Comments on: McGraw-Hill’s Catholic High School Entrance Exams, 2ed http://www.vermontcareers.org/57-mcgraw-hills-catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-2ed.html Tue, 11 May 2010 02:34:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: GPC in NYC http://www.vermontcareers.org/57-mcgraw-hills-catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-2ed.html#comment-143 GPC in NYC Tue, 11 May 2010 02:34:03 +0000 http://www.vermontcareers.org/57-mcgraw-hills-catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-2ed.html#comment-143 This book was written by someone who could not pass a HS equivalency exam. The number of incorrect answers to the Math problems is unbelievable. For your own sanity, teach your child yourself before you even think of opening this book. I'd like to know who edited this. How can McGraw Hill publish this - does anyone in this world know grammar-school math? I wish I paid for this directly and not along with tuition to the review class. I would insist on a refund and sue for emotional damage! <br />I am unable to enter zero stars - that is the only reason it gets one star. Rating: 1 / 5 This book was written by someone who could not pass a HS equivalency exam. The number of incorrect answers to the Math problems is unbelievable. For your own sanity, teach your child yourself before you even think of opening this book. I’d like to know who edited this. How can McGraw Hill publish this – does anyone in this world know grammar-school math? I wish I paid for this directly and not along with tuition to the review class. I would insist on a refund and sue for emotional damage!

I am unable to enter zero stars – that is the only reason it gets one star.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Frederick and the Pirate King http://www.vermontcareers.org/57-mcgraw-hills-catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-2ed.html#comment-142 Frederick and the Pirate King Tue, 11 May 2010 02:27:34 +0000 http://www.vermontcareers.org/57-mcgraw-hills-catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-2ed.html#comment-142 We recently paid for a diagnostic exam at a local test preparation center, which will remain nameless. They used this book's exam for my son's assessment. Fortunately, before making any decisions about using the center for a full preparation course, we took their proposed program home and asked them for a copy of the diagnostic questions. However they did not give us a copy of all the questions and all the answers. <br /> <br />In reviewing the questions for some of the answers the center had marked wrong we couldn't understand why there were no choices that were actually correct, yet my son was marked wrong anyway. We purchased a used copy of the book to find out more. After reviewing the actual book, we found it has many errors. The test preparation center and the book's assessment have now lost credibility and we have lost our time trying to figure this out. Thankfully, Amazon sellers were selling this book for only a penny + shipping. <br />__________ <br />Some questions on the HSPT diagnostic which should not be trusted are: <br /> <br />Quantitative: #17 (no correct choice listed) <br />Mathematics: #38 (choice A should read '-1' but reads 2/5. In the overview section the editors didn't catch this but they actually listed '-1' as the correct choice) <br />Language: #46 (no correct choice - "anniversary" is spelled correctly) <br />"Faithless book to deceive me, I who tru-sted so" (adapted from Pirates of Penzance) Rating: 1 / 5 We recently paid for a diagnostic exam at a local test preparation center, which will remain nameless. They used this book’s exam for my son’s assessment. Fortunately, before making any decisions about using the center for a full preparation course, we took their proposed program home and asked them for a copy of the diagnostic questions. However they did not give us a copy of all the questions and all the answers.

In reviewing the questions for some of the answers the center had marked wrong we couldn’t understand why there were no choices that were actually correct, yet my son was marked wrong anyway. We purchased a used copy of the book to find out more. After reviewing the actual book, we found it has many errors. The test preparation center and the book’s assessment have now lost credibility and we have lost our time trying to figure this out. Thankfully, Amazon sellers were selling this book for only a penny + shipping.

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Some questions on the HSPT diagnostic which should not be trusted are:

Quantitative: #17 (no correct choice listed)

Mathematics: #38 (choice A should read ‘-1′ but reads 2/5. In the overview section the editors didn’t catch this but they actually listed ‘-1′ as the correct choice)

Language: #46 (no correct choice – “anniversary” is spelled correctly)

“Faithless book to deceive me, I who tru-sted so” (adapted from Pirates of Penzance)
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Bess George http://www.vermontcareers.org/57-mcgraw-hills-catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-2ed.html#comment-141 Bess George Tue, 11 May 2010 00:05:41 +0000 http://www.vermontcareers.org/57-mcgraw-hills-catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-2ed.html#comment-141 Don't waste your money (and time) on this book! It is filled with errors as other reviewers have cited. I only wish I had read their reviews before I purchased this book for my child, who encountered more than a dozen errors on the practice tests. The editors and proofreaders of this book should be ashamed! I am talking about the 2009 edition with the orange cover. Another reviewer says this book is an improvement over a previous edition. Faint praise at best. Rating: 1 / 5 Don’t waste your money (and time) on this book! It is filled with errors as other reviewers have cited. I only wish I had read their reviews before I purchased this book for my child, who encountered more than a dozen errors on the practice tests. The editors and proofreaders of this book should be ashamed! I am talking about the 2009 edition with the orange cover. Another reviewer says this book is an improvement over a previous edition. Faint praise at best.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: R. Chakravorty http://www.vermontcareers.org/57-mcgraw-hills-catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-2ed.html#comment-140 R. Chakravorty Mon, 10 May 2010 22:01:16 +0000 http://www.vermontcareers.org/57-mcgraw-hills-catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-2ed.html#comment-140 This is one of the standard books for preparing for catholic high schools. <br />However it is not the only one. I bought the book for my son's exam preparations. It has served its purpose. Gave him a good idea about the test questions. It made him feel confident. Rating: 4 / 5 This is one of the standard books for preparing for catholic high schools.

However it is not the only one. I bought the book for my son’s exam preparations. It has served its purpose. Gave him a good idea about the test questions. It made him feel confident.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: Joann D. Ricks http://www.vermontcareers.org/57-mcgraw-hills-catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-2ed.html#comment-139 Joann D. Ricks Mon, 10 May 2010 21:05:06 +0000 http://www.vermontcareers.org/57-mcgraw-hills-catholic-high-school-entrance-exams-2ed.html#comment-139 Excellent tool for any 8th grader who needs to take a high school entrance exam for a Catholic High School. It was a complete review of all subjects and math and algebra were covered very well. The review tests helped my teen get an excellent grade on her entrance exams. Rating: 5 / 5 Excellent tool for any 8th grader who needs to take a high school entrance exam for a Catholic High School. It was a complete review of all subjects and math and algebra were covered very well. The review tests helped my teen get an excellent grade on her entrance exams.
Rating: 5 / 5

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