Parenting advice -- SAT test

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most schools are TO. No need for this stress.

That's changing quickly.

Plenty of schools have been TO for years before the pandemic. They aren’t going back.

You aren’t keeping up. If you have teens, I hope they have good counselors.

[Anonymous]

There are no magic words here. Keep doing what you are doing (hugging and saying 1 nice sentence). He will be annoyed. That’s life with teens.

[Anonymous]

Don't stress, take the test a few times to take advantage of super scoring, even if the numbers don't go up Mason and Madison are great local schools.

[Anonymous]

I would butt out for now. See what he gets on the SATs. When is he taking them? Most people take the SAT 2-3 times, and he can super score at many schools. I agree, he is worrying too much about it, but maybe his peers have stressed him out?

[Anonymous]

THIS [phone], especially the math section.

"SAT is a test that anyone can crack. Your kid is studying inefficiently.

He should be studying online on Khan Academy. Ask him to connect his college board online account with Khan Academy. Khan Academy will create an individualized, targeted study guide for him based on his PSAT performance.

You have no idea what he does not know, do you?

No reason to pay money for a tutor. Your kid needs to master the 8 real SAT tests that are on Khan Academy. He needs to take these same exams again and again. My kids aced the SAT tests by doing so.

Another thing, if your kid does not have content knowledge - that is, if your kid does not know Geometry - then he needs a tutor to learn that content. He does not need a tutor for SAT. He/She needs a tutor for Math and English, if he does not know these subjects.

Without knowing and mastering the content, your kid cannot do well in SAT. Studying for SAT means nothing if they don't know how to solve the Math problems or if they are functionally illiterate."

[Anonymous]

I'll be mad if we're talking about a 1400+

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most schools are TO. No need for this stress.

Agree.

Plus no need for all this high pressure studying anxiety. It’s crazy! Plus it’s damaging his mental health obviously (what’s with getting all angry ?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most schools are TO. No need for this stress.

Agree.

Plus no need for all this high pressure studying anxiety. It’s crazy! Plus it’s damaging his mental health obviously (what’s with getting all angry ?)

TO is here to stay. Tell him not to sweat the SAT.

[Anonymous]

Give him agency. If he isn’t happy with his score he can take it again. It’s not your life so not your place to tell him whether it’s a good enough score. Because there’s really nothing helpful a parent can say here - either you are cheering him on and he feels pressure, or you are telling him his score is “good enough” and he hears that you don’t think he can do better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll be mad if we're talking about a 1400+

This is dumb. People can always do better. Don’t project.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most schools are TO. No need for this stress.

That's changing quickly.

Plenty of schools have been TO for years before the pandemic. They aren’t going back.

You aren’t keeping up. If you have teens, I hope they have good counselors.

Mine is already in college. He applied TO everywhere and got in everywhere.