |
Making It Official | p. 371 |
Scheduling and Taking the Test | p. 373 |
Deciding When to Take the SAT | p. 373 |
Registering for the Exam | p. 374 |
The Unofficial Report: Know Your Options | p. 375 |
When Test Time Comes | p. 378 |
Just the Facts | p. 379 |
Understanding Your Scores | p. 381 |
Your SAT Score Report | p. 381 |
How Colleges Interpret SAT Scores | p. 384 |
The Unofficial Report: Know Your Options | p. 385 |
Just the Facts | p. 390 |
The Unofficial Tip Sheet | p. 391 |
Overall Strategies for the SAT | p. 391 |
Verbal Strategies | p. 392 |
Math Strategies | p. 393 |
Appendices | p. 395 |
The Unofficial SAT Word List | p. 395 |
Vocabulary: Does It Matter? | p. 395 |
The Six Best Unofficial Vocabulary-Building Tips for the SAT | p. 396 |
The Word List | p. 398 |
The Unofficial SAT Math Review | p. 431 |
Arithmetic | p. 432 |
Algebra | p. 441 |
Geometry | p. 455 |
Coordinate Geometry | p. 471 |
Counting and Probability | p. 473 |
Resources for Further Study | p. 477 |
Practice Tests | p. 477 |
College Guides | p. 477 |
Getting in and Paying for College | p. 478 |
Specialized Study Guides--Math | p. 479 |
Specialized Study Guides--Verbal | p. 479 |
Investigating Other Test-Prep Options | p. 481 |
Coaching Courses | p. 481 |
Electronic Self-Study Materials | p. 487 |
What About the ACT? | p. 489 |
Must You Take a Test at All? | p. 491 |
The Unofficial Stress-Buster's Guide | p. 493 |
The Role of Stress in Peak Test Performance | p. 493 |
Preparing for Peak Performance | p. 494 |
Techniques of Power Studying | p. 497 |
Stress-Busting Strategies for Test-Day and Test-Day Minus One | p. 499 |
Preparing for the PSAT | p. 501 |
The PSAT--What's It All About? | p. 501 |
What to Expect on the PSAT | p. 502 |
Writing Skills on the PSAT | p. 504 |
College Admissions Calendar and Checklist | p. 509 |
College Application Log | p. 515 |
State Student Financial Aid Offices | p. 519 |
Financial Aid Glossary | p. 525 |
Index | p. 529 |
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