Reviews (1)

Too many errors
I was using this book to help students prepare for the math section of the ACT.In my first day of preparation I found over a dozen errors in the math tests alone.There were problems with multiple correct answers listed, problems with no correct answers listed, and erroneous reasons given as explanations.This is the worst ACT prep book that I have seen ... Read more

Subjects:  1. ACT (American College Tests)    2. Study Aids    3. Study Guides    4. Test Prep    5. Tests    6. Study Aids / Tests   

Editorial Review

The essay is the one part of the college application that allows an admissions committee to get a glimpse not only of what you are (grades, scores, club member), but of who you are."Applicants are constantly advised to 'put their best foot forward,'" says Fred Hargadon, the dean of admissions at Princeton University and a contributor to this book. "But I must confess that I always liked the ones who put Read more

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Very good
The essays are seperated into topics (eg. Applying to College, work experience, coming to america), and each include good essays.
BUY THIS BOOK!
Before I bought this book I thought my essay was pretty good until I bought this book.Then I knew that I could make my essay even better just by just following the essays in the book.I didn't even think I needed to get a guide book for my essay because I thought it was pretty good already without help from an essay book.But apparently this book worked really good because I did not get deferred from college!I got into my first choice just by using this book and I recommend it to anyone even to those who do not think they need a guide book for their essays because they think their essays are already pretty good like I thought mine was. uninventive and most unhelpful
There are a few gems here, but for the most part, these essays are the same well-written but dry, uninventive slop every other high school senior dribbles out: how the abroad student haf a Life Changing Experience! how an athlete Crossed the Finish Line! how when pet Fluffly croaked it was a Formative Experience! If you really want insight into how to write a well-crafted, unique essay, with sounds suggestions, seek out the great book by Harry Bauld. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Admission    2. College Entrance    3. College Guides    4. College applications    5. Exposition (Rhetoric)    6. Study Aids    7. Study Guides    8. United States    9. Universities and colleges    10. Reference / Writing Skills   

Reviews (7)

Excellent
I am taking Stat 244 after taking the first class 5 years ago. I needed a review to catch up, but I am finding that this is much more comprehensible than the textbook and the instructor. Nice and straight forward... Makes you wonder why you need to spend $80+ for a used textbook in college when you can learn it more efficiently from this little guy...THANK YOU!!!!!!

Get Cliff's Quick Review of Statistics
Cliff's Quick Review of Statistics is a good supplement Good condensed review
This book is a condensed review of statistics, without laborious examples.It can be used as a refresher or supplement to a more verbose introductory primer.It is perfect for a high school or a one semester introductory stats course. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Book Notes    2. Cliff's/ Monarch / Barron's Book Notes    3. College Entrance    4. Outlines, syllabi, etc    5. Probability & Statistics - General    6. Statistics    7. Study Aids    8. Study Guides    9. Mathematics / Statistics    10. Probability & statistics    11. Study & learning skills   

Subjects:  1. Aptitude Testing    2. Composition and exercises    3. English language    4. Examinations    5. Report writing    6. SAT & PSAT    7. SAT (Educational test)    8. Study Aids    9. Study Guides    10. Test Prep    11. ELT: writing skills    12. Study Aids / SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)   

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A must for language teachers
Chapter 2& 3 provide good guidelines/advice for classroom teachers as well as school administers/educators.

Great guide to Reading in all subjects!
Daniels and Zemelman use humor, practical suggestions, and research to get their point across.If you are looking for NCA or NCLB interventions for improving reading in a specific or all content areas, this book has plenty of material!They include examples, book lists, and classroom best practices as well as discussion of the use or non-use of a textbook.These practices are known quantities, research-supported and all have been used by the authors or by those interviewed for this book.Ta-da, it's all in here! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Language Arts    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Content area reading    4. Education    5. General    6. Reading (Middle school)    7. Reading (Secondary)    8. Reference    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    10. United States    11. Reference works    12. Teaching skills & techniques   

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College Board College Handbook
We used this book to help my daughter pick the colleges she would apply to.The book is a wealth of information about every 2 and 4 year college in the United States.At a glance you can find out the cost, academic offerings, SAT scores, clubs and organizations and ethnic makeup just to name a few.I highly recommend it to anyone applying to college.

Great college resource
This book has everything I've needed so far, although the college search has just begun.It gives a lot of information that I wouldn't have expected.I know we could look at one in the library, but it is great to have it as a reference at home whenever I think of a school and/or quandry.

Required Reference Book
If you need to decide which college to attend, or are the parent of a future college student, this book is a must have reference book.Don't just use the College Board online school finder as I found it seems to sometimes give strange results.This book provides the "whole picture" of a school. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. College Entrance    2. College Guides    3. Reference    4. Study Aids    5. Test Prep   

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An excellent study guide
I took my SATs the first time without this book and did not do bad, but it could have been better. I bought this book and studied it, then took my SATs again. My scores went up dramaticaly and I had a better understanding of my answers.

Now Officially worthless.
This book is now officially worthless because there will be no more old SAT test taking. Do not buy this book if you have or are a son or daughter taking the SAT. The same goes for all non New SAT. Anything that is NEW SAT is good.

Buy This Book!
The real strength in this book is the practice tests.They are literally the real thing.There is no better way to raise your score.Though I do recomend another book with this one to raise your vocabulary and such.I recomend it for everyone and, being a seventh grader, think this book is perfect for anyone in any grade.I raised my score from an 1130 to a 1350! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test    2. Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test    3. SAT & PSAT    4. Scholastic Aptitude Test    5. Study Aids    6. Study Guides    7. Test Prep    8. Study Aids / SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)   

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Great but with a few flaws
Overall, this book is great. Everything is pretty clear and it makes algebra II almost easy. However, there are many typos I found, like forgetting a negative, or using a wrong variable. but otherwise, it's awesome!

An Excellent Review or Preparatory Book For Algebra II
This book really helped me prepare for Algebra II. With the help of this book, I had a 97% in the first semester and a 94% in the second. Then at the end of the year, this was a great tool in reviewing for the final. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Algebra    2. Algebra - General    3. Algebra.    4. Book Notes    5. College Entrance    6. Outlines, syllabi, etc    7. Study Aids    8. Study Guides    9. Mathematics / Algebra / General    10. Study & learning skills   

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Friggin' Incredible.
This book got me through a very grueling high school chem class. It is very easy to understand. I can't put my finger on it, but something about the way this book is written just makes understanding come naturally for me.
Great resource!
This book is very helpful for people trying to grasp the basics of chemistry.I'm one who really loves science, but I get a little bogged down in the details and calculations involved, so this book helped me get through the tough math.To me it reads like a textbook, only it cuts out all the filler, so it's very easy to find what I'm looking for, and the descriptions are clean and to the point.

Chemisty Cliff's notes
This book is a great SUPPLEMENT to a intro chemistry course, it is not a repleacement for instruction. i found this book to be a very good resource for quick reference. I am a little biased though, since one of the authors was one of my college professors. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Book Notes    2. Chemistry    3. Chemistry - General    4. College Entrance    5. Outlines, syllabi, etc    6. Study Aids    7. Study Guides    8. Science / Chemistry / General    9. Study & learning skills   

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A Guide to Teachers and to the College Bound
This book really has two goals. It's original and main intent is aimed at high school teachers who are preparing students for college. In this vein it addresses what should be tought to students and how they should be taught.
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Subjects:  1. Academic achievement    2. Administration - General    3. Aims & Objectives    4. College Entrance    5. College student orientation    6. Education    7. Education / Teaching    8. United States    9. Advice on education    10. Education / Administration    11. Higher & further education   

Subjects:  1. Advanced Placement    2. Advanced placement programs (Education)    3. English literature    4. English philology    5. Examinations    6. Examinations, questions, etc    7. Study Aids    8. Study Guides    9. Test Prep    10. Study Aids / Advanced Placement   

Reviews (13)

A good help for any struggling Math student
This book helped me achieve a higher score after I went through half the workbook. I increased my math score from a 610 to 700 in 3 weeks. This book does do wonders. However, some of the explainations of the problems and how to work them are vauge and really don't give you a sense on how to apply them to other problems with the same underlying concept. In conjunction with this book, I would have to recommend Kaplan's SAT 1600 and Kaplan's SAT II Math IC for mastery of harder questions and for more review.

Vague Explanations
This book contains very good practice material but the explanations to the answer choices are very vague and difficult to understand.
Buy this book!
I would definately recommend that you buy this book.The practice that it gave me was extremely helpful, as well as the "SAT Math in a Nutshell" section.The format was easy to follow and true to the SAT, giving me plenty of practice, and help where I needed it.It improved my math SAT score 50 points - from 630 to 680.And I only did about half of the book!Imagine if I had worked through the whole thing.It's not hard, however - the book is designed so that you only tackle one (approximately) 30-minute section at a time.Just remember - for best results, make sure that you start using this book 3 weeks to a month ahead of time.Read more

Subjects:  1. Arithmetic    2. Examinations, questions, etc    3. Mathematics    4. SAT & PSAT    5. SAT (Educational test)    6. Study Aids    7. Study Guides    8. Test Prep    9. Workbooks    10. Examinations & assessment    11. Study Aids / SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)   

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Waste of Time and Money
Reading this book is a waste of time; a review book cannot teach you how to answer multiple choice or essay questions as well as a teacher.I found the multiple choice questions on the exam to be much more difficult than the practice questions in the book.And by the way, on the back of the book it says thay it's a guide for the AP Lit exam instead of the AP Language exam.

Umm....Not really....
I bought this after experiencing McGraw-Hill's SAT I book. It was comprehensive and effective, yet not boring. However, this guide is not only brief and anemic in actual content, I found myself asleep several times while reading it. The websites at the back of the book are not only inaccurate, but may actually be fake. Being a computer nerd, I found no indication that any of the websites HAD ever existed (with the exception of the College Board site); this book was published in 2002, why is there no indication of some of these sites in a search engine cache, links off some other site, etc? There isn't even any indication that any of these sites are planned for the future: absolutely none are registered web domains. Furthermore, the strategies for the multiple choice are VERY basic common sense. A whole page is spent on the concept of elimination of answers that aren't correct. The ONLY redeeming factor is a slight review on rhetorical strategies that actually aided me in the DBQ.
5 Steps to a 5 on the A P Examinations: English Language
Both AP English Language students and instructors need to have this text on their book shelves.Terrific review activities are useful throughout the year, as are the unbeatable introductions to rhetorical strategies, etc.The workbook sections are very accessible. Sample tests and the explanations of answers and essay ratings are clear and really prepare AP students for the exam. This book is a MUST HAVE. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Advanced Placement    2. General    3. Study Aids    4. Study Guides    5. Test Prep    6. Language Teaching & Learning (Other Than ELT)    7. Study Aids / Advanced Placement   

Subjects:  1. College Guides    2. Finance    3. Financial Aid    4. Higher    5. Reference    6. Student Finance    7. Study Aids    8. Test Prep    9. Education / Finance   

Subjects:  1. College Entrance    2. College entrance achievement tests    3. Examinations    4. Literature    5. SAT & PSAT    6. SAT (Educational test)    7. Study Aids    8. Study Guides    9. Test Prep    10. Tests    11. Examinations & assessment    12. Study Aids / SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)   

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(2.5 Stars)It is not the BEST but it is better than nothing.
I brought "Cracking the AP Economics Macro and Micro Exams, 2006-2007 Edition (College Test Prep)" to help me with my AP Macroeconomics AP test.I did not study for it and I scored a 1.I know that is MY fault BUT I used this book for the CLEP Macro and Micro economics exam.
Economics Explained
After taking the test, I can say that this book was very helpful in learning the material without actually taking the course.I found no flaw in the book, though I wish I had started reviewing earlier.Make sure you practice drawing the graphs like they say, because you are going to need them for the exam. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Advanced Placement    2. Economics - General    3. Study Aids    4. Study Guides    5. Test Prep    6. Study Aids / Advanced Placement   

Reviews (7)

Buy it it rocks!
Getting a 700+ on the SAT2 requires more than just a review book, it requires study.This book is a great help if you learn the material, and take the practice tests.You go in feeling prepared and knowing how to manage your time.No magic bullets, just good preparation and practice with this book works miracles.The book doesnt teach you chemistry- it teaches you college board chemistry- all its going to teach you is how to put what your teacher said into SAT format and get the right answers- it works! ( i got a 710 !!!)

SAT Chemistry
This book is thorough and detailed. You can go at your pace and go back over anything you don't understand, as many times as you like. It even has techniques to help you learn to associate concepts. I give this book 4 stars because it has really helped me so far, but there's always room for improvement.

NOT too easy
I don't know why people are saying the practice tests are too easy - I never got above a 740 on the practice tests, but I got a 770 on the actual test. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - General    2. SAT & PSAT    3. Study Aids    4. Study Guides    5. Test Prep    6. Study Aids / SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)   

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Maximizing Resources with Program Prioritization
Dickeson's book is a comprehensive manual for academic administrators at all levels who need to maximize resources because of cutbacks. Since the most likely source for needed resources is reallocation of existing resources, he suggests a means to prioritize programs so administrators can make well-informed decisions. Dickeson's ideas have a firm basis in practical applicaitons. He has served as a university president and is currently president of a consulting firm that has guided hundreds of colleges and universities through program prioritization. This book contains checklists at all stages of the planning process plus samples of actual priortizing plans and is a very useful resource not only at the institutional level but for any program undergoing review. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Administration - General    3. Aims & Objectives    4. College And University Administration    5. Education    6. Education / Teaching    7. Educational Reform    8. Educational change    9. Educational leadership    10. Higher    11. United States    12. Universities and colleges    13. Colleges of further education    14. Curriculum planning & development    15. Education / Administration    16. Universities / polytechnics   

Reviews (8)

Buy this!
This book saved me in economics.It takes long winded and confusing concepts and boils them down to a consise explanation.I recommend this book to anyone in the midst of an Economics class!

Preparing for the CLEP
Thie book was very helpful with the basics. I just passed the CLEP today and got a 67 (out of 80). You need a 50 to pass for most schools. If you want to pass this CLEP Irecommend purchasing online practice tests. I bought one from the official CLEP webiste. The questions on that practice exam are very close to the ones that you will find on the CLEP exam. Also, I purchased a practice test from petersons.com. These questions were definitely harder, but really get you preapared for the CLEP. Once you take those, the CLEP is a breeze. Good luck!

CLEP Preparation
This book has a good overview of the basic concepts of Economics, but little examples of how to apply these terms to the type of exam questions on the CLEP test.It was helpful to me because I had little knowledge of Economics, so I used it to get a basic understanding of the terms. But, I had to seek other sources to learn how to apply them.Using the www.petersons.com, electronic test prep with this book enabled me to pass the test! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Book Notes    2. Business/Economics    3. Cliff's/ Monarch / Barron's Book Notes    4. College Entrance    5. Economics    6. Economics - General    7. Business & Economics / Economics / General    8. Study guides, home study & revision notes   

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Horrible Product
These are great flashcards unless you actually want to learn and pass your microbiology class.Not only is the content poor, several of the cards in my pack were improperly printed with half the text cut off.No wonder they come sealed in plastic at the bookstore, if I had had the chance to look at them before I bought them i would have known better.They do work well for leveling a wobbly table though.

thank you
thank you for the fast delivery of the book.

Great reference
This book made medical microbiology much easier.I used this book for my medical microbiology class.It is easier to understand and it cut my study time because it was to the point.I also used the following: Read more

Subjects:  1. Book Notes    2. Cliff's/ Monarch / Barron's Book Notes    3. College Entrance    4. Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology    5. Microbiology    6. Study Guides    7. Education    8. Microbiology (non-medical)    9. Science / Microbiology