| Introduction A Brief History of This Book |
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| One Afternoon in the Ithaca High School Cafeteria Way Back in the Late '80s |
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| Years Later |
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| Meet Josh and Zach |
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Before We Begin, Any Questions? |
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The Story of the Evil Testing Serpent |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 How to Study: A Primer for the Lazy, the Anxious, and the Disorganized |
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The Up Your Score Lower Your Stress Plan™ |
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28 | (4) |
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Wean Yourself from Your Phone |
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Creating a Study Program and Sticking with It |
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Practice, Practice, Practice |
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Chapter 3 The Evidence-Based Reading Test |
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The Serpent's New Obsessions---Evidence and Analysis |
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The Nuts and Bolts of the Reading Test |
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42 | (2) |
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So Many Passage Types, So Little Time |
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Reading Test Question Types |
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Different Readers, Different Strategies |
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A Very Serious Reading Passage |
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A Truly Serious Reading Passage---We Mean It This Time |
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Vocabulary---Still Essential |
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Chapter 4 The Writing and Language Test: Embracing Your Inner Grammaniac Know Your Enemy |
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Standard English Conventions |
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184 | (11) |
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Let's Put This All Together and Practice! |
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How Is This Different from the Old SAT? |
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Some Arithmetic Reminders |
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Problem Solving and Data Analysis |
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228 | (6) |
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234 | (10) |
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Passport to Advanced Math |
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Chapter 6 The Not-So-Optional Essay |
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Does Optional Really Mean Optional? |
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Not What Is Said, But How It's Said |
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One Template to Rule Them All |
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How Is the SAT Essay Scored? |
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Why You Shouldn't Hate the Essay |
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Chapter 7 Guessing, or Defeating the Impostors from Hell |
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Guessing, the SAT, and the Specter of World Destruction |
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The Five Rules of Guessing |
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324 | (4) |
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328 | (2) |
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Chapter 8 But Wait! You Also Get... |
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330 | (3) |
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333 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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336 | (2) |
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A Test Taker's Guide to Proctors |
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340 | (3) |
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What's the Best Way to Prepare the Day Before the SAT? |
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343 | (3) |
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346 | (2) |
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348 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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Some Other Thoughts on Getting into College |
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| Who Are These People, Anyway? |
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| Whiz Kids Wanted |
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