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[quote=Anonymous][quote]cool. With a 63.6% acceptance rate they wont have to worry too much about all this SAT test prep stuff.[/quote]

Harvard's admit rate was 5 % last year.  And most top schools -- in the 5 to 11% range.  While I may not be interested in going to Harvard it doesn't mean I will decide not to put my best foot forward in the process -- GPA or SAT.  A few good pilots and surgeons have come a cropper just because they did not shoot for their best efforts even on a short flight up the coast or removing a non-cancerous tumor.  By the time some folk reach high school, like pilots and brain surgeons, they are wired to sweep clean and do their best no matter how mundane you think the task.  That's their nature.  If Harvard asks for an SAT score or recommendation or portfolio these students will put forth their best efforts.  It really doesn't matter what you think.  You had your opportunity to go to College.  It is their turn now and your old war stories about how easy it was for you and not studying for this and for that is really meaningless and immaterial today.   More than likely you would not be able to compete with today's students for those seats.   The SAT test has no intrinsic value except as a criteria for entry into the best universities and colleges for the last 50 years.  If you would not blow off the MCAT, LSAT, GMAT, State Bar Exam or National Board Examination why would any sensible individual blow off the SAT.  And if it is as easy a test as you claim for a hard working student with high GPA in tough courses the minor task of hitting it out of the park (800, 800, 800) should be a breeze and top students [b]will nail it[/b] ... and not look a gift horse in the mouth.

A risk analysis --or game theory -- would suggest one has far more to lose than gain from taking the SAT lightly.  The choice intelligent students make is obvious.  They don't change their approach for a prize they seek.  That's the right choice with the best chance of keeping all options open.  As a parent that's how I advise my children.

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