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- Item #:
- N-46985
- Category:
- Study Skills & Education Suites
- Availability:
- Item is in stock
- Packaging:
- Retail Box
- Platform:
- WIN/MAC
- Condition:
- New
- Brand:
- Aspyr Media
- Age Rating:
- All Ages
- Original Price:
- $39.99
Play Your Way To A Better Score!
Introducing a painless new way to prep for the SAT. Sharpen your critical thinking skills, build relevant knowledge and reduce test anxiety with a collection of games that feature curriculum from Kaplan, the leader in SAT Prep. Study on your own time and for however long you like. There’s no easier – or more fun – way to become a better problem-solver, boost your confidence and up your SAT score!
No pressure. No deadlines. Just a whole lot of fun!
Aspyr Media, in collaboration with Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions introduce futureU - an SAT prep video game for PC and Mac. futureU. It represents a new medium for supplemental SAT prep, adapting test preparation material into a collection of fun interactive games.
futureU consists of six distinctive innovative mini-games that are divided
into three main categories – Math, Reading and Writing. Designed as a
complement to traditional SAT study methods, the game is grounded in Kaplan
curriculum and features hundreds of questions and track-able player progress. In
addition, players can engage in a section called “Test Skills” that teach
the vital test-taking and time management skills necessary for taking the big
exam.
futureU incorporates a wealth of in-game content that challenges and sharpens skills including:
- Reading
Focuses on refining players’ reading skills, vocabulary, main idea identification, themes and arguments, technique, and recognizing word meanings based on context.
- Writing
Concentrates on improving players’ writing skills by covering topics such as passive voice, run-on sentences, misplaced modifiers, parallelism, conjunctions, fragments, coordination and subordination, pronouns, subject-verb agreement, tenses, adverbs and adjectives, gerunds, idioms, wrong words, and double negatives.
- Math
Enable players to practice critical math areas such as algebra, geometry, data, statistics, probability, polynomials, and sequences.
- Get the inside track on tackling the big test with curriculum from Kaplan, the SAT prep experts.
- Improve core knowledge of the test material through fun games – no memorization necessary.
- Track your progress and identify areas that need more practice.
- Strengthen test-taking skills that will help you on the SAT, in your college experience and in life.
Product images may differ from actual product appearance.
- English versions of Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista Only (This product does not support Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT or XP x64/Vista x64.)
- Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 2800+ processor
- 512 GB of RAM for Windows XP, 1 GB of RAM for Windows Vista
- 1 GB Hard Disk space + 500 MB Swap File
- DirectX 9.0c compatible Sound Card
- Video Card: 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required – 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 128 MB with latest drivers
- Video Card (ATI): Radeon 9550
- Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 5200
- 6X DVD-ROM drive
- Windows XP/Vista compatible mouse and keyboard with latest drivers
NOTICE: Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D acceleration features utilized by futureU. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX compatibility.
Supported Chipsets:
- ATI RADEON 9550
- ATI RADEON 9700
- ATI RADEON 9800
- ATI RADEON X300
- ATI RADEON X600
- ATI RADEON X800
- ATI RADEON X1600
- ATI RADEON X1800
- ATI RADEON X1900
- ATI RADEON HD 2400
- ATI RADEON HD 2600
- ATI RADEON HD 3850
- ATI RADEON HD 3870
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 5200
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 5600
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 5700
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 5900
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 6200
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 6600
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 6800
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 7800
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 7900
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 8400
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 8500
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 9600
- English versions of 10.4.11 (Tiger); 10.5.4 (Leopard) (This product does not support 10.3.9)
- PowerPC G4; G5; or Intel 1 GHz processor
- 256 MB of RAM
- Hard Disk Space: 1 GB Hard Disk space+ 500 MB Swap File
- Video Card (ATI): Radeon 9600
- Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 5200
- Media Required: DVD-ROM drive
- Macintosh mouse and keyboard
Supported Chipsets
- ATI RADEON 9600
- ATI RADEON 9700
- ATI RADEON 9800
- ATI RADEON X600
- ATI RADEON X800
- ATI RADEON X1600
- ATI RADEON X1900
- ATI RADEON HD 2400
- ATI RADEON HD 2600
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 5200
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 6600
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 6800
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 7800
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 8600
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800
Horrible! - PLEASE do not waste your $$!
By apophisasteroid from Charleston, WV on 2/1/2010
Primary Use: Personal
Cons: Hard To Install or Upgrade, Hard To Navigate, Crashes or Freezes, Not Much Information
Describe Yourself: Quality Oriented
As in all Kaplan products, this one is a true piece of trash

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