<p>I’m glad that this method worked for you, and that you are willing to share it with others. And I second your input on the xiggi method. </p>
<p>However, for some, taking the SAT before the PSAT may be overkill. My D took the PSAT sohomore year w/o study, this gave her an idea of how close she was to NMSF and which areas she had to study the most. Junior year she studied specifically for the PSAT for about a month (had planned to start earlier but things came up). Then, after taking the PSAt she worked on the essay and studied harder math in preparation to take the SAT in Jan. </p>
<p>Probably the part that I like the least about your plan is that it seems more likely that one would end up taking the SAT twice, once as a sophomore and again as a junior sometime after taking the PSAT.</p>
<p>Different strokes.</p>