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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some people care a lot about the SAT, while others think the extracurriculars are what count. What do you think?[/quote]

It's not either or. With elite colleges, the academic profile is the the baseline and everyone meets and exceeds that threshold. ECs are differentiators. With lower level schools, ECs don't matter. They just pretend it does.[/quote]

This. Students at the elite schools have the academic chops AND the ECs. Thus idea that a 1590 somehow ranks someone's IQ above a 1540 is nonsense.  I taught SAT prep, and they are coachable tests, not some IQ determinant. This obsession is ridiculous and just offbase. It's not an either/or. It's yes, and...[/quote]

Yes, SAT/ACT are "teachable"/coachable.  My kid went from 1320 to 1520 with 4 hours of "test prep", targeted to their issues.  Once they learned the tricks, every practice test was around 1520.  Had they wanted to do 15-20 hours of prep, they likely could have gotten to 1580+.  But we smartly chose not to waste their life doing test prep[/quote]

And other kids prep for months with no gains.  Most studies show test prep shows modest gains.  Kids generally improve on the second test, and it’s always possible to have a bad day; it’s hard for an individual to separate that from test prep. End of the day, if the kid doesn’t have the capacity, no amount of prep will help. [/quote]

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