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Going through the whole standardized testing regiment last year, I did not notice a need to spend large amounts of time or money on preparation. Although I am s
by benkuykendall 11y ago
Going through the whole standardized testing regiment last year, I did not notice a need to spend large amounts of time or money on preparation. Although I am sure a few people waste a lot of resources on these exams, many of my peers in the running for top colleges can easily achieve in the top percentiles with little to no effort.
- ska 11y agoI think the parents contention was that likely in your case and your peers, those resources had already been spent, and that this is a useful signal.
- stephencanon 11y agoOf course some people do great without studying. I got a perfect score cold, FWIW (~nothing). However, the population of people with great scores also includes a disproportionate number of fairly smart kids whose parents are able to shell out big money for private school and test prep, and those students are a private college's bread and butter. If the schools happen to also pick up some poorer but equally good at test taking students in that population as well, so much the better.