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2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Amazing Nov 02, 2007
This is undoubtedly the best sat prep book out there. It has easy to understand techniques that can help boost your score by at least 200 points.
6 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Suspect publicity Jul 08, 2007
Three reviews with five stars between May 21 and May 26, 2007, all from LA, saying much the same thing? Beware.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great Resource for the SAT Mar 26, 2007
There are plenty of SAT prep books on the market, but this one stands out. Any experienced SAT tutor (I've been tutoring for 15 years) will tell you that the best way to practice is to do as many real SAT questions as possible. "Maximum SAT" recognizes this; after teaching a concept, it points students to real practice questions from the College Board's Official Guide (the best source of real SAT questions available). This book is thorough and easy to understand; using this book in conjunction with the Official Guide will help any serious student raise his or her score.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Even better than the first edition... Mar 24, 2007
If succeeding on the SAT is largely a game -- and most educators, including this one, feel this is the case -- then MAXIMUM SAT is one of the few books out there that truly helps students take their game to the "next level".
MAXIMUM SAT'S great accomplishment is that the manual's design provides both the bottom-line fundamentals necessary to feel confident on test day, as well as the detail and nuance required to achieve a superior test score.
The revised edition is marvelously comprehensive -- getting the numbers you want is all about just doing the work!
What's also great is that the text itself is challenging and accessible -- kids won't get bored, and parents will feel confident that even the most difficult SAT concepts to teach, such as Critical Reading and Writing, are thoroughly deconstructed and reviewed.
The big test prep companies have dominated this territory for years, but they should take stock -- MAXIMUM SAT has established itself as a formidable opponent, and an excellent way to prepare for the exam.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
So Far So Good - Great SAT Aid Mar 21, 2007
At first I was hesitant to buy this book because there weren't any reviews. But then I figured out that this is the second edition, which had just been released (which explained why there were no reviews). The first edition had mostly excellent reviews from credible sources (SAT tutors), and my daughter was not at all interested in the standard Kaplan and Princeton Review study guides ("boring"), so we gave this one a try.
I've been really pleased so far. My daughter actually seemed to enjoy using it. She's a procrastinator (like her mother), so the six-week study schedule recommended in this book kept her on track. She just took her first SAT March 10, so we don't know her score yet. But she felt confident and prepare taking it, so that's a good sign. She said she recognized several vocabulary words that were included in the book.
I also recommend buying the Official SAT Guide, which has actual SAT questions. This book (Maximum SAT) covers the concepts and then refers to the official guide for practice "homework". The idea is to practice the study guide's techniques using real tests, so the two books go hand in hand.
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