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14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Fantastic book! Jul 30, 2008
By S. Becker
"SAT prep instructor"
As a high school teacher of a rigorous college preparatory course, I am always looking for the latest, best, and highest quality SAT prep materials available. I have read and used all the other books out there from all the different companies, and in my opinion, this one is extremely user-friendly (well-organized and clear explanations), relevant (covers the problems students need to know), and overall, a great tool for high-achieving students. It is a great value for what you get. I am excited to use it in the classroom and highly recommend it.
20 of 23 found the following review helpful:
The best SAT math prep book for those who aim at 700 or highter Sep 04, 2008
By tingliucs
As a math tutor, I have had students whose SAT math target scores range from 600 to 800. A friend recommended this book to me about 3 weeks ago and I decided to do an experiment right away.
First I used the diagnostic test at the very beginning of this book to test my students and divided them into several groups, then chose different combinations of math topics from this book for those different groups. The examples and detailed explanations under each topic are very well written and organized. The students who were already at the 650-level responded really well--most of them are at the 700-level right now after just 2 weeks of reading and practicing. Several students who started at about 550 also pressed me again and again for harder problems from this book.
Everybody wants a little bit challenge from time to time!
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Best Math SAT book on the market Aug 12, 2008
By Jonathan
This is a clear, concise, and well-written book that will help students master the most challenging Math SAT problems. The book contains numerous sample problems in all of the topical areas that the Math SAT tests, and provides a detailed, comprehensive, and easy to understand set of explanations. I would highly recommend this book for any student attempting to raise his or her math score - it is a terrific value.
10 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Great Choice If You're Not Afraid of Some Frustration Dec 23, 2009
By Grace
This book was recommended to me by a math major at Yale (just to be clear, I do *not* think she used this book herself...she's probably just looked at it), and it has proven its worth. Although (as some of the other reviewers have pointed out) the book does seem to expect the reader to learn on his/her own, the hundreds of practice problems are more than worth the price. The explanations for the each of the problems are also mostly correct, and they're fairly concise.
For me, personally, this book has really boosted my confidence. Many of the problems here are harder than anything I've seen on an actual SAT (or any practice SAT, for that matter), so once you know how to approach these, the real SAT math is a breeze. That being said, this book can become very frustrating. I have literally thrown the book down and cried on a few occasions.
But it's worth it, especially if you work through the problems and read the explanations carefully. Over the summer, I spent about...thirty or forty hours on the whole book; most students can probably just look over their weakest areas, since the book is conveniently organized by topic.
Anyways, enough with the description and on to the actual numbers: before this book, I usually made around a low 700s score on practice tests. My real score on the math section of the June 2009 SAT was a 700. I've yet to re-take the SAT, but so far, my scores on practice tests (I've been using the Princeton Review practice test book, as well as the CB official one) have consistently been in the high 700's to 800 zone. Since I haven't really looked at any prep book since this one, I'm sure the majority of this point increase is thanks to Math SAT 800.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
An efficient tutorial Jul 28, 2008
By B. Berch
With so many SAT prep books that focus on the general student, this is a clear and concise book for the student attempting an exceptional performance in math. Very efficient--no space wasted on easy stuff.
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