Just how important in the admissions process are your scores on admissions tests?

On balance, a high score may not get you in There, but a low score may keep you out. What do admissions tests assess? What do they measure? Achievement? Intelligence? Aptitudes? Achievement, like chronological aging, is historically (indelibly) written in the record. Intelligence (Cognitive IQ) is polygenetic, immutably (for the time being at least) programmed in your DNA, your operating system. Just as self-awareness and effort can elevate Emotional IQ, and diet and exercise can alter biological aging, hard work can hone aptitudes.

Higher scores in testing
come by work,
Not by chance,
As they score highest who
have worked
To advance.

Everyone's potential in their particular pursuits probably has some differing, finite, upper limits. But those limits are very difficult, if indeed possible, to measure. No one has ever been able to put a finite limit on one's potential for greatness. Why do you suppose the super-achievers and superstars in our midst have invested megahours and megabucks prepping with the finest aptitude coaches? Like the skills of champions, Nobel laureates, Olympic Gold Medalists, presidents and virtuosos, test aptitudes can be honed by hard work and qualified coaching. Work with us and boost yours.

A Popular Myth

The notion that prepping for standardized tests is a waste of time and money is one of the most enduring and detrimental myths shared by some counselors, parents, teachers and beleaguered upper-school principals; people who are involved in the admissions process. One naysaying, upper-school principal of an elite, private high school drafted a letter advising parents to forgo "expensive preps" and simply have their students just "take practice SAT's." This plausible-sounding delusion is tantamount to advising the football, golf, soccer or tennis team to forgo "coaching" and just "pass, hit or kick a lot of balls." To just do the same thing over and over again and expect not only a different but also a better result is insanity.

Some have even doubled their scores.

Students can benefit from a quality, interactive prep in which the teacher is the motivating force and the facilitator rather than just the "font of knowledge." Many who fail to prep often score lower than they would have otherwise. If they apply at all - and many do not for fear of rejection - they are often rejected by their college wish list. Many of our former students - from average to honors - have improved their skills and scored high on their admissions test. You say they may have done so anyway. I do not deny the possibility. But the point is this. Many have upped their scores hundreds - that's right - hundreds of points higher than before. Some have even doubled their scores. These students have increased the range of universities and graduate programs that they may be eligible to attend. And so can you.

For Some, Test Anxiety Is Real

Just as fear of rejection is a reality in the admissions process, test phobia is a real phenomenon that afflicts many students; some are in the upper quintile of their classes. Some rank even higher. I have often witnessed their agony; sitting immobilized - gorgonized by their fear of failure. For some the angst is psychological; the sense of failure: "My parents will be so disappointed. What if I don't get into a decent college? My friends - I'll be the laughing stock." For others the anxiety is the realization that skills are lacking: "Fractions, percentages, geometry, algebra, probability, logic games, word problems, double passages, vocabulary. Aggggh!"

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Whether due to pressure - sometimes a self-inflicted wound - to undeveloped skills or to unwarranted perceptions, like the possibility of failure, anxiety is real. For those who consider failure, failure becomes an option. For many, the test resembles a black box filled with Gordian knots (mythology: a difficult-to-solve problem). For you, Prep Doctor gives you the keys, the tools, the high-test fuel to cut through test anxiety and conquer the test.

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