How did your kid get an almost perfect SAT score?

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone’s DCs use apps to prep for the ERW sections? DC did quite well on the sophomore PSAT, and his math score continues to go up on practice SATs. His ERW score, however, is more variable. He is doing a regular prep class, but we may switch to a tutor in the Fall. Just wondering if anyone used an app daily for vocabulary etc.

Learning vocabulary by rote memorizing words is not that helpful because you need to understand usage and nuance to do well on the ERW sections.

The best prep is reading avidly and looking up every word he doesn’t know. If your son is like mine, he hates doing that. Mine often thinks he knows what the word means only to find out his assumption is way off base.

[Anonymous]

Friend used a psychologist with a company called test wolf. Treats test anxiety and raises scores.

[Anonymous]

By being very smart

[Anonymous]

DD did not score perfect on math but on verbal. Did not study at all for verbal but she reads all the time. Always has. As for vocabulary, no need to memorize anything for SAT. It’s very dumbed down from when we took it and actually had to know vocabulary words and analogies. Now it’s just incorporated into the reading comprehension. On the GRE, however, you do need to know vocabulary words.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My severely ADHD kid needed a ton of one-on-one prep with an expensive tutor. He got a 35 out of 36 on his ACT, which is equivalent to a 1530-1560 on the SAT.

My younger kid is gifted and will probably not need much preparation at all. She breezes through all her advanced academics without breaking a sweat.

And kid 1 got extra time too, right? Which is an enormous gift when taking the ACT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My severely ADHD kid needed a ton of one-on-one prep with an expensive tutor. He got a 35 out of 36 on his ACT, which is equivalent to a 1530-1560 on the SAT.

My younger kid is gifted and will probably not need much preparation at all. She breezes through all her advanced academics without breaking a sweat.

And kid 1 got extra time too, right? Which is an enormous gift when taking the ACT

And the other kid in the room with poor vision got glasses, which is also an enormous gift.

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Anonymous wrote:I have twins--fraternal, same gender.

One sat down, took the test and got a 1590. Done. This twin is whip smart with a mind like a steel trip, no anxiety, fantastic test taker.

The second twin started with a 1250. I paid for about 30 hours of in person tutoring. The kid would take practice tests every Saturday and then sit with the tutor and go through the wrong answers. About a 3K investment for the tutor's time. Took the test 5 times and got the score up to a 1550.

I know it may sound like I'm making this up but it genuinely happened. I will say that my kid who got the one time 1590 score is absolutely the smarter kid (no, I've never verbalize this to them) but it has become obvious over time that kid #1 is just at a next level with regard to intelligence. Kid#2 compensates by being a really hard worker. Having twins adds a new dimension to the college process.

Is kid #1 who did not test prep the older twin?

[Anonymous]

Smart genes and Kahn Acadeny.