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Proven techniques for scoring high from the country's leading test-prep company7 Complete Sample Tests IncludedA thorough review of the general knowledge covered by the MATTips for avoiding traps by thinking like the test makersStrategies for overcoming the test's cultural biases.Techniques to help you earn pointsThe only book with online support! (see back cover)Why should I buy this book?There are other MAT books on the shelves. Some are significantly thicker than this one. But you should put them back and buy Cracking the MAT.Other books are long because they are unfocused; rather than raise your scores, they will overwhelm you with thousands of questions that have nothing to do with the actual MAT exam. Cracking the MAT offers in-depth instruction on the skills covered by the MAT exam. Then it shows you how to use that knowledge to quickly attack and answer test questions. We won't waste your time. Everything in this book will help raise your score on the MAT exam. We spend over two million dollars a year in research and development to make sure that Princeton Review students receive thoroughly tested, up-to-date materials. No one can raise scores as we can. Our techniques are based on a thorough analysis of the most recent exams. And when the tests change, we change. Read this book. Practice our techniques on a real exam. And if you need more personal attention, we can tutor you. Whatever you do, we wish you good luck.Who is The Princeton Review?Ask the 70,000 students who took our intensive six-week courses last year. Or the millions who bought our books. They'll tell you The Princeton Review means the best in test prep. Our courses are: Personal: Our classes are grouped by shared test-taking strengths and weaknesses and consist of eight to fifteen students. You'll work at your own pace. And if you don't understand a concept, we'll work with you, in person, until you do. Efficient: The Princeton Review is a systematic approach to solving test problems. We combine solid academic preparation with revolutionary test-taking techniques to maximize scores. And Effective: The Princeton Review guarantees results--if you complete the course, take the test, and are not satisfied with your score, we'll work with you again, free. Backing our courses--and our books and software--is over two million dollars a year in training and research. No one knows standardized tests better than we do. And no student is better prepared than a Princeton Review student.
Series: Princeton Review: Cracking the MAT
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Princeton Review; 2nd edition (May 20, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0679778667
ISBN-13: 978-0679778660
Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
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The strengths of this book include clear and succinct reviews of test-taking strategies specific to the MAT and of many domains of general information (e.g. art, music, literature, mythology) tapped by the test. Quizzes that accompany each section have helped me to reinforce the material covered.Unfortunately, the book is so replete with erroneous information, that I've starting to question the credibility of the company that published it. Just a few examples:P. 85 "Alexander Hamilton: First head of the U.S. Treasury, his face is on the twenty dollar bill." [If you believe that, I'll give you a Hamilton for every Jackson you give me.]P. 97 "Veins: The tubes that carry blood to the heart, the most major of which is the jugular vein, in your neck." [Good thing you're not taking the MCAT. In actuality, the internal jugular veins, of which there are two, join the subclavian veins to form the brachiocephalic veins, and the two brachiocephalic veins join to form the superior portion of the vena cava, which is the "most major" vein, bringing blood directly to the right atrium of the heart.]P. 107 "Richter Scale: A logarithmic scale, from 0 to 8, that measures the magnitude of tremors, earthquakes ..." [Perhaps the 1964 earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska was not really 8.4 on the Richter Scale, as reported, but of too great a magnitude to be measured.]The analogies included in the practice tests are also of very poor quality, and in a number of cases the analogy clearly has more than one answer. For example:P. 109-110 Analogy: 7 : 5 :: 17 : (a. 16, b. 15, c. 14, d. 13) Answer: "(b) Seven plus 10 is 17, and 5 plus 10 is 15."[And here I thought 7, 5, 17 and 13 might all be prime numbers]P. 118-119 Analogy: (a. pans, b. plants, c. grows, d. trats) : START :: POTS : STOP Answer: "(d) Stop is pots reversed, and the same is true of start and trats. Pans are not the opposite of pots if that's the one you chose; think about it---they are the same things, just variations"[I did think about it. I thought that pots were deep containers and pans were shallow containers of earthenware, metal, etc, used for domestic purposes. Each of the dictionaries that I consulted corroborated my bold supposition. On further thought, I realized that anyone preparing to take the MAT who believes that "variation" is synonymous with "same," as implied by the author, may be in for a rude awakening when their score report arrives. After all, the MAT is an analogy test. This is why I decided to write a review.]Regarding preparation for the MAT, there is a Latin expression that may be important to know:Caveat Emptor!! (let the buyer beware)
This book consists of sections where they tell you how to figure out the questions and how to "out think" the test writers. This part was informative, but if you've ever taken any kind of standardized test before, this is all second nature. The part I found the most useful was the actual "study guides". They had a vocab section with words and definitions, a science where they went over the major information on the MAT, a culture section, where they reviewed famous authors, artists, etc (the most useful to me, since I didn't know any of that stuff!!). I took a practice test before I did the little review sections, and the tests after I studied the review sections showed huge improvements in my score. However, **BE CAREFUL WITH THE ANSWER KEY! THERE ARE ERRORS!** I've found several so far, am I'm not done with the book yet!!! However, they're fairly easy to spot, if you use common sense. If you sincerely doubt an answer's validity, look it up. I found the correct answers elsewhere in the book.
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