> This is just poor parenting. I disagree. My parents got me a book of practice tests and strongly encouraged me to study. I took the PSAT cold, and the SAT wi

> This is just poor parenting. I disagree. My parents got me a book of practice tests and strongly encouraged me to study. I took the PSAT cold, and the SAT with ~1 hour of study. My school offered free SAT prep classes to students, courtesy of some kind-hearted teachers. Attendance was miserably low, I certainly wasn't there. Even students who studied hard and did well at high-end colleges didn't study for the SAT. I'm frustrated that we ascribe every moment of lost potential to "bad parenting", I think it's a way to disregard both human nature and structural forces. God knows it's not my parents' fault I took the test cold.