PR 11 SATs

Test Preparation
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<p>Does anyone find critical reading questions made by PR and other companies, especially in this book, to be extremely ambiguous? There seems like there could be more than one answer to a problem. It doesn't seem like college board tests where the answers are clearly right and wrong.</p>

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<p>YES!!!! Thats why (at least for CR) ONLY DO THE COLLEGE BOARD QUESTIONS!</p>

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<p>stix2400, agreed.</p>

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<p>lol im glad that i'm not the only one who felt that way... thanx for the advice stix and george</p>

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<p>yeh i find princeton review tests..in general... to be easier than the actual CB tests</p>

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<p>PR 11 SATs is a disgrace to the SAT, standardized testing, and the American educational system</p>

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<p>It's mediocre, at best. Some of the answers in the columns (w/o the explanations) differ from the page with the answer explanations. (dunno if that makes sense)
I do the sentence completions and some of the math problems (the ones w/o the errors) for practice.
Or you could sell it on ebay. give it to your dog.</p>

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<p>The Math PR book has a bunch of column errors on the second IIc test.</p>

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<p>Sorry if my opinion offends somebody, but I believe SAT itself is a disgrace to the American educational system.</p>

<p>What I found the most amazing about PR 11 SATs book was that the founder of PR in his foreword honestly expressed this "extreme" opinion of a significant number of educators and parents.
Just for getting a perspective, check out Alfie Kohn's "The Case Against Standardized Testing. Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools".</p>

<p>There is no point in rallying pro/con SAT on this forum: we have to deal with the SAT as an unavoidable game, and learn how to beat it the most efficient way.</p>

<p>Otherwise, unfortunately, PR 11 SATs is not a very good book - especially in its CR sections, I agree with ryanberry and Co.</p>

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<p>Actually in my experience, I've taken all 11 of PR's tests. In no test did I score higher than a 620 in Critical Reading. But for some odd reason on the real SAT in June, I managed a 690 in Critical Reading. I don't know, but maybe practice test scores aren't a clear reflection of real SAT scores.</p>