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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is a student at a private school in the D.C. area and is working towards a full IB diploma.  DC has strong grades (top 20-25% of class) for 9th and 10th grade and we have no reason to think that the next two years will not be equally strong. However, DC is not good at taking standardized, multiple choice tests.  We will soon start the process of SAT/ACT tutoring for DC to take the exam in spring and summer of next year.  The first practice test DC took came back with a score of only 500 in Math.  English was closer to 650.  While we hope the results will go up with tutoring and more practice, we are preparing for them to be average due to DC's anxiety about standardized tests.

We would love some advice from parents whose kids were strong students at a private school and had a solid transcript but did not have good SAT results.  What types of schools did your DC get into?  What sort of help - outside the usual tutoring - did you get them to boost their scores?[/quote]

Before you get too worried, have him take a practice ACT.  Many, many  kids who do well in school but don't knock it out of the park on the SAT do much better on the ACT.  practice and test prep can also help, and, finally, the college counselors may be able to tell you which schools play significantly more emphasis on grades and recommendations (some of the other posters have already listed test optional colleges). [/quote]

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