<p>Here is the Xiggi Method:</p>
<p>Super Condensed Desription: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/68210-xiggis-sat-prep-advice-47.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/68210-xiggis-sat-prep-advice-47.html</a> last post on page, #705</p>
<p>Condensed Description: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/68210-xiggis-sat-prep-advice-39.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/68210-xiggis-sat-prep-advice-39.html</a></p>
<p>My super condensed version: The Xiggi Method: </p>
<p>1) Buy or borrow The College Board’s “Official SAT Study Guide” (aka the Blue Book) (this one: [Amazon.com:</a> The Official SAT Study Guide: The College Board: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Official-SAT-Study-Guide/dp/0874477182/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246988745&sr=8-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Official-SAT-Study-Guide/dp/0874477182/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246988745&sr=8-1) This point is NON-NEGOTIABLE… they must be REAL tests published by the College Board (the Questiona & Answer Service (aka QAS) of the College Board also sends real tests and real answers to prior test takers, so you can ask your friends who have taken prior tests to borrow their QAS supplied tests)</p>
<p>2) Buy or borrow some SAT test preparation manuals like those offered by Princeton Review, Rocket Revolution, Maximum SAT, Barrons, Gruber. etc. Study them for tips and shortcuts, and to better understand the structure of the test itself. Even if you buy ALL of those, you’re in under $120. Some links are here: </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Maximum-SAT-Second-Peter-Edwards/dp/141965800X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246990795&sr=8-1[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Maximum-SAT-Second-Peter-Edwards/dp/141965800X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246990795&sr=8-1</a>
<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-2010-College-Test-Preparation/dp/0375429220/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246990861&sr=1-2[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-2010-College-Test-Preparation/dp/0375429220/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246990861&sr=1-2</a>
<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Review-Revolution-2006-2007-Rocketreview/dp/0451219465/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246990980&sr=1-1[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Review-Revolution-2006-2007-Rocketreview/dp/0451219465/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246990980&sr=1-1</a></p>
<p>3) Using the above mentioned study guides in point (2), take the first test in the “Official SAT STudy Guide” (aka the Blue Book) very slowly and deliberately, “open book”. Whenever a question gives you pause, stop, search your study guides for a way to attack the problem, then retry answering the questin. You can take as long as you like per question in this phase of the Xiggi method. You are getting into the mind of the test writers here… learning their language and way of thinking.</p>
<p>4) Buy the "Test Masters - Complete Solutions to the College Board’s Official SAT Study Guide: For the New SAT - ($15 here: [Test</a> Masters Bookstore](<a href=“http://student.testmasters.com/estore/catalog.asp?category=SAT]Test”>http://student.testmasters.com/estore/catalog.asp?category=SAT) second item in the list )</p>
<p>5) <em>THIS IS THE MOST CRITICAL STEP!!!</em> After completing the first and all subsequest tests from the Official SAT Study GUide aka Blue Book, check every single answer, both correct and incorrect, in the Testmaster SAT Solutions Manual (#4 above) for an explanation of the correct and incorrect answers.</p>
<p>6) Use the knowledge gained in step 5 above to teach yourself in an interactive way how to perform better in each successive attempt at the remaining practice tests in The Official SAT Study Guide aka Blue Book.</p>
<p>This method probably requires about 40-50 hours minimum to get prepare for and analyze your performance on 4 tests. double that of course if you do all 8 tests in the Official Study Guide. It is not a cram or shortcut method.</p>