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How to Survive the SAT (and ACT)

Name: How to Survive the SAT (and ACT)
Author: Jay Brody
ISBN: 9781933512068

by Jay Brody

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Overview

SAT: it's a high school rite of passage. Your score on the test (or its cousin, the ACT) will help predict your fate in the college-admissions Olympics. Whether you respect or despise it, you can't afford to ignore it. Face it-you need help to survive the SAT. Help is here. How to Survive the SAT (and ACT) collects the stories, tips, and advice of hundreds of students who scored high and got into their top-choice colleges. Offering tested techniques for prepping for the test, psychological tricks to get you through, and test-day rituals to ensure success, these students share what worked (and what didn't) in conquering Mount SAT. With expert advice from Jay Brody, Harvard Law School grad, SAT counselor, and college admissions guide for About.com.

Synopsis

This guide seeks to encourage and instruct students faced with the daunting first step of the college admissions process: the SAT and ACT tests. More than just a test-prep guide, How to Survive the SAT is a compendium of anecdotes and tips from past test-takers with high scores. From advice on everything from getting into the frame of mind, to crucial test-day rituals, this guide offers practical help for those ready to achieve their best possible scores.