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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]my kid did Khan too (and only Khan), got 1530 and was one and done. I dont know why preparing for a test and then doing well on a test is any different than preparing for your classes and doing well in your classes.

yes, like every other test you take, you can prep for it. but Khan has flattened the world of test taking - along with books available at every library - and not using any of these tools at all tells me more about a serious student than using them. [/quote]

I don't want to upset you,  but here's the truth.  If instead of doing Khan and taking the test once,  you had done what lots of umc+ parents do on here-- and spent more than 5k on private tutoring and coaching for 6 months or longer and took the test three or four times to superscore-- your kid would be closer to a 1600.  That's the crazed arms race-- and the privilege-- that many parents on here are looking to preserve. [/quote]

+1, sadly. I grew up in a rural area and went to a very average rural high school.  I took the SAT once junior year after doing a single practice test that the school guidance counselor told all of us to try doing at home. I ended up as a nmsf with a spectacular score. When I showed up at the Ivy that admitted me,  my scores there were higher than nearly all of my friends,  but only then did I learn how the umc rolls.  No one else took the test only once and no one else took it without prep. Things turned out great for me,  but I realized just how many of my college classmates were there only because their parents ' resources essentially let them leapfrog over some of my smarter high school friends. 
Unless we someday  come up with some kind of pop quiz type of test that is impossible to prep for and works off of a base of knowledge accessible to all high school students,  I'm cheering on the slow death of the SAT. [/quote]

Isn't it like $100 to take the test each time -- not really an arms race.[/quote]

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