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[quote=Anonymous]I graduated high school in 1990 and even then, lots of kids at my middling Kansas high school took prep courses.  I didn't have the money for that, but I did take some money from my after-school retail job and bought a couple of prep books.  Studied a little every night for a couple of months and aced the SAT and the ACT.  Many kids don't need a prep course - they need to know what types of questions will be on the tests and how to answer them.  If you don't have the money for a prep course, buy your kid a couple of good prep books- should run you under $40.  Have him/her go through the test once, score the exam and see what areas you need to focus on for more study.  Take another practice test and continue to focus on the problem areas.  Try to do these tests under real-world conditions, timed, so you know how you'll do on test day.

Do this for the PSAT too - I got a lot of scholarship offers because I was a National Merit Scholar, which is done based on the PSAT.  (good grades helped, but the high SAT score - perfect on the math portion - was a big factor in schools knowing who I was.)[/quote]

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