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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are some kids who are great students but have terrible test anxiety and TO is a good option.  I still don't think it helps much for the top schools though, unless you are submitting APs.  Best advice is to put the time into prepping for SATs and APs.  Don't rely on TO.
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How does the "test anxiety" brigade manage to do well on AP exams but not the SAT?  :roll: [/quote]

Because AP exams are held in your school, during the regular school day, possibly in your actual class you've been in the whole year, with your friends all around you and possibly your teacher as the proctor. Calms you down if you have anxiety.    SAT is on a Saturday, sometimes at your school but in the cafeteria or other lecture hall, sometimes at a different school or testing center, with strangers sitting around you, a proctor you just met, room could be too cold, too hot, sun in your eyes, proctor refuses to draw down shades, etc... etc....   amps up the anxiety and hence the propensity to make silly mistakes, run out of time etc...     My DS who notices every small thing around them came out of a sitting talking about how frustrating and distracting it was for testers in the room to be audibly cursing regularly during the sitting. [/quote]

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