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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are absolutley NO legitimate excuses for "smart" kids to do poorly on the SAT. The SATs are set up to test reasoning and logic. Therefore, if you score poorly on those it indicates that the students have a poorly developed sense of knowledge integration. It is normal and expected in low SES students do to the failure to provide nuturing, stimulating, multi-modal learning environments in the early years. That is the ONLY reason why SAT scores are not as heavily weighted in minorities. It is a crutch to compensate for the early damages.[/quote]

Did you bump your head on a rock, or do you work for the Heritage Foundation.  Why does Kaplan and Princeton Review make so much money?  Why do parents hire private SAT tutors if it doesn't make any difference?  Of course it makes a difference.  Doing well on the SAT has NOTHING to do with being "smart."[/quote]

Let me explain it in simple, easy to understand terms. Since you both negate and support my comments I can only assume one of two things: that either comprehension isn't your strong suit or your ability to construct a logical argument is lacking. The SAT tests reasoning. Reasoning is the ability to make judgements, apply logic and draw upon disparate pieces of information to form logical conclusions. Reasoning is what makes a person intelligent, not rote memorization, a GPA, a good work ethic or laundry list of courses. All of those things are factors for success, but without reasoning skills they are moot. The SAT weeds out the kids who can't reason well and separates them from the ones who have great GPAs and allows schools to have another metric for measuring potential success.[/quote]

You didn't address my premise.  Why do people pay thousands of dollars if the test is just based on "logic".  Anyone can learn to take a test.  People who take a test prep clearly do better.  Ok, that's the only logical statement - and it was made by me.  One can learn logic and how to answer a question in test prep.  I took the bar and I didn't really know the material, but I knew how to answer the pattern of the question.  I passed with a very high score.  I didn't know what secured transaction was until I worked in an investment bank, but damn if I didn't know how to answer those questions.

SAT test prep companies would go out of business if they did not make an impact.

Besides, let it be a crutch.  Something tells me that I make so much more money than you, you are not worth my time.  Clearly, we are not peers.
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