This book is a supplement to the Official Guide to the SAT. It contains answer explanations to each question (although the Official Guide does indicate the answers, it does not explain them). Some of the explanations are excellent; others are just mediocre, but all in all, it's worth the 25 dollars for tough problems that a student can't solve or that a tutor would like help in explaining.

I find it ironic that one of the original founders of the Princeton Review would go on to write a SAT book that can only be described as "Kaplanesque" in that it contains way more details than necessary! However, there is no denying Robinson's powerful intellect and his ability to break down the test into discrete units. Consider this a "Master Class" for SAT students and tutors.

This book is written by a fellow Harvard Grad who lives and works as a private tutor in New York. It's in the same vein as "Up Your Score": a lighthearted, humorous take on the SAT. Instead of trying to tackle everything on the test, Schrefer instead focuses on providing quick, useful tips and shortcuts, with a particular emphasis on the math section. All in all, it's worth the ten bucks.

Personally, I find Kaplan's SAT techniques to be slightly less effective than those of the Princeton Review. They try in vain to cover every facet of every area of the test, and it just ends up sounding too complicated for many students (see "RocketReview Revolution" for similarities). That being said, Kaplan's practice SATs are helpful if you run out of the 8 Official Tests.