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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sophomore admissions used to require PSAT or SAT. There are free, widely available prep materials for these tests at Khan Academy which any student can access. PSAT/SAT are the way that talented, economically disadvantaged students can distinguish themselves, which is why colleges are going back to requiring them. TJ should also go back to requiring PSAT/SAT for sophomore applications, just as they currently do for junior applications.[/quote]

Sadly the free stuff just doesn't compare to the more expensive classes offered by many places like Princeton Review.[/quote]
Many students have good results from just using Khan and review books from Amazon.[/quote]

It helped mine too but later when they went to Princeton review their score went up over 200 points. My conclusion is that free stuff just isn't anywhere near as good, and you get what you pay for...[/quote]

It really depends on the student.
The primary difference between Khan Academy and Princeton Review is motivation.
At princeton review, you sit inn a class and are spoon fed the material.
With Khan academy, you have to be more self motivated.

We have seen (at least at highly selective institutions) that test scores do not reflect wealth.  They reflect academic ability.
See Opportunity Inisights research on the SATs[/quote]

But academic ability is so greatly enhanced by wealth. I mean places like Princeton review guarantee 200+ point improvement. [/quote]

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