{"id":564,"date":"2012-05-04t18:52:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-04t18:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/sat\/?p=564"},"modified":"2018-10-24t00:13:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24t07:13:58","slug":"sat-book-review-the-college-board-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/sat-book-review-the-college-board-book\/","title":{"rendered":"sat book review \u2013 the college board book (1st edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

everybody has heard of the bible. for christians it is the one book that matter most; indeed, it is the only book that really matters. this powerful connection is used more broadly to refer to any book that is the one book you\u2019ve got to own for whatever field it is you are studying.<\/p>\n

as for sat prep, the bible is the college board’s the official sat study guide<\/a>. that\u2019s right \u2013 this book is so important that if there were only one sat book to own, this would be it. why? well, the book contains 10 real sat tests (we call them retired tests). and no publisher out there can recreate sat questions, the way the people who write the test can.<\/p>\n

the good news is you are not limited to one sat book. there are others out there that are helpful on at least one of the sections – in fact, we have a list of the best sat prep books<\/a> on the market. and though the college board book is the bible for sat prep, it is by no means perfect. while you get loads of practice questions, you don\u2019t learn many effective test-taking tips (the princeton review does a much better job of teaching helpful tips and imparting test day wisdom).<\/p>\n

and there is one glaring omission: for all those questions (there are 1,700 in all), you do not get an explanation. yes, yes, i know. that\u2019s a little crazy, but remember the sat does not make its business from helping you understand the test (it makes money from charging the nation\u2019s high school students a fee to take the test).<\/p>\n

there are some books\u2014of varying quality\u2014that do offer explanations for the test. then there are also my explanation videos on youtube<\/a>\u00a0for the first three exams.<\/p>\n

so if you want to see what you\u2019re up against test day, go through the tests in this book. no other questions on the planet will prepare you as effectively as the ones written by the college board itself.<\/p>\n

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