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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like this is an entirely different world I wasn't privy to.

I'm AA, attended predominantly AA, working class schools in the south.  I took the SATs once with no prep at all.  Scored close to 1300, with an almost perfect verbal score.

I'd heard of prep classes, but I didn't know anyone taking them.  Also, it would've been difficult for my family to afford.  I also thought it only bumped your score up a bit, like 100 points.

You mean to tell me that people whose families can afford it are able to bump up their progeny's scores by hundreds of points??

If true (and not statistically rare), what is the point of the test if those with money can essentially manufacture their kids' results??  What is it measuring??  To my mind, this strengthens the case for affirmative action.  [/quote]

[b]Honestly, I think that the test prep people are basing the score jump off the baseline and final test prep practice tests given by the test company.

The baseline one is written to be ambiguous and more difficult to yield a lower score.

The final practice test is written with more clarity, and more likely to yield a higher score.

They are designed to show the parents shelling out the money that there is "progress" from the test prep class and to hopefully give the kids some confidence going into the actual SAT so they will hopefully relax, resulting in a better score.

The jump is not based off real scores, but rather the jump between the test prep practice tests.[/b]

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No. The baseline and final score are based on REAL tests. You do know that the College Board released 8 previous tests that people study from? It’s the big blue book. This isn’t the evaluative test that Princeton Review and Kaplan give out.[/quote]

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