| Introduction | p. xv |
| How This Book Helps You Succeed on the Exam | p. xv |
| How to Use This Book | p. xvi |
| You're on Your Way to Success | p. xvii |
| About the CD | p. xvii |
| Sat Basics | |
| Getting Started | p. 3 |
| How the SAT Is Used for College Admission | p. 3 |
| When You Should Take the SAT (and SAT II) | p. 3 |
| How Many Times You Should Take the SAT | p. 4 |
| How to Register for the SAT | p. 5 |
| Make an SAT Study Plan | p. 5 |
| Working through Your Study Plan | p. 6 |
| 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 and 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. 29 |
| Understanding Grid-Ins | p. 31 |
| Summary: What You Need to Know about the SAT Question Types | p. 32 |
| Diagnosing Strengths and Weaknesses | |
| Diagnostic Test | p. 35 |
| Diagnostic Test | p. 37 |
| Answer Key | p. 65 |
| Explanatory Answers | p. 67 |
| Computing Your Scores | p. 78 |
| Conversion Scales | p. 79 |
| Self-Evaluation Charts | p. 79 |
| Pinpointing Relative Strengths and Weaknesses | p. 80 |
| Measuring Your Progress | p. 81 |
| Sat Verbal Strategies | |
| SAT Analogy Strategies | p. 85 |
| A Closer Look at Analogies | p. 85 |
| Solving Analogies: Strategies That Really Work | p. 86 |
| Solving Analogies: The Best Tips | p. 90 |
| Solving Analogies: The Most Important Warnings | p. 93 |
| Exercise: Identifying Possible Right Answers | p. 94 |
| Exercise Answers | p. 95 |
| Summary: What You Need to Know about Analogies | p. 96 |
| Exercises: Analogies | p. 97 |
| Answer Keys and Explanations | p. 103 |
| SAT Sentence Completion Strategies | p. 107 |
| A Closer Look at Sentence Completions | p. 107 |
| Methods and Strategies for Solving Sentence Completions | p. 108 |
| Summary: What You Need to Know about Sentence Completions | p. 114 |
| Exercises: Sentence Completions | p. 115 |
| Answer Keys and Explanations | p. 123 |
| SAT Critical Reading Strategies | p. 127 |
| A Closer Look at Critical Reading | p. 127 |
| Best Strategies for Answering Critical Reading Questions | p. 128 |
| Learn the Most Important Critical Reading Tips | p. 134 |
| Strategies for Answering Specific Question Types | p. 136 |
| Summary: What You Need to Know about Critical Reading | p. 140 |
| Exercises: Critical Reading | p. 141 |
| Answer Keys and Explanations | p. 152 |
| SAT Math Strategies | |
| SAT Multiple-Choice Math Strategies | p. 159 |
| Why Multiple-Choice Math Is Easier | p. 159 |
| Solving Multiple-Choice Math Questions | p. 160 |
| Know When to Use Your Calculator | p. 162 |
| Learn the Most Important Multiple-Choice Math Tips | p. 162 |
| Summary: What You Need to Know about Multiple-Choice Math | p. 172 |
| Exercises: Multiple-Choice Math | p. 173 |
| Answer Keys and Explanations | p. 178 |
| SAT Quantitative Comparison Strategies | p. 181 |
| Get to Know the Quantitative Comparison Format | p. 181 |
| Solving Quantitative Comparisons | p. 182 |
| Learn the Most Important Quantitative Comparison Tips | p. 184 |
| The Best Tips | p. 190 |
| The Most Important Warnings | p. 191 |
| Summary: What You Need to Know about Quantitative Comparisons | p. 195 |
| Exercises: Quantitative Comparisons | p. 196 |
| Answer Keys and Explanations | p. 201 |
| SAT Grid-In Strategies | p. 205 |
| Why Grid-Ins Are Easier than You Think | p. 205 |
| Take a Look at a Grid | p. 205 |
| How to Record Your Answers | p. 206 |
| Guessing on Grid-Ins Can't Hurt You | p. 210 |
| Summary: What You Need to Know about Grid-Ins | p. 211 |
| Exercises: Grid-Ins | p. 212 |
| Answer Explanations | p. 217 |
| SAT Vocabulary Prep Course | |
| How Word Parts Work | p. 221 |
| How Words are Built | p. 221 |
| The Three Basic Word Parts and How They Work | p. 222 |
| List of Common Word Parts | p. 223 |
| Summary: What You Need to Know about Word Parts | p. 236 |
| Exercises: Word Parts | p. 237 |
| Answer Keys | p. 240 |
| The SAT "Top 500" Word List | p. 241 |
| The Best Ways to Learn New Words | p. 241 |
| The Top 500 SAT Words | p. 242 |
| Summary: What You Need to Know about SAT Words | p. 263 |
| Exercises: SAT Words | p. 264 |
| Answer Keys | p. 270 |
| SAT Math Review | |
| SAT Arithmetic Review | p. 273 |
| Operations with Whole Numbers and Decimals | p. 273 |
| Operations with Fractions | p. 277 |
| Verbal Problems Involving Fractions | p. 282 |
| Variation | p. 287 |
| Finding Percents | p. 292 |
| Verbal Problems Involving Percent | p. 299 |
| Averages | p. 305 |
| SAT Algebra Review | p. 311 |
| Signed Numbers | p. 311 |
| Linear Equations | p. 314 |
| Exponents | p. 319 |
| Quadratic Equations | p. 322 |
| Literal Expressions | p. 327 |
| Roots and Radicals | p. 331 |
| Monomials and Polynomials | p. 335 |
| Problem-Solving in Algebra | p. 339 |
| Inequalities | p. 345 |
| Defined Operation Problems | p. 350 |
| SAT Geometry Review | p. 353 |
| Area | p. 353 |
| Perimeter | p. 354 |
| Circles | p. 355 |
| Volume | p. 356 |
| Triangles | p. 357 |
| Right Triangles | p. 358 |
| Parallel Lines | p. 359 |
| Polygons | p. 360 |
| Similar Polygons | p. 361 |
| Coordinate Geometry | p. 362 |
| Practice Tests | |
| Five Practice Examinations | p. 373 |
| Simulate Test-Taking Conditions | p. 373 |
| Timing Drills Can Help When You are Short on Time | p. 374 |
| Summary: What You Need to Know to Take Practice Tests and Do Timing Drills | p. 376 |
| p. 379 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 407 |
| p. 423 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 452 |
| p. 469 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 498 |
| p. 515 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 545 |
| p. 561 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 592 |
| Computing Your Scores | p. 603 |
| Self-Evaluation Charts | p. 605 |
| The PSAT/NMSQT | |
| Preparing for PSAT/NMSQT | p. 609 |
| How to Register for the PSAT/NMSQT | p. 609 |
| Why the Student Search Survey Is Important | p. 610 |
| How the PSAT Differs from the SAT | p. 610 |
| Get to Know the PSAT Format | p. 611 |
| How to Interpret and Use Your PSAT Scores | p. 611 |
| How Your Selection Index Can Qualify You for National Merit | p. 612 |
| Summary: What You Need to Know about the PSAT/NMSQT | p. 614 |
| PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test | p. 617 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 645 |
| Pinpointing Relative Strengths and Weaknesses on the PSAT/NMSQT | p. 656 |
| Measuring Your Progress | p. 659 |
| The SAT and Beyond | |
| The New SAT and PSAT | p. 663 |
| When? | p. 663 |
| What? | p. 663 |
| PSAT | p. 665 |
| Why? | p. 666 |
| What Does It Mean for You? | p. 667 |
| Choosing the Right College | p. 669 |
| Which College Is Right for You? | p. 669 |
| Tips on Visiting Campuses | p. 671 |
| Hanging out with Other Students On line | p. 672 |
| College Sites on the Internet | p. 674 |
| Applying to the College of Your Choice | p. 677 |
| When to Apply | p. 677 |
| How to Apply | p. 678 |
| College Admissions Timeline | p. 680 |
| Finding Financial Aid | p. 685 |
| Figuring out Financial Aid | p. 685 |
| What You Will Pay | p. 685 |
| What's Covered by Financial Aid | p. 685 |
| Sources of Financial Aid | p. 686 |
| Finding Financial Aid On Line | p. 689 |
| A Step-by-Step Guide to Applying for Financial Aid | p. 691 |
| Putting It All Together: The Financial Aid Calendar | p. 695 |
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