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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are kids these days way smarter than kids of our generation? (80s-90s)
Every kid seems to have top scores and all As. Whereas, at my rigorous public high school in the mid-90s, regular bright well-rounded kids with As/Bs but not Einstein-level grades, were going to Northwestern, Dartmouth, UPenn, Wellesley, etc. I had strong but not exceptional grades and got into Vassar. Now it seems in order to get into a T30, you need all As and all APs. Am I missing something here? How is this happening? Did this generation produce geniuses?[/quote]

The SAT is able to be studied for now, and there is grade inflation.

The SAT that you took is very different than the SAT that your kids take.  Previously, you could get a small edge by doing SAT prep and memorizing vocab.  But the logic sections, i.r. kitten:cat::puppy:dog are gone.[/quote]

There’s grade inflation for sure but the SAT is easier now, and it’s been re-normed so that kids’ scores are higher.[/quote]

Definately!  Those of use who took sat in late 80s and early 90s can add 
Verbal: 1.07 * pre 1995 score +53
Math: add approximately 20-40

So your 640 V/740 M is now 740V/760 to 780 M 
And all of that was achieved without any test prep (beyond PSAT for me).  [/quote]

740/780 in 1987.
I was NMSF and then took kaplan, it was sort of a waste of time, it doesn't really help at the high end of test scores.
I'm sure the techniques for test prep have gotten better but back in the 1980s it was all geared for the middle of the curve[/quote]

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