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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Nice story but not every Asian kid is "prepping" for the SATs for years or even for months. My kid scored over 1500 the first time he tried a timed, full length SAT on the Khan academy website without any prep. He wants a higher score so we will buy him a Kaplan book for $14 and he will spend a few weeks reviewing it before the actual test. 
 He enjoys school and works hard but also goofs off, spends time with friends, plays a sport for fun (in a low key rec. league), plays an instrument for fun (no high level competitions), loves to read, loves going to plays and museums, enjoys travel. I don't think he will be a "mover" of "shaker" but he is definitely not a scantron bubble filler and neither are most of his friends. 
 fwiw any kid from any socioeconomic class who is motivated enough to apply to an Ivy league university would probably be smart enough to buy a second hand SAT prep book or prep for free online at the Khan academy website. Here in Montgomery County there are local organizations that offer heavily subsidized SAT prep ($40 for an entire year of academic tutoring and SAT prep) in several high schools (so transportation isn't a problem either).[/quote]

B[b]ubble away.  Not sure I would bet the farm on someone that specializes in bubbling for mediocre low bar intellectual activity-like exams.
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[b]Granted the SAT and ACt bubble coloring exercise is  still a screening test/tool (not sure for how long though!) but to spend years and money trying to improve scores from 690 to 710 to 160 to 780.... tells me about someone's true smarts  (or lack thereof)!![/b][/quote]
You have a reading comprehension problem.[/quote]

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