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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no idea.  But I will tell you that my DD took a prep class for $230 at Montgomery College and raised her score from 1960 to 2330.[/quote]

And this is why the SAT should not be used for college applications.   If you can raise a score by that much, it means nothing.    My DC had a 2290 the first time he took the test with absolutely zero prep.   I'd bet on him as a thinker over a prepped higher score every time.  [/quote]

PP here.  Actually, it reflects a combination of innate ability and increased familiarity with format.  DS scored in the 99.5th percentile on the verbal/quantitative reasoning portion of the IQ test administered as part of neuropsych testing we had done a few years ago.  OTOH, his processing speed and working memory are just average.

The improved high SAT scores are consistent with all of that.

But if it makes you feel better to think that colleges will throw them out because we are so rich as to be able to spend $340 on a one-month prep class, then that's ok by me.[/quote]

I get it and did not mean to come off sounding so dismissive.  I should have qualified what I said to add that if an SAT score is consistent with other good statistics (GPA, etc), it's more likely to be given weight.   Obviously, you know your kid an familiarity with the format helped.

That said, an improvement that large does seem on the unusual side though.   I don't think the average kid's scores would go up that much even with prep.  [/quote]

PP here.  I don't think my kid is average, so the increase didn't surprise me that much.  His GPA is just ok but he always tests well (e.g. on MAP-R and MAP-M as well as on MSAs).

Even if all the admissions offices do is average his scores (vs. throw them out), he still has good scores.  So it was worth the prep class fee.[/quote]

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