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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The way I interpret this is: if you are underprivileged/first gen college applicant, and if you have an otherwise good application, we don’t care if you omit your scores.
If you went to a top private school[b] and are full pay[/b], you better believe that we expect you to submit your scores and for them to be exceptional.

I have no problem with that btw, and my DC are in the latter category.
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Full pay applicants benefit under TO. Colleges need to pay the bills.[/quote]
Wait, I thought full pay applicants get high scores easily because they can afford test prep?[/quote]

Anyone can afford Khan - it’s free![/quote]

But Kahn is not the same as 1:1 tutoring, which is what many rich kids do[/quote]

Exactly!  My own privileged kid did about 8 hours of 1:1 test prep.  It involved a baseline test, 4 hours of test prep (1 hour math, the other 3 on verbal) to teach the "tricks"/what changes my kid needed to make, then 4 additional tests with 1 hour of tutoring after each one to regroup/discuss what else to do. My kid only had to do outside work of 1-2 hours in between each practice test.

My kid went from 1330 to 1500 after the first 4 hours of test prep.  Each additional test was between 1480-1520 and kid ultimately got a 1500 in same sitting on 2nd official test (got 1460 on 1st).

With only 8 hours of paid 1:1 and another 4 hours of work (plus the time to take the 4 practice tests).  No way Khan academy can be that effective so fast.  It's just easier, more targeted by a tutor who knows the "tricks" and how to help a kid based on their previous tests.  It's spoon-fed to you and a smart kid will pick it up fast (we would be where we ended with only 4 hours of tutoring).  It's a privilege and if you can afford it definitely worth it

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