Acknowledgments
Many people have helped with Up Your Score. Our heartfelt thanks to:
Chris Arp for his vast store of SAT wisdom and for keeping us laughing. We
could not have done this book without him.
David Bock, Ithaca High School, for being a terrific math teacher, for the
valuable ideas he gave us for the guessing section, and for his editing assistance.
Mom, Dad, and Meme for giving Samantha some good brain genes.
Milton Kagan, one of the few SAT coaches who really knows his stuff, for
sharing some of his excellent ideas with us.
Andrea Kochie, Ithaca High School, for being an amazing college admissions
advisor, and for helping us acquire so much of the information that we needed.
Rita Rosenkranz, the agent John Grisham wishes he had, for scoring a perfect
1600 on the Super Agent Test.
Bob Schaeffer and FairTest, for advice and information.
The folks at Workman Publishing, for their astuteness, audacity, alacrity, and
ardor—Margot Herrera and Evan Griffith for their brilliant editing, Kim Daly for
her attention to detail, Orlando Adiao for great design work, and Noreen Herits
for getting the word out.