<p>I feel really dumb...I read this whole thread, yes all 13 pages, but I have yet to find anything relevant. Everyone is like Xiggi helped me, and stuff, but I don't see how...I read all 13 pages, and the only that I saw that seemed like a trick was the (2<em>1st</em>2nd)/(1st+2nd)=x. Everyone is passing me by, telling that it helped them. My question is, what helped you, I can't find what everyone is looking at (yes, I read the first page). </p>
<p>I'm not trying to be disrespectful...it's just I'm not finding anything!</p>
<p>The "Xiggi method" isn't a set of tricks or anything like that. Like Xiggi himself said somewhere in that thread, it's basically a common sense approach to using the practice tests. Quite often, people will take the practice tests (from the Blue book, 10RS, or other released tests), grade the test and then move on to another test. After they've exhausted their supply of tests, their scores have not changed much because they havn't actually learned anything from taking the practice tests. The key to using the CB-released tests is to go back and review each and every single question, regardless of whether you got it correct or incorrect, and make sure you know why each choice is correct or incorrect. Once you do this, you will start to recognize patterns in the questions and you will get a feel for what CB expects when it asks certain types of questions. This is the way to get the most benefit from the practice tests.</p>
<p>The "Xiggi method" is one approach to tackling the Blue book. When you first start practicing, the time you take and your actual score is irrelevant. What you need to focus on is recognizing correct and incorrect answers and not falling for the "Joe Bloggs" answer choices. That's whyyou should start off taking the tests with the answers in front of you. After you gain a bit of experience this way, then you can start taking the tests normally but still without time constraints. At this point, you're focusing on your ability to solve the problems. Working with a clock does nothing but cause more stress because you end up glancing up to check the time every couple of minutes. Finally, the next step is to take tests under actual testing conditions. These tests will give you the best indication of how you will do on the actual exam. At this point, if you're doing really well on the tests, you can start practicing for speed. For this, old-format SAT tests come in handy. Because of the changes in the SAT, the old tests won't be perfect score predictors, but they still provide a large bank of questions from which you can practice. The more practice you do, the faster you will be able to answer questions without making careless mistakes</p>
<p>When you take the tests, have you kept track of what types of questions you are missing (ie all the geometry questions? all the parallelism questions?) If you can identify your areas of weakness, then you can use outside resources (other prep books) to review the concepts being tested. Especially for the math and writing sections, you need to have a strong command of the "rules" of math/grammar in order to be able to answer the questions correctly under time constraints.</p>
<p>Glucose, you may have to go back to the basics. Try to didentify what works and what does not work. It is not unusual to reach a plateau and struggle to move to a higher level. </p>
<p>Go back to a test you took in the past, and take it again. If your score has not improve, you REALLY need to take the time to search for the correct answers. </p>
<p>You may also try to focus on a specific sections at a time. Cut your tests up and take only math for a week or only CR for a week ... one section every day. </p>
<p>It is hard to give general advice as we all encounter individual issues. If there is something specific, it may be easier to give you some more directions. I strongly believe that practices will help you, but you have to build your knowledge slowly. If something remains unclear, it is important to get to the bottom before moving on.</p>
<p>look at tanman's post. there is a user on CC named xiggi who has this testprep method...it's simple. nothing official. it's summed up nicely in tanmans post.</p>
<p>xiggi's method is probably the most efficient way to perform well on the new SAT. </p>
<p>The only downside to it is that it takes a lot of time and patience, something the majority of highschoolers these days (including myself) do not possess.</p>
<p>It all comes down to who wants it the most...</p>