Even the brightest and most hard-working students arenat expected to score a perfect 2400 on their SAT college entrance tests, but students who approach perfection with scores of 2100 or higher are virtually guaranteed acceptance at the countryas most prestigious colleges. The new edition of this popular guide for high-achieving college-bound students bypasses the standard test preparation drills and offers novel advice and innovative strategies for tackling the SATas hardest questions. The book presents Critical Reading strategies for both long and short passages, concentrated help for writing a near-perfect SAT essay, and extra coaching in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics, and math word problems. Students will also find difficult practice questions with explained answers in all SAT test areas, upper-level vocabulary lists, and useful math formulas.(back cover)brThe new edition of this popular guide for high-achieving college-bound students bypasses the standard test preparation drills and offers novel advice and innovative strategies for tackling the SATas hardest questions.brliCritical Reading strategies for both long and short passagesliConcentrated help for writing a near-perfect SAT essayliExtra coaching in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics, and math word problemsliUpper-level vocabulary listsliUseful math formulas