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> I increased my score by 200 points to a perfect score using practice books. what motivated you to do this at the time ? Also, I never said its not possible
by dominotw 5y ago
> I increased my score by 200 points to a perfect score using practice books.
what motivated you to do this at the time ?
Also, I never said its not possible to do it with practice books.
> I would say the environment, social/parental expectations, exemplars within family/friends, peers ect matter more than a book.
my point was the word "more" in that sentence.
- Erik816 5y agoWhat motive would you need beside "a higher score gets me into better schools"? Surely someone smart enough to get a perfect SAT score can figure that out pretty easily.
- dominotw 5y agoI guess what i meant was why gp had this motivation while their peers didn't, what is the difference.
- BadCookie 5y agoLate replying, but I readily admit that supportive parents and a school subculture that valued academics were both factors. I didn’t mean to suggest that I single-handedly pulled myself up by my bootstraps. But the SAT was the main path I had to stand out in applications as a public-school-educated person from a rural place you’ve never heard of.
- maeil 5y agoClearly nature. No reason to keep this as an elephant in the room.