<p>Race doesnt exist. At least biologically. There is no race called Asian lol. Asian’s are people who come from the continent Asia which compromises many different nations.</p>
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<p>Are you using an iPad? :)</p>
<p>^ Haha nah, its an itouch. Now that your pointing this out, I must have made some grammar mistakes lol!</p>
<p>Well, we take a pencil, a marking sheet, a stopwatch, and a practice test first. Then, we read the instructions. Then, we first write the essay, after which we take the remainder of the test. We repeat this about 25+ times over the course of about 2 months and get 2400s. It’s as simple as that. Anyone can do it!</p>
<p>There are two ways to a high score. The first is innate ability or otherwise called intelligence. The second is hard-work and coordinated effort couple with a smart studying/preparation plan. However, if you combine both innate ability and smart preparation, you end up with brilliance: a score of 2300+ and sometimes if you’re lucky, a 2400. Race, religion, and sex have absolutely nothing to do with your academic success. Asians being successful academics is nothing more than a stereotype; there are a lot of Asian failures out there.</p>
<p>It has nothing to do with race. It has everything to do with culture. When I took the SAT, these are some (clearly overly generalized) stereotypes that I encountered:</p>
<p>Caucasian, American, Western Parent:Hey man, read the College Board book. It’s an aptitude test and it’s on basic math and stuff. Just do your best.</p>
<p>Eastern culture parent (Asian, Indian, even Middle Eastern): You have to get a perfect score. Here are 4 prep books. You must have finished 20 tests before you take the real one and you must rework each test until you don’t miss anything.</p>
<p>I did about 10 tests total, 15 math tests, and 4 additional writing essays in a span of 2 months to get my score of 2340. I’m Asian btw.</p>
<p>It’s just practice.</p>
<p>Here’s one thing I notice.</p>
<p>Western prep courses emphasize concepts: “Here’s HOW you can do these types of problems”
My parents emphasize specific problems: “How do you solve this particular problem” The idea is that when you go for the test, no question is surprising, weird, or a little too hard. You overprepare and do as many problems as possible in order to remove the unknown factor. If the test has all predictable problems, it’s hard NOT to get a good score.</p>
<p>I studied concepts and BB, and the other prep books for 2 years and could never seem to finish on time and get some hard problems even though I knew the concepts inside out. Then I changed my approach and focused on trying to do every type of problem imaginable. I used Dr. Chung’s book. When I took tests after that, nothing was new. Every problem was something I’d seen before.</p>
<p>@IceQube</p>
<p>Please be kidding, please be kidding, please be kidding.</p>
<p>I hope you’re just trolling.
I wish I could know and I’m Asian.</p>
<p>It sounds like the instructor was joking.</p>
<p>I like that feeling that I am Asian (Chinese), studied little to nothing, and now have to retake a 2280 to raise my math subscore. I’ve got four black test prep books (only took ONE practice test), and have taken zero classes.</p>
<p>I feel like I’m a walking contradiction sometimes.</p>