<p>^The profit motive leads to many claims with varying degrees of truthfulness</p>
<p>Cheers, and thanks for your honesty.</p>
<p>Here is a post that I had written, and did not show up as planned:</p>
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<p>I decided to post in light of the answer from Lloyd, which I found to be sincere and to the point. I also hope he and his staff will find my reply to be sincere as well. </p>
<p>My point, if that was not clear, is that this community is welcoming of new authors and new material. I also happen to think that this community is smart and not easily fooled. It is also one where opinions about the value of new contents should be welcome, as different as they might be. I also believe that much can be learned from the relentless efforts of many professionals to help the younger generations navigate a test that remains mostly misunderstood, and perhaps wrongly despised. </p>
<p>All in all, on a personal level, I do welcome the new books and the new approaches (which I believe to be more an evolution than a revolution) and look forward to this community continuing to be direct, honest, and … welcoming. </p>
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<p>Thanks for your post Lloyd… In my opinion Ivy Global has redeemed itself. </p>
<p>Here is some useful information I gleaned from Aaron Strauss who is the Executive Director of Collegeboard. He posted this in a LinkedIn discussion:</p>
<p>“Some corrections here: the first PSAT practice exam for the redesigned PSAT/NMSQT will be released in March 2015, the first SAT practice exams will be released (as part of the launch of Khan Academy’s SAT practice program) in May 2015. In December of 2014 we’ll be posting several dozen practice problems on College Board’s website. These dates are consistent with what we’ve been planning (as long as I’m aware), so would appreciate any info on places where dates might be listed differently so that we can correct them. Thanks!”</p>
<p>The original discussion is here: <a href=“Sign Up | LinkedIn”>Sign Up | LinkedIn;
<p>So it looks like Khan Academy may be the first to receive sample official tests for the New SAT starting in May 2015. It is likely that the Khan Academy will receive the tests earlier than May and then launches the New SAT practice program in May 2015 along with the access to these tests and video explanations. This launch will then be followed by the release of the New SAT Official guides by the end of June 2015. </p>
<p>In an attempt to -------- his company’s reputation, Lloyd sought to dispel any notion of ----------- by stating his motives and affiliations in a candid manner.</p>
<p>A) aggravate…venality
B) mitigate … Dishonesty
C) vindicate…intrigue
D) malign…propriety
E) salvage…speculation</p>
<p>C. aggravate is negative; malign has mal in it which means it stipulates a negative connotation; speculation means forming a conjecture without evidence; mitigate means to salve – i’ve never heard of anyone, using the English language, say “soothe a reputation.” That leaves C. I suggest checking up the definitions of intrigue and vindicate anyways.</p>
<p>@Czeska </p>
<p>Haha, we needed some humor here.</p>
<p>The author uses the phrase “Mistakes were made” in order to:</p>
<p>Fill in the blanks here</p>
<p>@indelliblename.</p>
<p>C. Is the correct answer. Awesome elimination technique! Well done! </p>
<p>@SATQuantum </p>
<p>the author uses the phrase “Mistakes were made” in order to</p>
<p>A) justify a course of action
B) anticipate a reaction
C) account for a blunder
D) concede to an argument
E) sell more books</p>
<p>I’m going to go with (E). That’s the only reason I would use the phrase. But what do I know? I’m a math guy. :)</p>
<p>I’d go with D). He is making a concession which he later elaborates with…</p>
<p>“Obviously, the CC posters on this thread (many who are respected members of the community) had valid points”</p>
<p>Going to check out the book. It is better to have something to work from to prepare to tutor the new SAT. Ivy Global sells tutoring services from kids with top academic credentials, so I don’t think they would put there name on total crap.</p>
<p>Is it mainly the format being changed or??</p>
<p>Any one want to get this thread going again?</p>
<p>IvyGlobal backed up their promise and sent me a copy of their book for free.</p>
<p>It doesn’t look bad, and their practice tests have definitely been made with a genuine attempt to fulfill the parameters as expressed in the CB’s (limited) explanations of the new test.</p>
<p>Hopefully I can find time to write more later, but in the meantime, my quick evaluation is this:</p>
<p>It’s too long, very padded, and full of fluff (there are many blank pages and many pages with just a few questions on them; margins are huge; it’s full of the usual dull “advice.” But it’s not a bad book. Its advice isn’t wrongheaded, its explanations are fairly articulate, and its practice tests are at least a good faith attempt to predict how the real test will look. I’d bet money that the real test doesn’t really end up looking like them, but their guess is as good as mine and they didn’t do shoddy work in their haste to be first-to-market.</p>
<p>Hi, My daughter is preparing for SAT, and I need some advice. Is DVD is enough? she recently joined SAT Prep at C2 Gainesville,(<a href=“https://plus.google.com/116360455800717537499”>https://plus.google.com/116360455800717537499</a>).</p>
<p>@marvin100 Thank you for taking the time to write this brief review. I appreciate your honesty and balance assessment, a rarity in these modern times. Cheers.</p>
<p>Ivy Global sent me a copy of the book as well. I haven’t had time to review it yet, but clearly management has addressed the issues noted in earlier posts and is doing their best to rectify them. Good job ivy.</p>
Collegeboard released another set of practice questions for the new PSAT starting in October 2015 and the new SAT beginning spring of 2016. Here is a link to the practice questions: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sample-questions