Another subject that I am surprised has to be explained so much is coordinate geometry. I thought that it was a very easy, concrete concept to grasp, but apparently some people are better at putting it into practice than using the concepts on a math exam. I was also astonished that some people do not understand the made up symbol problems. It is simply following the example set before you.

Just a note: On the “grid-in problems,” the “ETS screwed up!” They made grid a verb when the only definition for the word “grid” is a noun.

I was also surprised when this book suggested guessing. They actually recommend it. This is because your chances of getting the problem right cancel out the points that are taken off if you get it wrong. They take off a quarter point for wrong answers. If you have a one in five chance of getting the question right, you would get twenty out of one hundred questions right. For the other eighty, they would only take off twenty points. Do the math; you come out even. If you give an educated guess, you may beat the odds and score some extra points.

After the section about guessing and other rules in the book comes the section about the SAT II. This seems to be about editing for correctness and showing that you know how to use grammar and write a descent essay. All of the grammar rules that were listed in the book were ones that we had gone over in etymology class. They included: subject-verb agreement, noun-pronoun agreement, pronoun subjects and objects, pronoun consistency, verb tense agreement, adjective and adverb usage, parallel construction, run-on sentences and sentence fragments, observation issues, dangling modifiers, sentence logic, common expressions, and logical comparisons. Much of these mistakes can be heard when reading the sentence and are common sense.