Princeton Review SAT Prep, 2023: 6 Practice Tests + Review & Techniques + Online Tools
Genres: Education & Teaching
Book Preface
The SAT is not a test of aptitude, how good of a person you are, or how successful you will be in life. The SAT simply tests how well you take the SAT. And performing well on the SAT is a skill, one that can be learned like any other. The Princeton Review was founded more than 35 years ago on this very simple idea, and—as our students’ test scores show—our approach is the one that works.
Sure, you want to do well on the SAT, but you don’t need to let the test intimidate you. As you prepare, remember two important things about the SAT:
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It doesn’t measure the stuff that matters. It measures neither intelligence nor the depth and breadth of what you’re learning in high school. It doesn’t predict college grades as well as your high school grades do. Colleges know there is more to you as a student—and as a person—than what you do in a single 3-hour test administered on a random Saturday morning.
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It underpredicts the college performance of women, minorities, and disadvantaged students. Historically, women have done better than men in college but worse on the SAT. For a test that is used to help predict performance in college, that’s a pretty poor record.
Your preparation for the SAT starts here. We at The Princeton Review spend millions of dollars every year improving our methods and materials so that students are always ready for the SAT, and we’ll get you ready too.
However, there is no magic pill: just buying this book isn’t going to improve your scores. Solid score improvement takes commitment and effort from you. If you read this book carefully and work through the problems and practice tests included in the book, not only will you be well-versed in the format of the SAT and the concepts it tests, you will also have a sound overall strategy and a powerful arsenal of test-taking strategies that you can apply to whatever you encounter on test day.
In addition to the comprehensive review in SAT Prep, we’ve included additional practice online, accessible through our website—PrincetonReview.com—to make it even more efficient at helping you to improve your scores. Before doing anything else, be sure to register your book at PrincetonReview.com/prep. When you do, you’ll gain access to the most up-to-date information on the SAT, as well as more SAT and college admissions resources.
The more you take advantage of the resources we’ve included in this book and the online student tools that go with it, the better you’ll do on the test. Read the book carefully and learn our strategies. Take the full-length practice tests under actual timed conditions. Analyze your performance and focus your efforts where you need improvement. Perhaps even study with a friend to stay motivated. Attend a free event at The Princeton Review to learn more about the SAT and how it is used in the college admissions process. Search our website for an event that will take place near you or take place online!
This test is challenging, but you’re on the right track. We’ll be with you all the way.
Good luck!
The Staff of The Princeton Review
Contents
Foreword
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Part I: Orientation
1 The SAT, The Princeton Review, and You
2 Practice Test 1
3 Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations
4 Cracking the SAT: Basic Principles
Part II: How to Crack the Reading Test
5 The Reading Test: Basic Approach
SAT Reading: Cracking the Passages
Sample Passage and Questions
Steps of the Basic Approach
Using the Basic Approach
6 More Question Types
More Question Types on the Reading Test
Paired Questions
Purpose Questions
General Questions
Charts and Graphs
Dual Passages
Dual Passage Drill
Dual Passage Drill Answers and Explanations
7 Advanced Reading Skills
When the Going Gets Tough
Translating
Matching Back Answer Choices
8 Reading Drills
Reading Drill 1
Chapter Drill Answers and Explanations
Part III: How to Crack the Writing and Language Test
9 Introduction to Writing and Language Strategy
Can You Really Test Writing on a Multiple-Choice Exam
Where Did All the Questions Go?
The Answer Choices Ask the Questions
Learn from the Answer Choices
POE Does the Big Work
All of the Questions Can’t Be Wrong All of the Time
How to Ace the Writing and Language Test: A Strategy
Writing and Language Drill 1
Writing and Language Drill 1 Answer Key
10 Words
The Words Change, but the Song Remains the Same
Transitions
Verbs
Pronouns
Vocabulary
Concision
More Fun with Words
Writing and Language Drill 2
Writing and Language Drill 2: Answers and Explanations
11 Questions
And Then SAT Was Like, “Hey, Can I Ask You a Question?”
Purpose
Adding and Deleting
Order
Combining Sentences
What Do Graphs Have to Do with Grammar?
Conclusion
Writing and Language Drill 3
Writing and Language Drill 3: Answers and Explanations
12 Punctuation
Wait, the SAT Wants Me to Know How to Use a Semicolon?
STOP, GO, and the Vertical Line Test
A Slight Pause for Commas
Your Going to Be Tested on Apostrophe’s
Punctuation Questions in Disguise
Conclusion
Writing and Language Drill 4
Writing and Language Drill 4: Answers and Explanations
Part IV: How to Crack the Math Test
A Few Words about SAT Math
13 SAT Math: The Big Picture
The Big Picture
Ballparking
Read the Final Question
One Piece at a Time
Write Stuff Down
The Calculator
14 Fun with Fundamentals
The Building Blocks
There Are Only Six Operations
Fractions
Decimals
Exponents and Square Roots
How to Read Charts and Graphs
Fundamentals Drill 1: No Calculator Section
Fundamentals Drill 2: Calculator-Permitted Section
Chapter Drill Answers and Explanations
15 Algebra: Cracking the System
SAT Algebra: Cracking the System
Fundamentals of SAT Algebra
Solving Radical Equations
Solving Rational Equations
Solving for Expressions
Solving Simultaneous Equations
Solving Inequalities
Simplifying Expressions
Solving Quadratic Equations
Imaginary and Complex Numbers
When Values are Absolute
Algebra Drill 1: No Calculator Section
Algebra Drill 2: Calculator-Permitted Section
Chapter Drill Answers and Explanations
16 Other SAT Algebra Strategies
Princeton Review Algebra—AKA How to Avoid Algebra on the SAT
Plugging In the Answers (PITA)
Solving Rational Equations
Solving Radical Equations
Plugging In Your Own Numbers
Meaning In Context
SAT Algebra Strategies Drill 1
SAT Algebra Strategies Drill 2
Chapter Drill Answers and Explanations
17 Advanced Arithmetic
Ratios and Proportions
Percentages
Percent Change
Percentages: Advanced Principles
Averages
What Is a Median?
What Is a Mode?
What is a Frequency Table?
What Is a Range?
What is Standard Deviation?
Rates
Probability
Sets of Questions
Analysis in Science
Advanced Arithmetic Drill: Calculator-Permitted Section
Chapter Drill Answers and Explanations
18 Functions and Graphs
Function Fundamentals
The Coordinate Plane
Points on a Line
Slope
Equations of a Line
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Two Equations with Infinitely Many Solutions
Two Equations with No Solutions
Points of Intersection
Other Things You Can Do to a Line
Root, Solutions, and x-intercepts
Graphing Functions
Equations of a Parabola
Equation of a Circle
Functions and Graphs Drill 1
Functions and Graphs Drill 2
Chapter Drill Answers and Explanations
19 Geometry
Geometry on the SAT
Lines and Angles
Triangles
Circles
Rectangles and Squares
Polygons
Volume
Ballparking
Plugging In
Geometry Drill 1
Geometry Drill 2
Chapter Drill Answers and Explanations
20 Grid-Ins
What is a Grid-In?
The Instructions
Fractions or Decimals: Your Choice
Gridding In: A Test Drive
More POOD
Range of Answers
Extended Thinking
Grid-In Drill 1
Grid-In Drill 2
Chapter Drill Answers and Explanations
Part V: Taking the SAT
Part VI: Practice Tests
Practice Test 2
Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations
Practice Test 3
Practice Test 3: Answers and Explanations
Practice Test 4
Practice Test 4: Answers and Explanations
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