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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]how do you figure? if a kid has a very high GPA in a competitive HS, why should they also HAVE to have a high SAT? My DS is an anxious standardized test taker, he literally threw up on the way to one of his APs exams. Also, we cannot afford test prep so everything was done in Khan Academy for free. So the fact that he gets nervous in those situations and we can't afford thousands in test prep should invalidate the fact that he has demonstrated over the course of 11+ years that he is capable of learning and understanding the required material at a high level? I do not think is score is bad, but if I posted it here, you would all say, omg awful should go to a comm college LOL Regardless, most kids with his GPA had a higher SAT/ACT score, but that does not mean he is less prepared or capable in college. In fact he has a 4.0 currently.

Some people are just good standardized test takers, others are not and/or not able to afford the prep that many others can.[/quote]

So your kid [u]only[/u] has anxiety for standardized year-end AP tests, yet he absolutely nailed the classroom tests in the same AP courses with the same content?

Sounds like the answer is 'yes,' given his perfect grades in those AP classes.

Or ....... could it be that the grades are inflated at this "competitive HS" ?    Perfect A's in AP classes really should translate into 4s and 5s on those same AP tests.  Unless there's something a little off about those perfect A's.  [/quote]

yes he's is completely fine taking tests in school and now that he's in college he literally has a 4.0. So no I do not think it's the "inflated" grading at our high school. I have no evidence to support your argument. Do you?[/quote]

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