I realized how much of a scam standardized testing was when I used to do the PSATs and increased my score mostly by using a different strategy rather than getti

I realized how much of a scam standardized testing was when I used to do the PSATs and increased my score mostly by using a different strategy rather than getting smarter or anything. The SAT prep class my high school offered for like $40 was a complete joke because they were designed for public school students where you get around 1250 and it's pretty good for state school admissions. Until I learned to treat the test as a game and understand its scoring I went from 1330 to 1520 simply by _not_ answering anything I wasn't fully confident with my answer - this is literally the opposite strategy I was instructed to do where they encouraged people to guess. To get to the higher end, you are best off never getting even a partial deduction for getting something wrong. When I got my best score, I only got 3 questions wrong but far more unanswered.