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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We followed the US News guidelines with a semiprivate tutor and they said that in total, students should plan to spend 12-15 hours a week on prep starting six to eight weeks before they plan to take the final test. The study course should offer practice at least once a week for four weeks.

DS did it with his girlfriend and DS got a 1540.  Girlfriend got a 1500.

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15 hours per week for 8 weeks? Crazy.[/quote]

+1 Those 120 hours could have been spent doing something meaningful.  It explains a lot about why so many high SAT scorers get rejected by good schools. The opportunity cost for those extra couple points is tremendous. I can understand a student wanting a little test prep, but I can't imagine more than an hour a week, if they have a substantive high school course load. [/quote]

It effectively cheapens the value of a really high score. Colleges can just assume (perhaps unfairly) that the kid who got the perfect score is a drone who devoted their life to test prep. [/quote]

It really doesn't because I dont think that all of that prepping makes any difference.
He's teaching TJ kids? How much help do you think they need?

Your scores mostly come from your education and also taking the test again  [/quote]

I would tend to agree with you.  My point is more about how these scores are perceived.  A perfect score on the SATs is impressive.  A perfect score from a kid who studied 15 hrs/week for 8 weeks prior to the test?  Not so much.  When colleges see a 1600, if they think they might be getting the latter rather than the former, it cheapens the value of the achievement.[/quote]

How would they know?
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Because the student was test prepping instead of being engaged in their community/school/team/etc. It's really easy to tell students who care about something and spend their time doing it rather than prepping for a test. [/quote]

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