I’ve always been a good test taker. Being able to take tests well and know what the test givers are looking for is a skill I’ve spent many years developing, to the point its almost an art form. 12 years of public school and my first year of college have thought me that not only is good test taking important, it can be even more important than actually knowing the subject; I have recently taken several tests on subjects I know next to nothing about, and manage to get passing grades. I’ve got tons of tricks to help pass tests, I rarely get below a 55% on any test, no matter how little I know about the subject.
The secret is what I like to call meta-testing. From the greek word meta, meaning beyond, its the concept of taking it a step beyond the test, knowing about the nature of tests enough to decide the right answers, even if you don’t know how to get them or why they’re right, there are simple processes to create the right answer out of nothing.
Over the next period of time (weeks, months, years even, however long it takes) I’ll be discussing the subject of meta-testing. I’ve gained immense skill in it, I can walk into a multiple choice test on any math-based subject (physics, chemistry, any form of math) and get at least a 55%, a long answer test, in the same fields, I can usually get at least a 40%, which can easily be raised to 60% with an hour or so of study time and a knowledge of what will be tested.