COMPARE & CONTRAST SEVEN DAYS TO A BETTER SAT SCORE WITH OTHER BOOKS
| Seven Days to a Better SAT Score: | The Other Books: |
| Young cast of colorful characters much like the readers | Lifeless narration from the standpoint of authority |
| Humor, slang and pop culture references that teens understand | Dry, boring language |
| Lessons in logic to prepare for any test including the SAT | Long lists of vocabulary and formulas that students retain only for the SAT |
| Less than 300 easy-to-navigate pages | Up to 1000 pages for busy students to work through |
COMPARE & CONTRAST THE NEW SAT WITH THE OLD SAT
| New SAT | Old SAT |
| Three sections: Math, Writing and Critical Reading | Two sections: Verbal and Math |
| Perfect score = 2400 with 800 possible points per section | Perfect score = 1600 with 800 possible points per section |
| 3 hours and 45 minutes in length | 3 hours in length |
| Fewer overall questions = less time pressure on test takers | More overall questions = more time pressure on test takers |
| Writing section contains an essay and multiple-choice grammar questions | No grammar section or essay |
| Critical Reading section consists of sentence-completion, new short reading passages, and long reading passages | Analogies (This question type has been eliminated from the New SAT.) |
| Math section includes multiple-choice and student-produced answers, and Algebra II questions | Quantitative Comparison (This question type has been eliminated from the New SAT.) |