Sharon Weiner Green - SAT Study Guide with 5 Practice Tests

Study Guide

THIRTIETH EDITION

Sharon Weiner Green, M.A.

Former Instructor in English

Merritt College

Oakland, California

Ira K. Wolf, Ph.D.

Former High School Teacher, College Professor,

and University Director of Teacher Preparation

Brian W. Stewart, M.Ed.

Founder and President

BWS Education Consulting, Inc.

In memory of Mitchel Weiner and Samuel Brownstein, who first brought college entrance test preparation to the high school students of America.

S.W.G.

To Elaine, my wife and best friend, for all of your support and love.

I.K.W.

To Caitlin, Andrew, and Eloise for all of your love and support.

B.W.S.

Sharon Green started helping prepare students for the PSAT and SAT as a 13-year-old assistant at her fathers college entrance tutoring course; she has never stopped since. A National Merit Scholar, she holds degrees from Harvard College, New York University School of Education, and the University of California at Berkeley. Her test preparation books, all published by Barrons, run the gamut from the California High School Proficiency Examination to the GRE. Whenever she can dig her way out from under multiple dictionaries, Sharon enjoys folk dancing, reading Jane Austen and science fiction, and watching Little League baseball.

Dr. Ira Wolf has had a long career in math education. In addition to teaching math at the high school level for several years, he was a professor of mathematics at Brooklyn College and the Director of the Mathematics Teacher Preparation program at SUNY Stony Brook.

Dr. Wolf has been helping students prepare for college entrance exams, including the PSAT, SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Tests in Math for more than 35 years. He is the founder and former president of PowerPrep, a test preparation company on Long Island that has helped several thousand high school students prepare for the SAT.

Brian W. Stewart is the founder and president of BWS Education Consulting, Inc., a boutique tutoring and test preparation company based in Columbus, Ohio. His company has worked with thousands of students from all over the world to help them improve their test scores and earn admission to selective schools. Brian earned his A.B. in Philosophy at Princeton University and his Masters in Education at The Ohio State University. He is also the author of Barrons ACT Study Guide, Barrons Strategies and Practice for the PSAT/NMSQT, Barrons PSAT/NMSQT 1520, and Barrons SAT Reading Workbook. You can connect with Brian at www.bwseducationconsulting.com.

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