Quick advice for last "old" SAT test

Test Preparation
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<p>If you have completed your preparation for the last "old" SAT, I would highly recommend to search the archives and read the discussions of all administrations of 2003 and 2004 that were not released to the public. Since the threads are so long, focus on the end of the threads where compilations of problems appear. </p>

<p>Pay close attention to the words that appeared in the past administrations. This is one of the rare occasions where reviewing the words that appeared recently might really help you. Since this is the LAST time that analogies are to appear, there is a good chance for TCB to recycle parts of past unreleased tests. </p>

<p>On the math side, pay attention to the "new" problems that have surfaced in the equating sections. </p>

<p>Well prepared and industrious students earn great SAT score!</p>

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<p>Im searching but just in case anyone finds an old thread please post it here.
Thanks for the advice Xiggi.</p>

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<p>xiggi, is....is....is that YOU????</p>

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<p>Sorry, xiggi, I am new to this forum. Could you pleas give me more details about how I should search for these threads (ie. the search criteria)?</p>

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<p>Is this the legendary guy that gives tres-uber preparation advice for the SAT's and such that I keep hearing about? If so....cool.</p>

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<p>Yes, he is indeed the myth, the legend, the xiggi :)</p>

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<p>May I ask how would you do this? This sounds like an excellent idea, but I don't know where to begin to search sadly.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/discus/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeconfidential.com/discus/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>There you go. The classic college confidential forums of myth and lore. I dont' know why discuss has only one s in it, but anyways...</p>

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Yes, he is indeed the myth, the legend, the xiggi

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<p>Woah! This thread is like, basking in the thread of a DEITY! who hast descended from the heavens to visit us foolish mortals!</p>

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<p>Zoogies,</p>

<p>I was able to get that far. What search criteria should I use? What threads should I be specifically looking for?</p>

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<p>Just type in "SAT" or "November SAT" or something along those lines. Some months seem to spread out all over the place on the forum, so you might need some detective work in finding all the old threads.</p>

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<p>how far back should we look? my heart is palpating........too bad I'm not taking the test! :-P . Desperate to help someone I'm tutoring though. I'm worried that my techniques don't work for her.l or that we haven't prepped enough</p>

<p>xiggi, what did u mean about the new math problems</p>

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<p>Sorry for the confusion about searching the archives. I did not mean to be evasive. To find the archives, you can click on the bottom of each page: there is an icon that says College Confidential Archive. From there, navigate to the SAT Preparation forum or use the search feature. A good word to use when searching TITLES is "Official" since a lot of posters used that word to preface a compilation of answers. </p>

<p>First, this would be a type of new questions that MIGHT appear. The question's wording is a bit different from what appears in the 10RS. My recommendation is to read the past discussions and mark the questions that threw some students off. </p>

<p>To find the old posts, I would scroll through the archives to find the months in which tests are given. The heaviest discussions are in November and May. At first, it seems very annoying to have to scroll through a bunch of posts but you should consider it a good preparation. At this stage, you should know most of the techniques. Reading the posts will prepare your mind for the type of questions and words that will appear.</p>

<p>Time permitting, I will check the forum in the next days and answer questions to the best of my abilities. </p>

<p>Good luck to all! </p>

<p>Here's the math question: </p>

<p>Which of the answers below lists a pair of numbers that makes FALSE the following assumption:</p>

<p>"The odd number following a prime number is also prime."</p>

<p>A) 91 93
B) 61 63
C) 41 43
D) 21 23
E) 11 13</p>

<p>Answer B)
An explanation: 61 is a prime number, but 63 is not (it's divisible by 3, 7, 9, 21). So 63 is the odd number following a prime number that shows the odd number following a prime number is NOT NECESSARILY prime.</p>

<p>Answers A and D do not make the the assumption false because 91 and 21 are NOT prime. The assumption can only be tested when the first number is the pair IS PRIME. </p>

<p>Answers C and E do not make the assumption false because 41 is prime and so is 43, so it backs up the assumption that the odd number following a prime number is also prime. Same with 11 and 13.</p>

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<p>That was a pretty sneaky question. I think I might go and do some archiving, the college board is sneakier than I thought...</p>