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<p>I agree that it’s unfair for a qualified student who is unaware of the economical resources available for SAT prep (books) to have the fact used against him/her. However, I can’t sympathize with someone who <em>knows</em> that it’s possible to study for the SAT and dramatically improve scores, and then doesn’t bother to do so, and then complains about it. After all, I did study for the SAT, and went from being <em>very</em> sub-Caltech (below 650) to within the 25th-75th percentile in math by taking the time to learn the test. Why should I be put on equal footing with someone else who knew that their SAT scores weren’t representative of their abilities yet never took the trouble to prove it?</p>
<p>Anyway, on the whole I’d say that SAT prep will broaden one’s mind far more than reading CC.</p>
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<p>We aren’t much better off financially, but I’ve been able to take the SAT I twice (not to mention subject tests), because the test dates were spread over a year.</p>
<p>Also, if you’re poor the AP-SAT correlation could be a GOOD thing. A single AP test is twice as expensive as the <em>entire</em> SAT. Scoring 2400 on the SAT won’t show that you’re an expert in (blank), but the correlation allows someone who can’t afford to take the AP (blank) test to show that he/she could learn it if he/she wanted to (the desire to learn (blank) can be conveyed in your essays).</p>