The Bottom Line
The new portable interactive handheld tutor created by The Princeton Review is one of the best new gadgets on the market for anyone who is preparing for the SAT. The tutor offers verbal, math, and essay type review, full length practices tests, instant scoring, and much more.
Pros
- Comprehensive
- Large LCD Screen
- Portable, yet powerful
Cons
- More costly than an SAT prep book
Description
- Complete test preparation in a handheld tool
- Verbal, math, and essay tutorials
- 5,000 word SAT vocabulary list with flashcards
- Practice drills and full-length SAT practice tests with answers, explanations, and instant scoring
- Test timer, calculator, dictionary, thesaurus, and grammar guide also included
- Nicely-sized 240 x 200 pixel LCD screen
Guide Review - The Princeton Review Pocket Prep for the SAT
The Princeton Review has created a multitude of prep resources for the SAT and other standardized tests, but their latest invention is one of the best gadgets that can be found on the market. Known as the Pocket Prep, the new SAT prep tool is a portable interactive handheld tutor.Approximately the size of a calculator, the handheld battery-powered device features a large LCD screen for easy viewing. As nifty as it is on the outside, it's the inside that is amazing. The powerful tutor is equipped with everything that can be found in a standard SAT prep book and then some.
Pocket Prep has comprehensive verbal, math and essay tutorials, practice drills, vocabulary flashcards, test-taking strategies and techniques, an advanced grammar guide, a calculator, and much more.
The best feature of the Pocket Prep is the practice test function. You can take timed, full-length practice tests and receive instant scoring and feedback. Customized score reports and personal diagnostics help you track your progress every step of the way. And, the portability also has is advantages. Because it is not cumbersome in the least, you can take the Pocket Prep anywhere and study anytime.
The handheld Pocket Prep retails for $100 to $200--cost depends on where you buy it. Though you'll spend a little more on this device than you would an SAT prep book, I highly recommend it to anyone who is preparing for the SAT. It is well worth the money.
