what it takes to move from 1410 to 1530?

[Anonymous]

1410 is DS's first SAT score.
He is g11, with all A and 1 B+ in all AP classes

[Anonymous]

Assuming 1410 is without prep, 1530 is very realistic with some prep.

[Anonymous]

what timing is prep available? E.g., is it like a 4 sessions a month before an SAT? Who offers it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what timing is prep available? E.g., is it like a 4 sessions a month before an SAT? Who offers it?

Don't act so helpless. There are tons of free resources online. You could even buy a book! Or Google for prep courses in your area.

[Anonymous]

1:1 tutoring. Group class may not help as they are missing few questions. Practice! Practice!! Practice!!!. Also, look at the score to see where the empty bars are. It is the area of development.

[Anonymous]

*Area of improvement.

[Anonymous]

College Board has a huge database of free test bank questions: practice seriously all the difficult ones and the medium ones in areas of weakness,

[Anonymous]

In addition to doing prep, sign up NOW for at least two more SAT test dates. The next ones you can register for are Aug. 22 and Sept. 12. Seats at locations desirable to you may fill up quickly, and you don't want to have to travel far to a test site or get shut out completely.

You want to raise you DS's score in the next test sitting or two, and lock it in before early decision and early action deadlines so you can make sensible and strategic choices about where and how to apply.

[Anonymous]

You can raise a score at least 100-200 pts (if not more) with good prep. Beyond that, it’s just everything going right on test day.

My kid went from a 1300 to a 1500+. For both attempts he was fully prepped but for the 1300 attempt, he said the proctors were rude, it was raining, he was uncomfortable at the location, and it was right in the middle of a stressful period at school. For the 1500+—weather was great, familiar location, and it was summer so he wasn’t stressed about school. I think the jump was all his state of mind on test day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Assuming 1410 is without prep, 1530 is very realistic with some prep.

He is not prepared. Btw, he says he want to take ACT more than SAT. I guess both are equivalent, neither is easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Assuming 1410 is without prep, 1530 is very realistic with some prep.

He is not prepared. Btw, he says he want to take ACT more than SAT. I guess both are equivalent, neither is easier.

At our school kids generally take a practice version of both and based on comparative performance recommends that they seem stronger on one or the both (or equivalent so kid can just choose).

[Anonymous]

Easy answer: Extra time. Get a dx'd for ADHD or anxiety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Assuming 1410 is without prep, 1530 is very realistic with some prep.

No, not impossible, but unlikely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1410 is DS's first SAT score.
He is g11, with all A and 1 B+ in all AP classes

What is the 1410 breakdown?
What APs did he take so far including this year in 11th.
What is his PSAT 10 or PSAT 8/9 score? That converted to percentile is his natural range. Do not encourage him to overprep just to get a super high score--even if he could he will not likely be able to keep up at a top-10 school with a baseline 1410 unless his PSAT indicates the 1410 is below expected for his intelligence.

Example: 1210 PSAT10 is 93rd %ile. That is also the gifted-talented cutoff for our public school district. Most kids who get in to GT classes would be expected to get 1210 or higher PSAT 10 and most do. That converts on a percentile basis to a 1390-1400 on SAT. That is the range they should target.
Most get it, but even though the kid is gifted by our school cutoff they are barely average at UVA in state and may not get in. They are not anywhere close to the highly gifted 98-99% that makes up about 75% of ivy/T10, test-required data. Even if they somehow could get a 1500 and get in, which many try with extra time for anxiety, they will not do well there.
They will be way out of their league if they somehow get in to a Top/ivy where 1510-1530 is around average (test required), and most of those students naturally test that way. Unless they want to take an easy major that does not have any curve(comparison to peers) grading, they will be bottom 15-20% as a natural 93rd percentile kid.

-we see similar all the time at our public school, the push to get the kid to score in a range they are not naturally in. Stop. Support the kid you have and find schools where 1410 is median or better with fall-2020 test required CDS data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1410 is DS's first SAT score.
He is g11, with all A and 1 B+ in all AP classes

which AP? That matters more than SAT if you are targeting T20 privates or UVA in state.