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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many of the previous posters on this thread are NOT privileged?  Let me guess:  none. [/quote]

Please define "privileged?"   [/quote]
 in the era of the internet all students who wants to prep for any test have access and available resources. Thank goodness for FREE internet resources for all of this. [/quote]

Yea, right, and that’s why the privileged kids still pay for test prep.  We all know [b]free prep isn’t the same thing[/b].  Beyond that, you’re also assuming that the underprivileged kids even KNOW about the need to/benefits of, test prep.  I will tell you this, when I was growing up in a first generation household, no one told me - and I had no way of knowing - that test prep was a good idea.  So it never occurred to me.

You’re living in a bubble. [/quote]

On this point, the only difference between using a paid source vs a free source was making sure my kid was staying on schedule. My kid could totally prep on their own using books and online (and they mostly did this) but having a handful of appointments with a tutor made sure it got done. In the end, they decided to take one test one more time to raise an ACT sub-score and for that they did it all on their own. They also did their own prep using books and online for AP tests (when class wasn't AP).

Of course, your other points about knowing to prep, having parents (like me) pay attention to prep, having classmates who are prepping etc. are spot on.[/quote]

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