Personally, I gained about 200 points after having a tutor for SATs in high school. I don't know that I would have studied as well/hard without it. For me, the

Personally, I gained about 200 points after having a tutor for SATs in high school. I don't know that I would have studied as well/hard without it. For me, the SATs/SAT IIs didn't test what was a meaningful way to assess my strengths in the first place: analytic reasoning & creativity. That only partially came across in my extra ciriculars since primary education is largely memorization without understanding.