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Re:Psychological Constellations Assessed at Age 13 Predict S... by sokoloff on Saturday December 07, 2019 @04:58PM (#21732840)
Most people scoring 700+ on SAT-M experience no time pressure on the test. (That could be read as tautological, but I’m fairly convinced that there is no real time pressure that would dramatically shift the “SMPY/SET eligible” from not. The questions are straightforward and there’s more than ample time provided for those with a realistic chance of scoring 700+.)

The extent of my tutoring was a public school guidance counselor explaining to our whole class who was taking the test that there was statistically no penalty for guessing and how the “A is greater, B is greater, C means equal, D means indeterminate” questions worked. That was 30 minutes at most.

Re:Psychological Constellations Assessed at Age 13 Predict S... by Spooky23 on Saturday December 07, 2019 @06:04PM (#21733214)
My high school did intense drilling for SATs as an after school thing. The average kid in my class had a 180 point improvement versus the PSAT as a result.

High SAT scores are evidence of high SAT score.

Re:Psychological Constellations Assessed at Age 13 Predict S... by confidantlake on Saturday December 07, 2019 @05:25PM (#21732984)
I got a 760 on SAT-M and I definitely felt tremendous time pressure. I am convinced I could have gotten 800 with no time limit. At the same time someone much smarter than me could probably get an 800 with half the time given.