Owning the New SAT

By Jacob Nagy

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0756004411
• ISBN13: 9780756004415
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Quack Media
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

An Entertaining Book about the SAT

I am a full-time SAT tutor. I find most of my students enjoy this book very much. A few do not. Overall, I think it is valuable (it is definitely entertaining) for students. I have found, however, that there are a couple of questionable reviews in the book. For example, there is a review on avoiding split infinitives. I have been through over 20 SATs and a handful of PSATs and have never seen split infinitives tested. Besides, most scholars believe that the split infinitive is acceptable as all the greatest authors (from Shakespeare to Maya Angelou) have used them. Students will read this book, not just for the content, but because they will be wondering what the wacky authors will write next.

Down to earth and informative

I bought this book because I'm a month away from my first SAT. I knew I needed something to read that would help relax me into knowing that I can easily ace the test. This book fit that description. Owning the New SAT is a book that takes a very comfortable approach to the SAT. It reads in a conversational tone, and has some great humor. It's like having a friend or family member that has aced the SAT help you out. It took me less than 3 hours to read through this, over 2 days. And I will, without a doubt, be coming back to this book. Maybe I will read some parts on the way to the sat. If you are looking at the book and thinking that it will be an unhelpful joke, then you should reconsider. The book is written to take a break from the giant text books of dry information, and really open up to students. Parents might not approve of some of the language, but as a teenager, there is nothing you will read that you haven't heard before. You won't find any "R-rated" language. Everything a high school student needs to know about the SAT is in the book. For me, as a junior, the information seemed a lot like things I already knew (especially the math). But the SAT really should be entirely review. There isn't anything on the SAT that goes beyond 10th grade level, according to this book. In the book, there are also some bits about different ways to go about problems that you are unsure of. Such as eliminating wrong answers before deciding correct answers. Or looking at questions and answers before reading the reading passages. All around great book for high school students.

The only way to prep

This book is the only prep book I've seen that takes a positive look at taking the SAT. It doesn't scare students by painting the test as a monster they have to duck in order to get into college, but instead as a tool to HELP get into college.