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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid just went test optional- doing great in college [/quote]
more and more colleges are requiring tests.

OP, maybe[b] send your kid to SAT prep.[/b][b][/b] I think it's about confidence.  I have two DCs and they are like yours: one got a 1580 first (and only) try; the other is struggling with their psat.[/quote]

I'm the OP.  Thank you!  
He/she has been doing 2 hours of prep a weekend with a tutor (1:3 ratio--1 tutor, 3 kids) for months.  I bought a package of hours at a place (not super high end place but an established company).  My first kid never even went (had some schedule conflicts) and then got the high scores and that was that.

This second kid has been doing questions with the tutor.  Probably 15 visits for 2 hours a time?

Are are there better tutoring options?

I am so frustrated by this.  Not because I care that much about the scores. I ultimately don't.  He/she could go test optional or apply to different schools. 
[b]Because within the dynamic of our family (twins) it is causing such an issue. [/b] As parents we don't talk about it.  We are as chill as can be.  Never mention the SAT or ACT.  But the second kid compares himself/herself to the sibling.  I know that life isn't fair, we don't all succeed at everything, etc.  And it very well might be that twin #2 never figures this out.  But I'm in the information gathering stage to see if there is more help that we can get before we call it a day  
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Very similar kids to yours.  A lot of tutors don't change their teaching to what a kid actually needs to study.  They continually do practice problems and that's it.  If you have the time, below is what I did to help my 1300 kid get above 1500 (an 800 in math)

-Print out old tests (there are several on Reddit)
-Each day over the summer take one section of a test (timed) and then review missed questions 
-there are several YouTube videos that will go over in depth the question you missed and several different approaches for each problem
-watch the "how I got a 1600" videos on YouTube

The SAT is very repetitive in the questions it asks so once you understand the patterns, it is very easy to do well.  Use all of the free resources on Reddit and Youtube[/quote]

Princeton Review deals a lot in SAT patterns. I used to teach for them.[/quote]

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