This insightful and practical guide for parents shows how we often undermine rather than encourage our teens' success on one of the most stressful standardized tests—the SAT—and what strategies will remedy the problem. In recent years this test has taken on fearsome proportions, matched only by the growing competition for slots at major universities. Success is now as much a matter of navigating the maze of changing testing structures, crippling self-conceptions, and family dynamics as it is about memorizing vocabulary words. Tutors Ned Johnson and Emily Warner Eskelsen tackle the trials of the SAT head-on, revealing that the way our culture values this test is just as important as the answers teens fill in. Johnson and Eskelsen cover a wide range of topics including: * Anxiety and ways to avoid "choking" on the test * Best ways to prepare before the test – from exercise to nutrition to sleep * Family communication * What the SAT is actually testing * How test-taking strategies will help teens in all walks of life * Learning differences in teens and strategies for success

Two top SAT trainers help parents understand the psychological complexities of test taking today and offer new strategies for success on the SATs and beyond

The math sections of the SAT are extremely challenging, so we’re here to help. Conquering SAT Math—covering the latest test format—has been specially designed by three math experts who give you strategies for solving every kind of SAT math question. You’ll also get intensive practice for every math question type to help build your test taking confidence. With Conquering SAT Math, you’ll have everything you need to get ready for test day, and achieve your best SAT score. McGraw-Hill's Conquering SAT Math includes: • Hundreds of sample questions with complete answer explanations to maximize your score on the math sections • Complete review of SAT math topics including: factors, ratios, percents, powers, basic algebra, geometry, functions, probability, and more • Strategies for answering every SAT multiple-choice and constructed-response math problem • Drills and exercises to build mathematics problem-solving skills with solved problems of gradually increasing difficulty • Key test and calculator strategies for answering each SAT Math question type • Information on the SAT math item formats that reflects the latest test • Online access to 300 additional practice problems organized by SAT Mathematics Topic and 250 additional practice problems in five SAT Format practice sets

The authors are experts in test preparation with extensive classroom experience in teaching SAT math Includes crucial strategies for using calculators to solve problems efficiently Gives students five sample SAT math sections with complete solutions for every question

Get the edge you need on the reading sections of the SAT The SAT is coming up, and you need extra help to tackle the tough reading section. Revised and updated, McGraw-Hill's Conquering SAT Critical Reading, Second Edition, provides the most complete, in-depth review available for all of the reading comprehension questions on the SAT. Reading skills are explained and carefully demonstrated with numerous examples. You’ll get practice with intensive SAT-style drills and full-length sample test sections. A companion website offers additional SAT practice and test information. Specially created by a nationally known test-prep expert, this first-rate guide has everything you need to get ready for this difficult part of the SAT, and to help you achieve your best reading score ever. McGraw-Hill's Conquering SAT Critical Reading includes : 1 diagnostic exam and 4 practice SAT Critical Reading exams Complete coverage of all SAT reading comprehension problem types Extra help with SAT reading if you are having difficulties Link to more SAT practice online at companion website Topics include: All about Taking the SAT, Planning Your SAT Training Program, Diagnostic SAT Critical Reading Exam, Strategies for Sentence Completion Questions, Strategies for Critical Reading Comprehension Questions, SAT Critical Reading Practice Exam, SAT Critical Reading Practice Exam II, SAT Critical Reading Practice Exam III, SAT Critical Reading Practice Exam, Glossary, Build Your SAT Vocabulary

Introducing the extra help students need for this year's brand-new version of the SAT I.

PWN is back, and better than ever. The PWN the SAT Math Guide was created to help ambitious, highly motivated kids maximize their SAT math scores. Do you crave a higher score? Are you willing to do a little hard work to achieve it? Good. I knew I liked you. Read this book from beginning to end, with a pencil in hand and a calculator and an Official SAT Study Guide by your side. When you’re done, you’ll be able to approach the SAT with confidence—very few questions will surprise you, and even fewer will be able to withstand your withering attacks. Stand tall, intrepid student. Destiny awaits. Updated for the New SAT This new edition of the Math Guide has been updated, rather painstakingly, to reflect the realities of the new SAT coming March 2016. This book was not rushed to market to take advantage of interest in the new exam. I took my time, and hopefully I got it right. Chapters are broken into five major sections: Techniques, Heart of Algebra, Passport to Advanced Math, Problem Solving and Data Analysis, and Additional Topics in Math. Each chapter concludes with a reference list of similar questions from official practice tests. Practice questions are designated as either “Calculator” or “No calculator.” Students will be forbidden from using their calculators for one whole section of the new SAT. Emphasis is placed on nimbleness—the ability to approach problems in multiple ways to find the one that works best. Calculator solutions and shortcuts are provided where appropriate. Join me online Readers of this book are encouraged to register as Math Guide Owners at the PWN the SAT website. There will be video solutions and other bonus content there. Signing up there will also give me a way to get in touch with you if I make book updates. See details at http://mathguide.pwnthesat.com.

A collection of stories, tips, and advice in which hundreds of students share their secrets for scoring high on the SAT and ACT exams and getting into the college of their dreams.

More college-bound seniors than ever are taking the SAT—in 2012, 1.66 million of them. Up Your Score: SAT is the only guide written for students, by students. Filled with expert advice and proven strategies, it injects a feisty attitude into the dry business of test prep, fending off test anxiety with humor. Its four authors and guest editor achieved perfect or near-perfect scores and attended the colleges of their choice, and the book shows readers how they can do the same. Discover the eight core ways the test approaches math. Learn 600 key vocabulary words with proven tricks to make definitions memorable. Master the 13 most important grammar rules, and find out how to prepare your essay in advance. Plus, Up Your Score shows how to “psych out” the test. How to think like the SAT. The best ways to fill in answer circles and other strategies to save precious minutes. Tips for maintaining concentration. Why it’s always better to guess than to leave a question unanswered. And a recipe for energy-boosting Sweet & Tasty 800 Bars. Up Your Score is the inexpensive complement—and reality check—to the institutional tomes by Princeton Review and Kaplan. It’s the guerrilla guide that students recommend to each other—the only one kids actually want to use. But don’t take our word for it—check out these posts from Up Your Score’s Facebook page: “OMG, with this book, my second SAT score went up 220 points from my first score . . . thanks for the awesome tips. everyone should buy this book!:)” “Just bought the book for my SAT test . . . I’m already laughing and it’s making studying a little less terrible “I got a 1900 partly because of you guys, thank you SO much!”