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Hack the SAT: Strategies and Sneaky Shortcuts That Can Raise Your Score Hundreds of Points

Eliot Schrefer

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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A top SAT coach—whose high-scoring strategies earned him $300 an hour from Manhattan’s elite private-school students —now makes his unique, proven secrets available to all.

Money can buy academic success, and the SAT is no exception. Harvard honors graduate Eliot Schrefer discovered this lucrative truth when he took a job at the nation’s most exclusive test-prep firm. He has helped hundreds of his clients raise their scores an average of 300 points and reel in admission to exclusive colleges. Now, in a guide that is as unique as his tricks, Schrefer brings his extraordinary pointers to every anxious applicant.

This user-friendly rescue manual delivers such scoreboosting features as:

• a killer vocabulary list, including words the SAT has repeated for decades (and why reading Vanity Fair magazine is smart test prep)

• cheap tricks to master the math section (surprise! you learned all you needed to know about SAT math by the eighth grade)

• how to be a grammar genius without cracking another book (bonus: discover the tiny subset of grammar rules that is the SAT’s secret lover)

Schrefer writes in a snappy, conversational tone, dishing gossipy anecdotes about former clients while presenting advice not found in competing books. With a design that is as vibrant as a gamer’s virtual world, this is the ultimate weapon in the quest for test-score triumph.

.hack Part 2: Mutation Official Strategy Guide

Laura Parkinson

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Useful Information 4 out of 5 stars.
14 of 14 people found this review helpful.

Given that .hack//MUTATION is a fairly linear game of only moderate complexity, writing a strategy guide must be a special challenge. Many publishers would give into the temptation to fill the guide with great numbers of screen shots and side stories in an effort to make a collectors item out of what would otherwise be a thin effort. For some reason, BradyGames rarely gives into that temptation, and this guide is a classic example of providing all the needed information without burying it in glitz.

They provide a straightforward and complete walkthrough, plenty of information on side quests, and all the usual weapon and monster details. Maps are provided where needed, and, yes, there still is room for plenty of screen shots. They are especially good at detailing the moves necessary to deal with the game's deadly bosses. And grunty races as well - although nothing could save me from my inept reflexes.

I am not sure if a guide is necessary for playing .hack//MUTATION, but if you like them as I do, you will find that this guide delivers everything it should in useful form. There are two more of these still to come in the series though, so you may want to wait until you are legitimately stumped.

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BradyGames' .hack Part 2: Mutation Official Strategy Guide provides a complete walkthrough to help gamers conquer every field and dungeon in "The World" with ease. Boss strategies to crush every boss with supreme fighting tactics. Dungeon maps pinpoint every item and Gott Statue. Comprehensive item trading list of every player character in the game. Bestiary stats for every enemy revealed! Equipment, item, and skills lists are also included.

.hack//G.U., Vol. 1//Rebirth - BradyGames Official Strategy Guide

Laura Parkinson, Jennifer Sims

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.hack//G.U. vol. 1//Rebirth 5 out of 5 stars.
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For those of you familiar with the .hack line of games this is a great first installation for the .hack//G.U. series of games. I almost can't wait for the next!

The story is about a game called The World, which is an MMORPG (*Massive Multiplayer Online Roll-Playing Game for those who don't know*). Haseo the "Terror of Death" is what is known as a PKK (*Player Killer-Killer*) and is after another player named Tri-Edge. When Tri-Edge kills players in The World, those players fall into comas in the real world. Haseo is after Tri-Edge because Shino, a player whom Haseo greatly respected, was killed by Tri-Edge.

The graphics are top notch, the different areas that you go and visit are all beautiful.

The story is really good. If you would like to know the story in the 8 months after the very opening of the game, you should purchase the series .hack//Roots which will start being released in late March/early April 2007!

The combat is impressive and not turn-based, you can run around the battle area and attack or defend as you please.

I recommend this as a great buy!

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BradyGames’ .hack//G.U. Vol.1//Rebirth Official Strategy Guide includes the following:

• A complete walkthrough of the entire game.
• Detailed area maps.
• Extensive listing of available items and equipment.
• Expert boss strategies to defeat even the toughest foe.
• Game secrets revealed!

Platform: PlayStation 2

Genre: Role-Playing Game

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.hack Part 3: Outbreak Official Strategy Guide

Laura Parkinson

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Grump!!! 2 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

Generally, there's nothing to get particularly irritated about in a game guide, even this one. They fill out the story, provide maps and walkthroughs, catalogs of items, and explain the complicated bits if there are any. Many, like this guide come out pre-production of the US version of the game. Which means that small errors and differences are inevitable.

So what irritated me about this particular 'Strategy Guide'. Actually, it was several things, but the most glaring omission is any attempt at a weapons list. That doesn't sound like much, but this game has weapons galore, and they are often vital to solving a particular confrontation. When a guide tells you to select a weapon with good fire spells, and you have to paw through an entire collection of twin blades, it can get on your nerves.

This isn't what I would call a necessary guide - .hack//OUTBREAK is not a difficult game from the viewpoint of plot or monster slayage. If you play the game straight, you may miss some of the cooler weapons and armors and never get to beat the goblins, but you will win the game without anything unfathomable happening. In these circumstances a guide should amplify the experience, be something of a souvenir, and NOT forget to tell you some important things.

This guide falls a bit short. Not fatally, but just enough to be an irritant. Think twice before imbibing.

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BradyGames' .hack Part 3: Outbreak Official Strategy Guide provides a comprehensive walkthrough for the continued journey in "The World". Expert boss strategies are also included, along with an item trading list and bestiary stats for all enemies. Dungeon maps pinpoint every treasure, portal, and Gott Statue. Equipment, item, skills lists and more!

This product is available for sale in North America only.

.hack Infection (Part 1) Official Strategy Guide

Doug Walsh, Dan Birlew

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good, but missing some key info 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This guide isn't bad but it is missing some key info.

1. Left out some item location. a few item locations were left out. While they are not that important, that shouldnt happen at all.

2. Did not provide repsond for each character. Through out the game you can email you party member to gain GP. The proper respond allows you to gain extra points.

3. Did not cover enough on the very important Monsieur and Grandpa sidequest.

Other than that the guide has everything you would need about this game.

GREAT STRADEGY GUIDE 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Ok, for one thing I agree that you might not need a stradegy guide for it but if you like to use them like me I sugest this stradegy guide! But they could of added some stuf the guide is pretty short but the game is pretty short too expecially for what you had to pay for it before 50.00!!!!!!!!!! Also i very recomend FF10.

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BradyGames' .hack Official Strategy Guide provides a comprehensive walkthrough to guide players through "The World". Unstoppable boss strategy will help players topple every enemy. All-inclusive bestiary, area maps, and weapon coverage. Game secrets revealed!

.hack Part 4: Quarantine Official Strategy Guide

BradyGames, Laura Parkinson

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Never Mess With An A:rd*a Fe/th&r 4 out of 5 stars.
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This isn't the first time, and I doubt it will be the last, where I point out that an excellent strategy guide is wasted on the game. In this case it depends on whether you entered the series at Part 4, or if you have been playing all along and started right out with a very high or maxxed out level. For high ranking characters, .hack//QUARANTINE is something of a cakewalk and play will be pretty linear. In that case, the guide will help you find some of the secrets, but there is nothing difficult enough to merit the guide's blow by blow support.

If you are new to the game the reverse is true. Each time you play the main story line you are going to find yourself facing some pretty fierce opposition. In this case, the guide is a game-saver. There arfe maps, combatant suggestions, and very detailed discussions of each of the bosses. And some other valuable tidbits as well. In this case the guide is well worth the price.

This guide is in exactly the same format as the previous guides in this series. Well made and illustrated, it will stand up to the frantic pawing which is the usual approach when you are in the middle of battle and out of your depth. It won't make the struggle any easier, but you will at least understand why you are getting pummeled. There are a couple of errors, but nothing that will interfere your progress.

Editorial Review:

BradyGames' .hack Part 4: Quarantine Official Strategy Guide features comprehensive coverage of every sidequest and a detailed walkthrough. The Phantom event is also revealed, with tips to find the characters from the anime and get the rare items. Detailed maps point out every portal, treasure, and Gott Statue. Updated bestiary plus secret keyword dungeons are uncovered! Complete equipment, item, and skills lists. Root town maps, item trading list, books of Ryu and much more!

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