Kaplan SAT ACT & PSAT 2001
$9.95		(Win95/98/Me/XP/Mac) (With Manual) (KAPLSAT1DO)

Publisher: Kaplan / Encore Education

Reference / Test Preparation

Discover the Proven Kaplan Method!

Diagnose Your Strengths

• Analysis of your performance by question type, topic, technique, and more. Learn where you are spending the most time, and whether you are changing right answers to wrong ones!

Sharpen Your Test-Taking Skills

• Develop your pacing, instincts and abilities
• Learn how and when to guess
• Learn to eliminate answers quickly
• Personalized study plans to sharpen your skills

Over 2,700 Test Questions

• 5 full-length SAT simulated tests
• 2 full-length ACT simulated tests
• 4 complete paper tests
• 4 extra Verbal-only sections (SAT)
• 4 extra Math-only sections (SAT)
• 2 sections for each of the following: English, Math, Reading and Science for ACT
• 2 complete PSAT writing section tests

Secrets & Strategies Revealed

• Secrets of guessing, answer changing, elimination and timing
• Identify math traps, prepare for Grid-ins and learn score-boosting tactics
• Learn quick methods to save precious time on test day

Complete SAT/ACT Reference Lounge

• Frequently asked questions
• Vocabulary lessons and strategies
• Print-and-study vocabulary list
• Over 700 quick-study flash cards

Understand what it all means! How did you really do?

• Math and Verbal skills analyzed
• Test-taking skills analyzed by question type, topic, and technique

In-depth targeted review

• Identify your needs and focus on specific areas
• SAT review: Math and Verbal lessons
• ACT review: English, Math, Reading, and Science
• Math challenge
• Sentence completion
• Quantitative comparisons
• Grid-ins
• Writing
• Critical reading
• Analogies
• Verbal challenge

Admissions

• Planner / Calendar with must-do dates
• Searchable scholarship database
• Customized search of over 1,000 colleges
• Compare scores - scoring averages for over 1,000 colleges
• Internet links to over 1,000 college Web sites
• Multimedia tutorial covering every step of the admissions process

Additional Features:

• Customized study schedules
• In-depth Math Review
• Comprehensive Verbal Review
• Create the plan you need to get the score you want

Requirements:

Windows: Windows 95 or higher (including Windows XP), 486SX or higher (Pentium recommended), 16MB RAM, 15MB hard disk space, 640x480x256 colors (thousands/millions recommended), 2x CD-ROM drive, 16 bit audio. Note: Internet connection required for Web features.

Macintosh: PowerPC, System 7.5.5 or higher, 24MB RAM (more RAM is required to run with Internet browser, or Virtual Memory must be enabled), 18MB hard disk space, 640x480x256 colors (thousands/millions recommended), 2x CD-ROM drive, 16 bit audio. Note: Internet connection required for Web features.

Reviews:

Computer Shopper, February 1998

"You can tell right away from the cartoons and hip humor that Kaplan's Higher Score on the SAT and ACT makes a real effort to hold your attention as it takes you through the ins and outs of the tests. This doesn't mean, however, that it skimps on substance. There are lessons on test strategy for each section of the test, reviews of basic math concepts, flash cards for vocabulary and math, practice tests, and games that reinforce what you've learned."

"Kaplan excels in the area of practice tests. For the SAT, for example, there's a half-length diagnostic test, four section-length tests for the verbal and math parts, and four full-length practice tests. The interactive answer sheets let you mark questions you want to come back to, indicate whether you're sure or unsure of an answer, and cross out choices you've eliminated. After you've finished the test, a chart-based analysis shows how well you did by guessing, whether changing answers helped or hurt you, and how well you eliminated answers that were obviously wrong. You see which answer is right and get an explanation of why.

"The Kaplan course is also fairly interactive. If you begin by filling in the student profile and taking the diagnotstic test, the program prepares a customized study plan for you, based on how much time you have before the test, and which areas you need to review the most."

"Overall, the program's humorous touches made for a more enjoyable and inviting learning experience, and its analysis of test results was both accurate and valuable."

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