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menloparkmom · 07-04-2009, 06:50 PM

full disclosure:I had a pretty good idea that he would be able to score in NMF range, as he had taken the SAT in 7th grade to qualify for a CTY program, and scored well at that time. Reading prior posts on CC suggested that on average, SAT scores tend to go up around 50 pts/ year in HS. Also I knew we would be looking for FA/ Merit$, and had gotten the idea of some summer tutoring to help nudge PSAT scores up from someone who suggested it on CC in 2004. Asking a kid to do 6 hrs of tutoring during the summer is not too much IMHO if it means anywhere from $4000 to $85000 in college tuition savings [USC offers automatic 1/2 tuition scholarships to NMF's]

07-04-2009, 06:50 PM	#56
menloparkmom Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,427	full disclosure:I had a pretty good idea that he would be able to score in NMF range, as he had taken the SAT in 7th grade to qualify for a CTY program, and scored well at that time. Reading prior posts on CC suggested that on average, SAT scores tend to go up around 50 pts/ year in HS. Also I knew we would be looking for FA/ Merit$, and had gotten the idea of some summer tutoring to help nudge PSAT scores up from someone who suggested it on CC in 2004. Asking a kid to do 6 hrs of tutoring during the summer is not too much IMHO if it means anywhere from $4000 to $85000 in college tuition savings [USC offers automatic 1/2 tuition scholarships to NMF's] Last edited by menloparkmom; 07-04-2009 at 06:56 PM.
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