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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The Internet offers many self-managed ACT/SAT prep courses. Frankly, if she cannot direct her efforts to locate and learn the tutorials on her own, she will likely struggle in a rigorous university curriculum[/b].[/quote]

Do your kids know what a bitch you are?  Way to be positive and add something productive.

The OP said she was getting higher on the pre tests she took. And a 30 is not a bomb. It was her first try.  It is people like you that make this kid feel like she bombed. The kids who can afford private tutors always come out on top, right?

White rich people are such pretentious assholes. Just because you have tons of money and time to throw away until your kids get perfect scores, does not mean the rest of the population does. Check yourself. [/quote]

This was actually good advice - what is WRONG with you?[/quote]

Yes, this is very good advice. Mom and Dad will spend thousands to raise the test scores with endless prep classes, and yes, Trevor and Catharine will receive admissions from the Ivies. Fast forward 8 months, and both students are struggling because Mom and Dad cannot purchase enough tutors to help them with the daily challenges of a demanding program.[/quote]

Any kid that can score close to 36 on the ACT or 1600 on the PSAT is not going to struggle at these schools.  You have to have basic raw intelligence and a good basic grounding in education to ace these tests.   
In fact it is very difficult to improve a 34 or 35 on the ACT.  But it can be done, and tutoring is the best way.  The lower scores are much easier to improve.

Plus the chances of them being admitted to an ivy are still slim.  They will need to show academic rigor and success in that curriculum.  AND they will need to show some sort of sustained leadership in something amazing.  And even then it is a crap shoot!  That said, Harvard is no more difficult in curriculum than some of the other top 20 schools.  It just has more brand recognition.

I posted earlier about my DC scoring a 36, but he is not interested in any of the super elite schools, mainly because he does not like the culture.  He'll find his place, and it will only be easier for him to do so because of that amazing score![/quote]

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