<p>Okay, so I am trying to preparing for the SAT for the first time by myself so I checked out Xiggi's thread. He said NOT to take ANY tests from other book companies (barron's, PR, Kaplan). He just said to use collegeboard released tests. But to think about it, there is not many BBs that you can get. Sixteen is like max and that's not enough if one goes through one test a day. And also Xiggi said something about solving questions from those book companies but doesn't that contradict the fact that one shouldn't solve any questions from other book companies? Is the only way preparing is going through collegeboard tests and reading soley the strats from other companaies? which companies the besT? HELP Me please.. How did you prepare..</p>
<p>Protip: Don’t question Xiggi’s advice. Just do it. Everything else will work itself out. Xiggi’s is like the bible of SAT prep on these forums. Violate his suggestions at your own discretion.</p>
<p>I agree with BigB! Don’t mess with Xiggi’s advice!</p>
<p>As someone who advises students who are applying to college, I share Xiggi’s advice with my students. I tell them to only use the practice tests from the CollegeBoard’s own books and to review the answers. Other test company books may be useful in terms of reviewing strategies, however (as Xiggi also says). </p>
<p>I don’t agree with the OP that the sixteen max tests available (I’m taking your word for it that that number is correct) is a problem! If you are taking more than 16 timed practice tests and reviewing the answers, then in my opinion, you are doing too much test prep and not focusing on other things! I recommend test prep but it should not be an obsession! I’m also a parent and my own kids took no more than five practice tests and increased their CR/M combined 200 points (back then the Writing test was not part of the regular SAT). So, I don’t think you need THAT many practice timed tests beyond those which are available from the College Board!</p>
<p>One practice test a day sounds like a bit much. You want to get as much out of each one as you can. You should be spending a lot of time reviewing your answers.</p>
<p>Why not do 1 section a day, then maybe 1 full test every other Saturday? You don’t want to get burnt out.</p>
<p>Yeah, a section a day is actually pretty reasonable. You should spend about 25 minutes on the section, then 10-15 minutes reviewing your answers.</p>