Up your score SAT
Subtitle: the underground guide to outsmarting the SAT
By: by Larry Berger, Samantha Bindner, Michael Colton, Manek Mistry, and Paul Rossi ; illustrations by Chris Kalb
Contributors: Bindner, Samantha, author; Colton, Michael, author; Mistry, Manek, author; Rossi, Paul, author; Kalb, Chris, ill
Edition: 2018 - 2019 edition.
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780761193654
Subjects: Entrance examinations; Study guides; College entrance achievement tests; SAT (Educational test); Universities and colleges
Description: Thoroughly overhauled for the new SAT, Up Your Score is the only test-prep guide written by students-all of whom achieved perfect or near-perfect scores and went on to the colleges of their choice. A complement and reality check to the mainstream SAT study guides, it's the book that kids recommend to one another, because it's as entertaining as it is effective-over all editions, it has more than 585,000 copies in print.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Before we begin, any questions?; title: The story of the evil testing serpent; title: SAT scoring; title: SAT services; title: SAT mistakes; title: How to study: a primer for the lazy, the anxious, and the disorganized; title: Getting in gear; title: The up your score lower your stress plan; title: Concentration; title: How not to get stuck; title: Wean yourself from your phone; title: Creating a study program ... and sticking with it; title: Practice, practice, practice; title: Building endurance; title: The evidence-based reading test; title: The serpent's new obsessions, evidence and analysis; title: The nuts and bolts of the reading test; title: The seven key rules; title: So many passage types, so little time; title: Reading test question types; title: Different readers, different strategies; title: A very serious reading passage; title: A truly serious reading passage, we mean it this time; title: Infographics; title: Vocabulary, still essential; title: Decodable words; title: Memorization strategies; title: The word list; title: The writing and language test: embracing your inner grammaniac; title: Know your enemy; title: Standard english conventions; title: Expression of ideas; title: Informational graphics; title: Let's put this all together and practice!; title: Pithy parting wisdom; title: The math test; title: Welcome to math; title: Before we begin; title: The shape of the test; title: How is this different from the old SAT?; title: Mental math tricks; title: Some arithmetic reminders; title: Problem solving and data analysis; title: Interpreting graphs; title: Statistics; title: Heart of algebra; title: Passport to advanced math; title: Additional topics; title: Grid-in problems; title: A few last words; title: The not-so-optional essay; title: Does optional really mean optional?; title: Not what is said, but how it's said; title: Template to rule them all; title: How is the SAT essay scored?; title: How to write good; title: Why you shouldn't hate the essay; title: Guessing, or defeating the impostors from hell; title: Impostors from hell; title: Guessing, the SAT, and the specter of world destruction; title: The five rules of guessing; title: Some more good advice; title: But wait! you also get; title: Little circles; title: Cursing cursive; title: Yoga and the SAT; title: The SAT and the internet; title: Cheating; title: Is the SAT biased?; title: A test taker's guide to proctors; title: What's the best way to prepare the day before the SAT?; title: Sneaky snacking; title: Fashion and beauty tips; title: Keeping track of time; title: Stick it in your ear; title: Satitis; title: Canceling counseling; title: The sss; title: Sating for dollars; title: Some other thoughts on getting into college; title: Parting words of advice; title: Who are these people, anyway?; title: Whiz kids wanted.