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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SAT scores do not measure intelligence. They do measure how prepared for college a student is. I always laugh at people who  make the distinction that they or their student “isn’t good at taking tests” but deserve special attention because they are really smart otherwise and tests are designed to not help rich, privileged people. Pathetic really. [/quote]

If you have 10-15K to throw at the test almost any kids can get a high score and those with major learning disabilities.  Months of practice, individualized teaching to the test and extreme individual coaching can get almost any kid a top score.  I guess to you that means the kid is ready for college.[/quote]

So I guess the children of all rich families get 1600 on their SAT?  /s   Actually, rich families with mediocre students [i]hate[/i] the SAT because there is much less opportunity to massage the score.    You can hire someone to write their personal essay.  and get them impressive sounding extracurricular activities.   Cheating on their high school tests is relatively easy.   But intensive training for the SAT won't change their score by more than 80 points, and the opportunities for cheating are tiny.[/quote]

haha if you say so! Obviously kids who have expensive prep and one on one tutoring to prepare do better. That's a fact. I spent about $500 on SAT prep for my kid, it was all I could afford. Pretty sure the rich families spent WAY more, and guess what, their mediocre kids get better scores. They just do because the SAT is all about test taking, 100% that is it. [/quote]

Yep.  classes give you 80 points. Intensive one on one prep for $1000s fives you more or no one would pay for it. People have common sense please.[/quote]

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