SAT/ACT strategy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If verbal is the concern I’d plan to do at least one test later in junior year or even summer before senior year. If verbal is not the concern just study over the summer and do it early junior year.

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have your kid self-assess whether they can study on their own, need a group, or need one on one tutoring. Also it is useful if they self-assess whether time is better spent studying the test concepts or the test design.

Both my kids self-studied but did not approach their study priorities the same way. First kid almost exclusively studied the test design and got a 1550+. Other kid needed to dig in to study math concepts and also spent a bit of time learning about the test design and got a 1450+.

The student cannot self-assess whether they would or would not benefit from tutoring. It is only once you've had the tutoring that you know first hand, what it involves and whether you benefit from it or not. The tricks the tutors tell you are not readily available elsewhere. We checked.

Any tutors that you can recommend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If verbal is the concern I’d plan to do at least one test later in junior year or even summer before senior year. If verbal is not the concern just study over the summer and do it early junior year.

Why?

DP. Depends on what they get Aug of junior year, but many kids end up increasing their verbal skills via AP classes like APUSH and AP Lang.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have your kid self-assess whether they can study on their own, need a group, or need one on one tutoring. Also it is useful if they self-assess whether time is better spent studying the test concepts or the test design.

Both my kids self-studied but did not approach their study priorities the same way. First kid almost exclusively studied the test design and got a 1550+. Other kid needed to dig in to study math concepts and also spent a bit of time learning about the test design and got a 1450+.

The student cannot self-assess whether they would or would not benefit from tutoring. It is only once you've had the tutoring that you know first hand, what it involves and whether you benefit from it or not. The tricks the tutors tell you are not readily available elsewhere. We checked.

I will make sure to tell this to my NMSF, 1580 single sitting kid who self-studied from a book last summer without ever meeting a tutor.