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Title: Gruber's Complete Preparation for the New Sat: Featuring Critical Thinking Skills (8th Ed) by Gary R. Gruber ISBN: 0-06-273626-4 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.31 (16 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A VERY UNIQUE BOOK
Comment: I think this book is very good. The only problem I get with the book is that whenever I write on the book with a pen or pencil, it sometimes breaks the page. So the paper's not very good. However, I found this book very interesting and unique from other SAT books. It offers a very complete SAT at-home preparation and it teaches you Critical Thinking Skills that last a lifetime. I also find this book very easy to read and to understand, and they make their explanations clear, to the point, and easy to understand. It offers a lot of practice tests/quizzes and I find that very helpful. Also, they suggest you memorize the roots of words instead of memorizing a whole word one by one. I can't say if I got a good score on the SAT with this book yet because I haven't taken it yet. All I can say is good luck on your SAT book search!!
Rating: 4
Summary: Thank you Dr. Gruber!
Comment: The first time I took a sample SAT test, I got a math score of 800 (good) but a verbal score of 400 (very bad). I read this book, every day, every weekend, for months. The word lists are simply amazing, and the idea of categorizing synonyms really helped so much that two years after taking the SAT, I still remember most of the word lists (example: PRAISE :- "acclaim, applaud, commend, eulogize, ..."). Some of the words in these lists are a little easy, but that's what helped me remember them even more (It would have been very intimidiating to read a word list in which ALL words were new!).
There are many useful practice tests, and quite a few of them are amazingly similar to (but a little harder than) the ones you will find on actual tests.
I ended up with a pretty good score in the end: 800M (as before) and 700+V (much better than before!). But please also buy "Cracking the SAT" by Princeton Review and "10 Real SATs" by the College Board. These books are a great investment; they helped me get into my dream school.
Rating: 2
Summary: How the Gruber book changed my life
Comment: I was unpleasantly surprised at my results with this book. I took the PSAT and received a score of 1470. I thought I really had a shot at getting a great SAT score, so I bought the Gruber book. After studying for months before the test with this book, I took the SAT and received a 1050! How could this be?! After that, my parents splurged and purchased the SAT1600 Encyclopedia for [$$$]. It was well worth it...I retook the test and got a 1590! Looks like the elite in the top 10-20% need not apply with this book.
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Title: 10 Real SATs, Third Edition by The College Board ISBN: 0874477050 Publisher: College Board Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: SAT 2400! : A Sneak Preview of the New SAT English Test by Laurie Rozakis, Laurie Rozakis ISBN: 0071416676 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 26 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: REA's New SAT 2005: Inside Out! by David Benjamin Gruenbaum ISBN: 0738600393 Publisher: Research and Education Association Pub. Date: 15 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Ace's Exambusters New SAT Study Cards (Exambusters) by Elizabeth R. Burchard ISBN: 188137484X Publisher: Ace Academics Inc Pub. Date: 01 January, 1900 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Kaplan SAT II: Writing 2003-2004 by Kaplan ISBN: 0743241266 Publisher: Kaplan Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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