My aim was to buy a PSAT prep book that would prepare for the test. I, knowing very little about the reputations of various SAT prep companies, ended up purchasing this book because it was the cheapest on the rack at Borders. I was, however, immensely disappointed on the quality of instruction it offered. The first sample test was utterly glutted with errors and mistakes. I also heard later that the questions weren't even real PSAT questions. Personally, I plan on contacting Barron's so I can receive a full refund.

I bought this book as an impulse after seeing it contained eleven practice exams, plenty of practice. However, the questions are terrible representations of actual questions, the answers are often mistyped, and wrong portions of sentences are underlined. The format of the book is not conducive to a true test either. If you are studying for the PSAT I recommend getting the Princeton book and a solid SAT II Writing book. Don't be conned by the many practice exams inside, they won't help you at all.

I used Barron's SAT review book this spring and did fantastically on the May exam. My younger brother is taking the PSAT in October so he got this book to get ready. I looked it over and realized that all the good strategies from the SAT book are here. And it has all the stuff from the PSAT as well. When I studied for the PSAT this book wasn't out yet. How lucky is he. It is the only book that I have seen that has more than 10 practice PSAT's---including the writing skills part.If you are in 10th grade and are taking the PSAT next year, you should get this book!

I have done five of the practice tests, and I have found mistakes in every single one! Now, I'm just a student; I'm not a teacher who's nitpicking at every little thing.

Some questions in the practice tests do not have a right answer because of a mistake in either the question or the answer choices. There are mistakes where the answer key differs from the explanation. There are also questions that have glaringly obvious puctuation errors.

This book has a lot of mistakes. It has too many tests, but not enough practice problems to help correct your weakness. It has good tips on doing the problems.

I am a private tutor. I work with 80-100 students per year on the PSAT/SAT. I find that of all the PSAT books, this is the best, although imperfect, since it has the most practice materials. I concur with another review that there are mistakes, so the user has to be careful. However, the mistakes are few compared to the volume of material in the book. There is also a lengthy section of vocabulary building which is valuable.

Having just completed the GED testing in Santa Clara County, CA, I wanted to take a moment to share some observations I made while using "Barron's, How to Prepare for the GED" (11th Edition). While I did find the guide helpful, I also found a highly disturbing number of errors. Most of the errors I'm referring to go far beyond common typographical or publication errors. Considering the purpose of the publication, I expected quality but found a total lack of it.

Of particular concern, is the math section. The cover of the guide advertises "Extensively revised and updated," and "All new math review." However, is where I found the greatest number of flagrant errors.

I don't know if primary responsibility for these errors rests with the author(s), editor(s), or publisher, but I'm certain most everyone will agree that the quality of educational materials of this nature is everyone's concern.

I have sent a sample of the errors I encountered to the publisher for review. I have also forwarded a copy to the Board of Education in California. Based on the number of (obvious) errors I encountered, I think it safe to assume the actual number of errors, in this particular publication, goes far beyond the 50 "+" question and answer errors I documented.

I bought this book because I have had so many positive experiences with other Barron's series. I will be taking a general math/English exam as a part of an application process to work at my children's school. I wanted to review various subject areas that I thought mught be covered on the exam, and so I picked up Barron's GED and CBEST books. I am still making my way through the GED book, and haven't yet started on the CBEST.

I am almost through with the math portion of the GED book, and I am so angry. By the time I realized how many errors were in almost every micro-section of the math review, I had already thrown away my receipt. This book is unbelievable. Granted, the portions that are written accurately are thoughtful and mostly easy to follow, but the amount of errors (3 errors on one of the math pages) are incomprehensible. How did this happen? Error after error after error.....I think you get the picture. I am now on page 522, where the "ANSWERS" portion of a chapter review test lists the answer to problem #6 as choice "7." Well, hello, but the choices only number from 1-5. Choice Number 7 doesn't exist!

Barron's wasted my time and my money on this one. The discussion portions are extremely helpful, but need to be backed up with consistantly accurate math problems and answers. If Barron's can go back and fix these errors (and maybe offer the poor saps who bought this version an unconditional money-back return policy, with or without receipt in hand), this would actually be a great book.

The book is pretty good except of the chapter maths. Maths is lousy. There are more than a dozen real terrible mistakes! I've never seen before a book with so many mistakes.

All of the study suggestions and coaching seemed very helpful...UNTIL I took the three practice tests in the book. Several of the answers the book gives are totally wrong, mainly typos on math problems. This casts doubt on the accuracy of the rest of the material in the book. Typos are to be expected in any book. But somebody should have checked to make sure the answers matched up with the questions before this thing was published. This is a seriously sloppy editing job. I'm sure there's a better GRE study book out there.

I'm certain that I did better on the GRE than I would have without having read this book. However, there must be better books out there. For one thing, this one (2nd edition) spends an awful lot of time on strategy for the pencil-and-paper version of the GRE. I don't know of any place in the US that doesn't offer the computer-adaptive version, and it's my understanding that the vast majority of US test sites will not *let* you take the pencil-and-paper version. Let's hope the book's 3rd edition takes that into account and gives more strategy info on the computer-adaptive test.

Then there were all those typos. Big ole honkin' errors everywhere. So the practice tests were almost worthless. They were also arranged in such a manner that I had to use three bookmarks to refer back and forth after each section. Very annoying, and the book's squat shape wouldn't let the pages stay open by themselves, so I always had to use a hand or a knee or something to anchor them down.

Where the book does give useful information, it doesn't give enough. There was a little section (about a page) on math formulas, which was nice, but what I really needed was a page or two of those little math "tricks"--those shortcuts you learn in high school and promptly forget until the next time you take a math class (which is a looooong time for some of us).

I would have given this book one star, but a) it was better than nothing, and b) there *is* a 3rd edition out, so maybe there's hope.

This pass key could benefit from a more careful locksmith. Multiple proof-reading errors_in questions, answer keys and solution explanations_made studying with this book almost as challenging as taking the test.

I bought this book... as it is my intention to buy a replacement for it as soon as possible.
I have taken all of the GED pretests in this book. That is where I am going to stop. Along with errors, it is my opinion that the passages they give you to read from often do not give ample detail for the questions afterward, and in a few cases none at all. I will give examples upon request via e-mail if anyone would like.
I read approximately 500 pages a week as a pastime, and have been a writer for 13 years- I just didn't get my high school diploma. I still scored well on these tests, as well as can be expected, but have scored significantly higher on other books. I believe this is due to others having questions that better pertain to the information given.