I bought this book and the Kaplan Sci_Hi review book as well. I am a parent and have been going through the books with my daughter. The Zimmerman book offers helpful test strategies and study exercises. However, the practice tests have some mistakes and some of the questions are poorly written. The practice tests are not actual items from previous tests, but are constructed to be similar in difficulty. However, the practice test questions in this book were more difficult than the tests in the Kaplan book, and in the student handbook put out by the NYC Board of Education. The Kaplan book and Bd. of Ed. practice tests are actual items from previously used tests, and are therefore a better gauge of the test's level of difficulty. They are also free of errors. I recommend buying the Zimmerman book for the study tactics and study exercises. However, the Kaplan book provides better practice tests, as well as good study information. If you can only get one, get Kaplan. Also, the Bd. of Ed. puts out a free student handbook to the specialized high schools with 2 practice exams ihcluded.

This book is great! The 2 reasons i gave this a 3 is that this book has OVER 15 mistakes. My teacher checked this book and found an incorrect answer. I found a lot of typing errors. Look at the back of the book , they spelled competitive wrong as competitve, spelled soldiers as soliders, mistake the letter
Z for Q. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE , 111/333 is equal to 1/3 not less than 1/3. The second reason is that my friends did not even
pass the Specialized High School test, using the book. If this book did not have so many mistake, I will rate this book a 4+.

I got into Brooklyn Tech without the benefit of this book. I missed Bronx Science by 8 points. I feel that if I had this book, I might have gotten into all three high schools. Now, it is my litte sister's turn to take the test. She hates math a lot but has built a tolerance for it through this book. She has been doing well on the verbal section which has made me extremely happy. I think she nearly aced the verbal part on the last practice. Her only problem was scrambled paragraphs but she is now acing those too thanks to this book. Give yourself at least six months to study unless u know that u can get in with little or no preparation.

First rate compilation of well-known and not so well-known methods of incorporating sustainable architectural components into your design. This is the official book for the designers and builders of The Benchley Project in Central Texas (a sustainable living community which promotes resource conservation and exploitation). Green designers now have a "handbook" that covers a broad spectrum of environmentally driven design issues.