Beginning in 2005, the new SAT I is more demanding than ever, and can no longer be aced with a few simplistic test-taking tricks. Huge score breakthroughs on the SAT I come only through building your core academic reasoning skills: you have to learn how to solve tough math problems, to read well, and to write well. Good colleges demand these skills, and have persuaded the ETS to re-write the SAT I accordingly. The College Hill Method, which we have incorporated into MCGRAW-HILL'S SAT I, is a remarkably effective system for building the reasoning skills at the core of the.