Busy teens and standardized testing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously . . . . how did your kids do this. My junior is a competitive athlete, competing year round. Has a TON of homework (all honors/AP classes, and hard ones too). Does some other clubs and community service. Plus, these kids need some down time/friend time.

I do not know how DC is going to find the time to study, much less take any sort of prep class. I know lots of schools are TO but . . . are they really? And some are not.

So how did your kids do this? It's adding an unreasonable amount of stress even trying small times to study. DC would be aiming for the 1450-1500 for the schools that are not TO.

He’s taking all AP and honors classes. Why would he need to prep? Unless he is just memorizing information to spit back on testing he should be comfortable with any testing. No need to add something useless to his busy schedule.

AP classes are not in any way a substitute for prepping. The SAT still thrives on "trick" questions and the like.

AP tests are very straightforward. For example, the AP US History exam will focus primarily on major US events/themes...you don't have to worry that all the essay questions will focus on 15th and 16th century America...you may get one or two multiple-choice questions and that is about it. As long as you learned the material, the questions are straightforward.

Even the AP English Lit (which is perhaps the closest proxy for SAT Verbal) is a much more straightforward exam. It is entirely possible to get a 5 on the AP English Lit exam, but only score say a 600 on the SAT Verbal.