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[quote=Anonymous]I've heard that SAT math is about pre-calc level, at the highest. So if you're on to Calc B/C by the time you take the SATs, you may well have forgotten all that pre-calc and also the geometry you did the year before that. In this respect, at least, doing advanced math means you're not as fresh with these concepts for the SATs and review would be helpful.

To the PP who was surprised by taking SAT prep the summer before junior year, I think "ease up" may actually be the motivating strategy here. Lots of kids try to get SATs out of the way by spring of junior year, January if possible, by getting scores that are high enough for the target college. DC did this - scored well on the SATs taken January 2012, and was done with them. That way you can reduce SAT-related stress and spend senior year focusing on the application essays.

I've heard the same thing as PP about review courses:  some prep companies make the tests super-hard so that you feel you got your money's worth when the actual SAT score comes in higher. I think once prep company was actually sued for this, because somebody was able to prove it. This says nothing, though, about whether other vendors continue to do the same thing.[/quote]

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