Welcome to the 2012 edition of Cracking the SAT. 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, 20 years ago on this very simple idea, and--as our students'test scores show--our approach is the one that works.

Foreword

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Part I: Orientation

1 The SAT, The Princeton Review, and You

2 Cracking the SAT: Basic Principles

3 Cracking the SAT: Advanced Principles

Part II: How to Crack the Critical Reading Section

4 Joe Bloggs and the Critical Reading Section

5 Sentence Completions

6 Reading Comprehension: An Open-Book Test

7 Reading Comprehension: Wait, There's More!

8 Vocabulary

Part III: How to Crack the Math Section

9 Joe Bloggs and the Math Section

10 The Calculator

11 Funwith Fundamentals

12 Algebra: Cracking the System

13 Advanced Arithmetic

14 Geometry

15 Grid-Ins: Cracking the System

16 Putting It All Together

Part IV: How to Crack the Writing Section

17 Grammar

18 Essay

Part V: Taking the SAT

Part Vii Answer Key to Drills

Part VII: The Princeton Review SAT Practice Tests and Explanations

19 Practice Test l

20 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 1

21 Practice Test 2

22 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 2

23 Practice Test 3

24 Answers and Explanations for PraCtice Test 3

25 Practice Test 4

26 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 4

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About the Authors