| Xiggi, so much wise advice! The only issue that my kids had was that they weren't willing to study for the tests. Fortunately, they "learned" a bit over time by taking the tests in middle school (for the Midwest talent search), and so when they took them "for real" in 11th and 12th grade (PSAT and SAT), they did just fine. Maybe this was the Xiggi-method spread over a period of 5 years! (Though they did no formal prep beyond taking the practice test in the test booklet.)
Some kids might be "shocked" into being willing to undertake a more rigorous preparation such as you propose by getting a lower than expected score or realizing how much difference getting 10 more correct answers could make to their college ambitions.
In any case, your advice is superb and I'm sure it's going to help a lot of people. |