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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A Langley's mom here.  I don't know what kids at Wakefield HS do in the summer but at Langley, I do know a lot of kids including mine, especially Asians, attend SAT prep class for eight straight weeks from M-F, 9am-4pm in the summer at the cost of around 6K.  That probably explains why they have better scores than kids from Wakefield.[/quote]

You won’t find many kids from Langley spending eight full weeks of their summer at an SAT prep class. Not even the Asians.[/quote]

On its face, that does sound like overkill (and over priced!) for your typical academically focused UMC.  From what I've seen, some targeted one-on-one tutoring would save 200 hours of time and $3-$4k.
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I am another mom from Langley and my daughter does go to eight weeks summer SAT boot camp.  PP, I hope you're smarter than what you wrote here.  You can get a Camry for 25k or you can get a Lexus for 80K.  People who can afford it prefer Lexus over Camry because of all the safety features and comfort that Camry just does not have.  The same goes with SAT prep.  You get what you pay for.

If the kid is already smart and motivated, he/she doesn't need SAT boot camp.  The kid could have been attending Wakefield and score 1600 on the SAT.  Unfortunately, most kids can not do that so therefore they need help.  Btw, I think Wakefield is a wonderful school.  It is not where you go to school, it's how you make the most of it.

I do have a somewhat idiotic question.  Is gang an issue at Wakefield as some in thread mentioned?[/quote]

I 100% agree that you get what you pay for.  What I'm suggesting is that you can get 1st class individualized instruction that is targeted toward actual identified areas of weakness vs. paying 3x more for a summer of drudgery for a group experience.  [/quote]

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