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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] No hostility toward SAT and ACT prep. People generally don't have a problem with prep for the college entrance examinations like the SAT and the ACT since, as you say, they are not aptitude tests, but tests of the subject matter taught in high school.

But let's face it, an unprepped perfect score for a high school junior is way more impressive than a prepped score. These are tests of all you have learned in school so an unprepped perfect score shows a much better than average command of the coursework taught in high school.[/quote]

Only a fool will assume an "unprepped" 800 is way more impressive since this individual has prepped deligently through reading and longstanding study.  What's so impressive?
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[b]What's impressive with an unprepped student is that they managed a perfect score without a course in how to game the test.[/b]  Not saying it's wrong as I remember how some testing strategies helped raise my score 100 points in HS, but when you see a kid walk into an SAT test without that and come out with an 800, you know you have an extremely smart kid on your hands.[/quote]

Yes. Nothing wrong with learning test-taking strategies, but someone who can get a perfect score without doing test prep clearly is head and shoulders above the rest.
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