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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember reading somewhere that a highly selective school in the SF Bay area looked down on 1600. Their point was that putting time into something that is known to have limited value brings up the question - are focusing on the wrong things?[/quote]
Huh? You think it’s impossible for them to score high without a lot of prep? Dumb people have very limited world views and tend to brainwash themselves with whatever they’ve heard.[/quote]

If kids get 1600 the first time: great.

If kids get 1540 the first time, as juniors, without tons of prep: also great.

But what the kid who gets the 1540 the first time has to see is that a kid with a 1540 and a 5 on Calc BC as a sophomore is clearly going to get into a college that will prepare the kid well to do great things, whether that’s Harvard or UVa.

The real struggle is finding a worthy fight where the kid can make a difference.

How can the kid find a dissertation topic that will lead to research that will matter? What can the kid do about climate change, conflict or COVID, or just figuring out how to help agemates bounce back from COVID disruption and become productive citizens?

Squandering energy and intelligence that could be used on important work to try to get 60 more points on the SATs is really a terrible waste of resources.

Maybe the colleges are to blame for that more than the kids and families, but kids have to try to resist the pressure to live for a test. [/quote]

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