Ace the SAT or ACT! With Tested Tips from High-Scoring Students If you are one of the over three million students taking the SAT or one of the over two million students taking the ACT this year, you may be a bit stressed out. Looking for a little advice? How would you like the secrets and advice from a few hundred high-scoring SAT and ACT test takers to help you out? Read on!

How to Survive the SAT [and ACT] offers the invaluable advice from hundreds of students who have scored high on the SAT and ACT and got into their top-choice college. Hundreds of Heads interviewed successful students at colleges across the country to get the best tips, stories, and advice on navigating this important first step of the college admissions process and acing the big test.

College students offer their best tips and strategies on everything from techniques for prepping for the test, psychological tricks to get you through, and test-day rituals to ensure success. Throughout the book, they share what worked (and what didn?) in conquering the dreaded SAT and ACT.

How to Survive the SAT [and ACT] includes insider tips on:

Getting started: the first step to a high score Studying and mental preparation Friends, family, and your school Specific tips on the reading, math, and writing sections Test day jitters Key differences between the SAT and ACT

For both encouragement and invaluable advice, How to Survive the SAT [and ACT] is for students aiming to score higher!

Contributor Information Jay Brody is the College Admissions Guide for About.com, a New York Times company. As a full-time college admissions counselor, Jay worked with dozens of families each year on applications, essays, interviewing, scholarships, SATs, and ACTs. He earned an English degree from Williams College and a law degree from Harvard. He lives in Chicago and is available for interviews.