The Princeton Review realizes that acing the New York City Specialized High Schools Admissions Test is very different from getting straight A's in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about reading, writing, and arithmetic. We only teach you what you need to know to score higher on the exam and get into the high school of your choice. In Cracking the New York City Specialized High Schools Admissions Test , we'll teach you how to think like the test writers and

·Eliminate answer choices using Process of Elimination and other techniques

·Answer questions you are unsure of by guessing intelligently

·Ace the reading comprehension questions by using clues in the answer choices

·Earn more points by Plugging In numbers on algebra problems

·Pace yourself in order to make teh most of your time and score higher

This book includes a full-length practice SHSAT exam. All of our practice questions are like the ones you’ll see on the actual test, and we fully explain every solution.