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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's a good score for a 10th grader?[/quote]

You can expect about a 100 point increase from fall 10th grade to fall 11th grade. My 10th grader got 1280, so I’d guess he’d get around 1380 next year. Good but not great. I will definitely have him do SAT prep junior year [/quote]

I have twins.

My son went up 140 points with a decent amount of prep.  1300--> 1440

My daughter went up 100 points with the same prep.   1200->1300

She actually has better grades in harder classes. [/quote]

Good grades are box checking with a large premium for cognitive capacity. Box checking is not that great, comparatively. for actually improving academic / analytical capacity from what I understand from research. So, results not that surprising and would not read much into it. And, some research suggest getting good grades and doing what it takes to getting into selective colleges signals the person is a desirable hire for attractive employers. The kids will be allright.     [/quote]

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