> "I realized that they didn’t just want to score exceptionally well on the SAT. They were gunning for a score on the Preliminary SAT exams that would put them

> "I realized that they didn’t just want to score exceptionally well on the SAT. They were gunning for a score on the Preliminary SAT exams that would put them in the top percentile of students in the United States and make them National Merit Scholars in the fall" Huh. I took the PSAT ~20 years ago without even knowing what it really was. I didn't even know that was how I ended up a National Merit Scholar until I read this.