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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is a rising junior and an excellent student at his school. He already took honors precalc as a sophomore and achieved a near perfect score in that class. He’s aiming at a few T20 schools and knows that’s it’s almost a must to get over 1500 on the SAT.

He’s taken 4 practice SATs over the summer and his score is ranging between a 1450 and a 1490, almost equally split between Math and English. He’s already taken several sessions with a tutor he likes at a reputable testing place in the area. The tests aren’t revealing any particular areas of weakness.

If your child was in a similar position , what has helped the most? More practice tests? Changing tutors? Simply more studying ? [/quote]
[b]Too early[/b].

The verbal score will naturally increase after taking AP lit in junior year.  50 point increase will make it to 790 or 800.

The verbal part can't be easily prepped.  Rigorous English courses really help, a lot.[/quote]

I think most schools do Lang in 11th and then Lit in 12th. But either way, 50 point increases above 740 don’t generally just naturally happen like they do with lower scores. That’s missing few to no questions. Most have to really study for that because it really isn’t about content gaps at that level anymore. [/quote]

This is absolutely false.  It’s not about content gaps at all.  It’s comprehension.  Mine improved naturally on verbal part after AP lit, which involves tons of reading and analysis.  If the kid hasn’t taken AP lang, then lang will also help.  FWIW, mine got 800 on verbal.  [/quote]

AP Lit is a senior year class. How is your kid taking it in 11th?[/quote]

About half our high school takes AP lit in 11th and it is a public magnet. Many she met at her ivy did the same even if they did not take the AP, it was structured similarly to be able to easily get a 4 or 5. 12th is for college-style English classes. The feederish private near us does college-style semester literature classes 11&12 and does not offer the AP at all but many take it in 11 or even 10th. AP language content is covered in 10th but not called AP. [/quote]

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