Up Your Score: The Underground Guide to the SAT, 2007-2008 Edition (Up Your Score) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Larry Berger, Michael Colton, Manek Mistry, Paul Rossi, Jean Huang
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 11300
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0761143076
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.1662
EAN: 9780761143079
ASIN: 0761143076
Publication Date: July 12, 2006
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Product Description
You’ve been hearing about the SAT since the day you entered high school. Guess what? It’s time. So when you walk into that testing hall, will it be a case of nerves—or attitude? A guerrilla guide written by six students who destroyed the SAT, Up Your Score combines the best math, critical reading, and essay preparation with the strategies and tips you need to psyche out—and not be psyched out by—The Test. As Sassy magazine said, “It’s everything you need to give ’em hell.”
Book Description
It’s the proven guerilla guide: The students who developed Up Your Score all aced the SAT and went to the colleges of their choice; and the new guest editors, Jean Huang and Swetha Kambhampati, each scored a perfect 2400 by following UP YOUR SCORE principles. Packed with attitude, rock-solid knock-’em-dead strategies, and laugh-out-loud humor, this is the book for students by students, the book that diffuses the stress and actually makes test-prep fun. Its witty, peer-to-peer voice—like getting advice from a good (and really smart) friend—makes the material so much easier to retain than the dry text of traditional test guides. And priced at $11.95, it’s an economical alternative to expensive test-preparation courses, and an affordable addition, breath of fresh air, and reality check for the student who has a Princeton Review or Kaplan book.
Straight from triumphant test veterans, here is: How to prepare the essay in advance. Six hundred key vocabulary words (and proven tricks for actually remembering them). The best way to fill in answer circles and other strategies for saving precious minutes. Plus, tips for maintaining concentration over the long haul, why it’s always better to guess than leave a question unanswered, and a recipe for energy-boosting Sweet & Tasty 800 Bars (and how to smuggle them into the testing hall).
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 Best wordlist ever! January 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I took the SAT back in 2001, and this book raised my verbal score by close to 170 points. Seriously, I took a practice test, got a 620, spent 3 weeks studying the word lists in this book, took another practice test, got a 790 (I also got a 790 on the real thing). I didn't use anything else. I also didn't learn anything in school because it wasn't in English. This book is awesome. I still remember the words that I learned using this book!
You won't regret it!
Best SAT book January 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I took the SAT's the first time 2 years ago when I was a junior and I was to take it again fall of my senior year so I planned to spend summer studying. I took classes at Sylvan learning center (great!) and had Princeton Review's SAT book and book of practice tests, flashcards, and Kaplan's book. I could not find a way to focus for too long with any of those, so I went on Google to search for an SAT book that maybe had some jokes or was a bit entertaining and I ran across this book.
The book teaches you but still takes breaks in between to do have a little cartoon or tell a joke. It is great! They also give really great tips. For the first time I actually found studying for SAT's fun. Also the jokes and everything are a great way to help you remember things. I definitely recommend this book for anyone who is studying for the SAT's! With the SAT classes and this book, my score increased 200 points.
also they have a free thing for you ipod so you can listen to vocab words in a song or something like that.
Hilarious and helpful January 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
No actual problems in this book, but still very very useful. I used it along with a generic study book for practice problems. It's hilarious, it has a great vocab section, and it teaches you strategies and tricks and tips. My reading score went up to 770 (from 710) the second time I took the SAT, after reading this book.
Outstanding!! December 28, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the most helpful study guide I have found for my students in preparing for the SAT. While a very few elitists may regard it as politically incorrect and worthless, it has been very helpful to my students. Moreoever, unlike most other prep-books, it is a fun read! The students actually learn a truth most of us in education have known for a long time--any standardized test is designed to fail its test takers, and there are definite strategies students can use to turn the tables on the test! Bravo!!
 My daughter loved it October 6, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
A lot of what plays into successful test-taking is attitude. This book builds confidence and shows ways to approach a difficult exam in a positive way. It is a very interesting read, and emphasizes the importance of preparation to success.
If you are looking for practice exams, however, this is not your book.
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