Thoughts on help for the SAT/ACT for a smart student who is struggling with these tests

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Anonymous wrote:This is a troll people. Shes not coming back. Shes been caught.

This is why I keep coming back to DCUM - because the posters on this site are so clever. Multiple posters come together to investigate claims and when something doesn’t add up the person is called out on it.

There are occasions in real life where someone is absolutely not telling the truth either at work or in a social setting like with a neighbor and it is too impolite to call them out even when it is blatantly obvious that they are making up stuff and/or not telling the truth.

It could be the poster made up some details so their identity is concealed, now got caught, and thinks multiple posters are being harsh. But with college admissions details matter.

No, its a sad and silly, time wasting aspect of DCUM. People do change facts to protect their privacy. Then someone jumps all over them for it, it derails the thread and less helpful information is shared while the vultures dine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a troll people. Shes not coming back. Shes been caught.

This is why I keep coming back to DCUM - because the posters on this site are so clever. Multiple posters come together to investigate claims and when something doesn’t add up the person is called out on it.

There are occasions in real life where someone is absolutely not telling the truth either at work or in a social setting like with a neighbor and it is too impolite to call them out even when it is blatantly obvious that they are making up stuff and/or not telling the truth.

It could be the poster made up some details so their identity is concealed, now got caught, and thinks multiple posters are being harsh. But with college admissions details matter.

No, its a sad and silly, time wasting aspect of DCUM. People do change facts to protect their privacy. Then someone jumps all over them for it, it derails the thread and less helpful information is shared while the vultures dine.

At least if you’re changing facts to remain anonymous, make them believable. A 5 on AP calc BC AND lit sophomore year? And the kid is struggling with the ACT/SAT? She could have given her kid a 45 on APES and a 4 on APUSH. Much more believable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a troll people. Shes not coming back. Shes been caught.

This is why I keep coming back to DCUM - because the posters on this site are so clever. Multiple posters come together to investigate claims and when something doesn’t add up the person is called out on it.

There are occasions in real life where someone is absolutely not telling the truth either at work or in a social setting like with a neighbor and it is too impolite to call them out even when it is blatantly obvious that they are making up stuff and/or not telling the truth.

It could be the poster made up some details so their identity is concealed, now got caught, and thinks multiple posters are being harsh. But with college admissions details matter.

No, its a sad and silly, time wasting aspect of DCUM. People do change facts to protect their privacy. Then someone jumps all over them for it, it derails the thread and less helpful information is shared while the vultures dine.

The poster didn't just change a few facts for privacy. The embellishment of the child's school record distorted how people viewed the original question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have twins.
They both do equally well at a rigorous school that is very stingy with As.
One is in harder classes (physics C, multivariate, etc).

The one in the easier classes takes standardized tests extremely well. NO PREP. First try ACT 35. First try SAT 1540/
The one in the harder classes just really struggles with the ACT/SAT. Scores have been 1410 and now 1360. ACT was 27.
He/she has done fine on AP exams (all 5). There is something about the SAT/ACT that he/she cannot perform on.
He/she has done extensive prep (several hours a week doing problems for months).

We're realizing that this kid probably has some sort of undiagnosed learning issue (too late for this now).
He/she can't read at the speed needed for the passages (even the short ones on the digital SAT). Has to read
things 2 and 3 times to focus. Also having issues with the math although it's less clear what.
Where would you go from here?
They're not going to apply to Ivies but we were hoping for reasonably competitive schools.
If not applying test optional, is there some way to do intensive prep?

It's so frustrating because on a daily basis these kids perform the same or if anything the second one is a stronger student in harder classes and able to grasp more abstract concepts.

Thoughts on what to do about prep?

could be ADD ... math is still about reading pretty fast, they get 1 min/problem

There is no way that a kid could keep up with advanced math high school math classes and have undiagnosed ADD or slow processing.

This could not be more false.

Actually very true. Kids can usually mask through middle school but kids are not taking getting As in Calc BC but unable to take SAT due to adhd or Slow processing