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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Remember, OP asked what things we wished we knew when our kid was in 10th grade. When my oldest was sophomore there was already this absolute panic in his school about getting the best SAT prep. Should you do classes or a private tutor or some guy in McLean who everyone swore could help get kids perfect scores. It was nuts. Some parents even wanted an IQ standard in prep classes so that their kids wouldn't get slowed down by the dummies. This in particular always made me want to ask, if your kids are so smart, why do they need a prep class?[/quote]

A minimum IQ for a prep class?!

I paid for a "live online" Kaplan prep class for my older DC after a meh PSAT score (1150 or so in both 10th and 11th). She put zero effort into it, did the same or worse on the SAT, and ended up getting a much better ACT score without doing any prep for that.  Younger DC had a much higher PSAT score and will take SAT in the fall after doing some Khan Academy in the summer if I can persuade him to do it.  He seems on-track to score over 1400 with a little prep in the reading section, which is more than high enough since he is an A- type student with limited ECs.  Maybe he'll take an ACT too.

One thing I learned the first time around is that this process does NOT have to be that stressful.  There are MANY good schools out there if you can look below the USNWR top 40 or 50.  Some of them have easy applications and really don't care if your kid was the president of everything, a 1500 SAT or 35 ACT, or had straight As in AP classes - it's enough to have good grades and good test scores.  If you have a happy, laid back kid who doesn't want to completely kill themselves with all the hardest classes and  intense ECs, don't let the pressure get to them or to you. [/quote]

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