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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again.  Thank you all for your advice!  DD doesn't have a clear direction of where she wants to go or what she wants to study.  She's not Ivy-bound and probably not even UVA or W&M material.  We're thinking she should be able to get into one of the other VA publics test-optional, worst case scenario.  This might be wrong-headed, but hopefully not too far off the mark.

She works so hard at school and is already so stressed out, that I can't see putting more stress on her to do well on these tests.  The problem is not the content, but the lack of time.  This has always been a big problem for her.  I am sure that some test-taking strategies and a little practice would help her out, but I don't see her making a huge improvement after an expensive prep course.  Not to mention the fact that it irritates me to no end that kids need to prep at all (outside of taking a practice test or two).  Aren't these tests supposed to measure knowledge?  I'll have her play the game, because she has to, but only to a certain extent.  Ok, sorry for the soapbox moment![/quote]

My son never did serious test prep because he had substantial course rigor during the school year.  There are only so many hours in a day.

But given that test scores seem to be a such a huge factor in admissions decisions, if I had it to do over I would have insisted (I think?) on test prep the summer before his senior year and had him retest after the prep in the fall because a good part of these tests is simply knowing HOW to take them.  But...he needed a break from school, tests, studying and I honestly couldn't blame him. That meant summer fun and no summer test prep.  Better to go into that senior year not completely burned out.

He did pretty good with minimal prep but, as good as his scores are, I think that his scores are low for his actual ability if that makes sense.  He is not generally a poor test taker, either.

FWIW, he's got 3 solid admissions offers in hand (including some merit money) so he has some great options and we are sincerely grateful for that.  Can't help wondering if he would have received 1 or 2 more offers had his scores been just a bit higher....

Best of luck to your DD.  She sounds like a great candidate and I'm sure that she'll find a school that is the right match for her.[/quote]

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