{"id":1868,"date":"2014-05-27t09:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-27t16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/sat\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2021-01-06t14:52:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06t22:52:40","slug":"sat-information-for-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/sat-information-for-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"sat information for parents"},"content":{"rendered":"
for well over a year, we\u2019ve been writing posts aimed at students (\u201chow to get a high sat score\u201d, \u201chow to spot a dangling modifier\u201d, etc.). not that there haven\u2019t been useful tips for parents; there just hasn\u2019t been anything directly targeted towards parents. until now.<\/p>\n
but if you are the parent of a high schooler, you probably have plenty of questions regarding the sat. below are some of the most common ones.<\/p>\n
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why is the sat such a big deal?<\/h2>\n
the logic goes that we can\u2019t rely on gpa alone. a student with a 4.0 from phillips exeter is probably different academically from one who gets a 4.0 at a small country school. that is not to say the phillips exeter student is brighter; indeed, maybe the one from the small country school is just as bright, if not brighter. so we need a test, and that test is the sat.<\/p>\n
of course the sat is not a perfect test for\u00a0 \u201cbrightness\u201d, but it\u2019s the main one we\u2019ve got, and the one that colleges consider a decent gauge of bookish brainpower. in other words, it\u2019s one of the best ways for a student to make him- or herself stand out intellectually.<\/p>\n
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which materials to use?<\/h2>\n
one of the most daunting parts of sat prep is navigating through all of the material out there. there\u2019s mcgraw hill, princeton review, kaplan, barron\u2019s, sparknotes\u2026and those are just the big names. the list goes on for a while, encompassing everything from online test prep (like magoosh<\/a>) to some sat tutor in delaware with a heavy blog presence.<\/p>\n