Dr. John Chung's SAT Math 3rd Edition: 60 Perfect Tips and 15 Complete Tests.

This is by far the best book you can get if you're scoring >650 and are looking to get a near perfect score. The hints are actually really helpful in making sure you know the FASTEST way to do SAT type of problems (the level 4 and 5 ones). You should know a lot of the tips, and you might be tempted to skip right to the practice tests, but I can almost assure you that you'll find better and faster ways of solving certain types of problems (average speed, similar sides/areas, number of handshakes). Overall, I truly like the practice problems after each tip, I was expecting them to be long, algebraically computation intensive problems, but instead they are 'tough' in that they make you think, but there is always an easy way to solve them, just like level 4 and 5 SAT questions. Dr.Chung never expects you to solve out 5 minute algebraic problems, so if you're spending 2+ minutes on a problem you're probably not doing it the way he intended. As you practice you'll definitely develop a more intuitive eye for shortcuts as you go through the tips and then the practice tests.As for the practice tests, I haven't taken any as I'm still going through all the tips, but if the questions are like the ones after each tip, then they practice tests probably won't resemble the actual SAT in that Chung's tests are mostly filled with level 4-5 questions. You probably won't finish in the time suggest in the first couple tries, but as you go through them you'll find yourself finding the shortcuts faster. Once you take the actual SAT you'll be more than to blow through the level 4-5 problems and finish with an abundant of time left.**Update**I started taking the practice tests as the SAT gets nearer, and as I suspected, the problems are mostly level 4-5. The great thing is that these DO resemble the tougher questions on the SAT. In fact, I've taken the PSAT and the SAT twice, and for each one I remember what problems gave me trouble on the math portion (2-4 per test), and to my surprise, there are almost exact replicas of those questions on Chung's book both in the tips and in the practice tests.First test: 9 questions wrong(I normally get 2-4 wrong per SAT/PSAT), right on time for each section (normally 2-3 minutes left on the normal SAT, except for the last section which I either don't finish or finish right on time). Thoughts: tough, but it's not weird/crazy math, the questions resemble both the questions from the tips and the latter questions on the normal SAT.Second test: 5 questions wrong (3 misreads, 2 brain-stompers). Finished each section with one to three minutes left. The questions are getting easier for me, though #16 on the last section was tougher than normal.

I have a 3.3 GPA and fit in the invisible first quartile of my high school class. My SAT ambition was to offset my marginal GPA with a shockingly high SAT score - perhaps giving my application a couple extra seconds before rejection.I got this book after previously purchasing the Kaplan guide, Barrons and the College Board On-line test prep. I had started with a modest 550 math and verbal and gradually climbed up to the 650 range. (I was still having problems with the high difficulty math problems, and finishing the math section within the slim time limit.The books starts with fifty tips. These tips could fit on 3x5 note cards and they elegantly capture the most common brain benders. Each tip is followed by three to four practice problems that were typical SAT nightmare problems - a three minute problem with two minutes to finish. Following these fifty tips are twenty practice math tests. The math tests have 3 math sections and resemble the SAT test format; however, these are head bangers. I didn't even bother to follow the time requirements because these test questions start out hard and stay hard.I took each test with the goal of being able to answer each of the questions and applying the related tip. After five or six tests, the questions became less intimidating. I was able to finish 11 tests and the 50 tips in a three week period. Two days before the test I relaxed and got caught up on some TV and chores. I took the test with time to spare. It felt like an entirely different test - a breeze.The early tips are very helpful, but there are quite a few typos. You can still get the idea with the typos, and I hope that Dr. Chung can touch them up with a future edition of the book. There's very little writing of encouragement and counseling: the book goes straight to business. Just get to work and the anxiety will take care of itself.

The problems in this book (the tips) are way harder than most SAT math questions so it gets you VERY prepared. If you completed this book in its entirety, i wouldn't be surprised if you got a 750+ score in the math section. There are quite a few editing mistakes but it really doesn't matter because this book gives you hard core practice. The book is really meant for advanced math students in need of that extra boost to get them into the "hot shot" score range but nonetheless it provides great practice for any student.