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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not every 1450 is close to the same based on life circumstances.

My guess is no one who has posted on this thread thus far will have a kid admitted to Stanford in the next 5 years. So many people here worry about the policies at these schools for no reason.[/quote]
They are objectively the same score. If you are missing gaps in your education, khan academy is a free resource and many SAT prep books are sitting in school libraries, dusting away. People with enough tenacity and intelligence to score in the 1550+ range should be rewarded over poor kids with subpar scores.[/quote]

Serious question.  Why?  A student who scores in the top 3 of every 100 students is somehow objectively has "gaps" in their education?  But if they do some additional test prep to learn how to better game the test, they have closed this educational gap?  What, because education (broad category, that) can be distilled down to two subject categories assessed in a single exam designed to help better predict gpa in Freshman year?  97% vs 99% - the arrogance of some people.  Goodness.[/quote]

You have a misconception of what test prep is.  The teachable test prep part is about 6 hours.  The rest is taking practice tests or actual learning.[/quote]

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