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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Main thing would do different is start college planning earlier. Some things even in middle school ( not in stressful way, but making sure they are ready to take more difficult classes). Load up on AP, they aren't as hard as you think. SAT prep and practice tests 12 -18 months before taking test can get kids that 1500+.[/quote]

Would you start test prep summer after freshman year?[/quote]

Absolutely not. Do it the summer after sophomore year. Take the SAT at the end of August, right before junior year. If you want to try again to add points, take it again the following August, after a shorter round of targeted prep that summer.

In our experience, the scores go up quite a bit with that year. Some of it is just an extra year of maturity/development.Also, for our DC, AP Lang probably helped a bit with verbal, and plus being more self-motivated to do efficient and targeted self-study (again, maturity). [/quote]

Similar for us too. Our DD’s best sitting was June of Junior year. Much higher than summer before Junior year. The timing wasn’t great though. She finished AP testing and then buckled down on SATs. It was grueling but she got what she needed and then could relax and do her essay over the summer. [/quote]

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