Introduction | p. xiii |
How this Book Helps You Succeed on the Exam | p. xiii |
How to Use this Book | p. xiv |
You're on Your Way to Success | p. xiv |
Sat Basics | p. 1 |
Getting Started | p. 3 |
You Can Prepare for the SAT! | p. 3 |
How the SAT Is Used for College Admission | p. 3 |
When You Should Take the SAT (and SAT II) | p. 4 |
How Many Times You Should Take the SAT | p. 5 |
How to Register for the SAT | p. 6 |
Make an SAT Study Plan | p. 6 |
Working Through Your Study Plan | p. 7 |
Summary: What You Need to Know About SAT Preparation | p. 9 |
Inside the SAT | p. 11 |
Get to Know the SAT Format | p. 11 |
Get to Know the SAT Question Types | p. 12 |
The SAT Answer Sheet | p. 13 |
How the SAT Is Scored | p. 15 |
Some Test-Wise Strategies for SAT Success | p. 15 |
Educated Guessing Will Boost Your Score! | p. 16 |
Getting Ready: The Night Before and the Day of the Test | p. 18 |
Summary: Understand the SAT, Conquer Test Anxiety | p. 20 |
SAT Questions: A First Look | p. 21 |
How the SAT Tests Verbal Reasoning | p. 21 |
Understanding Analogies | p. 21 |
Understanding Sentence Completions | p. 23 |
Understanding Critical Reading | p. 24 |
How the SAT Tests Mathematical Reasoning | p. 25 |
Understanding Multiple-Choice Math | p. 25 |
Understanding Quantitative Comparisons | p. 28 |
Understanding Grid-Ins | p. 30 |
Summary: What You Need to Know About the SAT Question Types | p. 31 |
Diagnosing Strengths And Weaknesses | p. 33 |
Diagnostic Examination | p. 35 |
The Exam | p. 37 |
Answer Key | p. 63 |
Explanatory Answers | p. 65 |
Computing Your Scores on the Diagnostic Exam | p. 76 |
Pinpointing Relative Strengths and Weaknesses on the Diagnostic Exam | p. 77 |
Measuring Your Progress | p. 79 |
Conversion Scales for Diagnostic Examination | p. 80 |
Sat Verbal Strategies | p. 81 |
SAT Analogies Strategies | p. 83 |
A Closer Look at Analogies | p. 83 |
Solving Analogies: The Basic Approach | p. 84 |
Solving Analogies Even When You Don't Know the Capitalized Words! | p. 89 |
Exercise: Identifying Possible Right Answers | p. 91 |
Summary: What You Need to Know About Analogies | p. 93 |
Exercises: Analogies | p. 94 |
SAT Sentence Completions Strategies | p. 101 |
A Closer Look at Sentence Completions | p. 101 |
Methods and Strategies for Solving Sentence Completions | p. 102 |
Summary: What You Need to Know About Sentence Completions | p. 108 |
Exercises: Sentence Completions | p. 108 |
SAT Critical Reading Strategies | p. 117 |
A Closer Look at Critical Reading | p. 117 |
Best Strategies for Answering Critical Reading Questions | p. 118 |
Learn the Most Important Critical Reading Tips | p. 124 |
Strategies for Answering Specific question Types | p. 126 |
Summary: What You Need to Know About Critical Reading | p. 130 |
Exercises: Critical Reading | p. 131 |
SAT Math Strategies | p. 145 |
SAT Multiple-Choice Math Strategies | p. 147 |
Why Multiple-Choice Math Is Easier | p. 147 |
Solving Multiple-Choice Math Questions | p. 148 |
Know When to Use Your Calculator | p. 150 |
Learn the Most Important Multiple-Choice Math Tips | p. 150 |
Summary: What You Need to Know About SAT Multiple-Choice Math | p. 160 |
Exercises: Multiple-Choice Math | p. 161 |
SAT Quantitative Comparisons Strategies | p. 171 |
Get to Know the SAT Quantitative Comparison Format | p. 171 |
Solving Quantitative Comparisons | p. 172 |
Learn the Most Important Quantitative Comparison Tips | p. 175 |
Summary: What You Need to Know About SAT Quantitative Comparisons | p. 180 |
Exercises: Quantitative Comparisons | p. 181 |
SAT Grid-In Strategies | p. 189 |
Why Grid-Ins Are Easier than You Think | p. 189 |
Take a Look at a Grid | p. 189 |
How to Record Your Answers | p. 190 |
Guessing on Grid-Ins Can't Hurt You | p. 193 |
Summary: What You Need to Know About Grid-Ins | p. 193 |
Exercises: Grid-ins | p. 194 |
SAT Vocabulary Prep Course | p. 201 |
How Word Parts Work | p. 203 |
How Words Are Built | p. 203 |
The Three Basic Word Parts and How They Work | p. 204 |
List of Common Word Parts | p. 204 |
Summary: What You Need to Know About Word Parts | p. 221 |
Exercises: Word Parts | p. 222 |
The SAT "Top 500" Word List | p. 225 |
The Best Ways to Learn New Words | p. 225 |
The Top 500 SAT Words | p. 226 |
Summary: What You Need to Know About SAT Words | p. 241 |
Exercises: SAT Words | p. 242 |
SAT Math Review | p. 249 |
SAT Arithmetic Review | p. 251 |
Operations with Integers and Decimals | p. 251 |
Operations with Fractions | p. 254 |
Verbal Problems Involving Fractions | p. 259 |
Variation | p. 263 |
Finding Percents | p. 266 |
Verbal Problems Involving Percent | p. 272 |
Averages | p. 278 |
SAT Algebra Review | p. 283 |
Signed Numbers | p. 283 |
Linear Equations | p. 285 |
Exponents | p. 289 |
Quadratic Equations | p. 291 |
Literal Expressions | p. 294 |
Roots and Radicals | p. 296 |
Factoring and Algebraic Fractions | p. 300 |
Problem-Solving in Algebra | p. 303 |
Inequalities | p. 311 |
Defined Operation Problems | p. 315 |
SAT Geometry Review | p. 317 |
Areas | p. 317 |
Perimeters | p. 318 |
Circles | p. 319 |
Volumes | p. 320 |
Triangles | p. 321 |
Right Triangles | p. 322 |
Parallel Lines | p. 323 |
Polygons | p. 324 |
Similar Polygons | p. 325 |
Coordinate Geometry | p. 326 |
Practice Examinations | p. 333 |
How to Effectively Use the Practice Examinations | p. 335 |
How to Simulate Test-Taking Conditions | p. 335 |
How Timing Drills Can Help When You Are Short on Time | p. 336 |
Summary: What You Need to Know to Take Practice Tests and Do Timing Drills | p. 338 |
Seven Practice Examinations | p. 339 |
Practice Examination 1 | p. 339 |
Computing Your Scores on Practice Examination 1 | p. 377 |
Conversion Scales for Practice Examination 1 | p. 378 |
Practice Examination 2 | p. 379 |
Computing Your Scores on Practice Examination 2 | p. 418 |
Conversion Scales for Practice Examination 2 | p. 419 |
Practice Examination 3 | p. 421 |
Computing Your Scores on Practice Examination 3 | p. 460 |
Conversion Scales for Practice Examination 3 | p. 461 |
Practice Examination 4 | p. 463 |
Computing Your Scores on Practice Examination 4 | p. 503 |
Conversion Scales for Practice Examination 4 | p. 504 |
Practice Examination 5 | p. 505 |
Computing Your Scores on Practice Examination 5 | p. 544 |
Conversion Scales for Practice Examination 5 | p. 545 |
Practice Examination 6 | p. 547 |
Computing Your Scores on Practice Examination 6 | p. 586 |
Conversion Scales for Practice Examination 6 | p. 587 |
Final Practice Examination | p. 589 |
Computing Your Scores on Final Practice Examination | p. 627 |
Conversion Scales for Final Practice Examination | p. 628 |
The PSAT/NMSQT | p. 629 |
All About the PSAT/NMSQT | p. 631 |
How to Register for the PSAT/NMSQT | p. 631 |
Why the Student Search Survey Is Important | p. 631 |
How the PSAT Differs from the SAT | p. 632 |
Get to Know the PSAT Format | p. 632 |
How to Interpret and Use Your PSAT Scores | p. 633 |
How Your Selection Index Can Qualify You for National Merit | p. 634 |
Summary: What You Need to Know About the PSAT/NMSQT | p. 635 |
The PSAT/NMSQT Diagnostic Examination | p. 637 |
The Exam | p. 639 |
Computing Your Scores on PSAT/NMSQT Diagnostic | p. 670 |
Pinpointing Relative Strengths and Weaknesses on the PSAT/NMSQT | p. 671 |
Measuring Your Progress | p. 675 |
The SAT and Beyond | p. 677 |
Choosing the Right College | p. 679 |
Which College Is Right for You? | p. 679 |
Tips on Visiting Campuses | p. 681 |
Hanging Out with Other Students Online | p. 682 |
College Search Sites on the Internet | p. 684 |
Applying to the College of Your Choice | p. 689 |
When to Apply | p. 689 |
How to Apply | p. 690 |
Applying Online | p. 692 |
College Admissions Timeline | p. 692 |
Finding Financial Aid | p. 699 |
Figuring Out Financial Aid | p. 699 |
What's Covered by Financial Aid | p. 699 |
Sources of Financial Aid | p. 700 |
Finding Financial Aid Online | p. 704 |
A Step-by-Step Guide to Applying for Financial Aid | p. 707 |
Putting It All Together: The Financial Aid Calendar | p. 711 |
Using Other Study Aids | p. 713 |
Online Study Aids | p. 713 |
Software Study Aids | p. 714 |
Coaching Courses | p. 715 |
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