<p>My daughter is a junior with a decent but not stellar gpa of 3.7 weighted and 3.5 or so UW, good EC's and is a 4year varsity athlete. She attends a demanding private school that sends a few kids to the Ivy League every year. She has taken honors math and science every year, and will take honors physics and honors calculus as a senior next year For some reason though, her PSATs were just abysmal, like 125 or so. She is to take the SAT next week, and, although she has done some prep, I doubt she will break 1300-1400/2400. </p>
<p>I am working with her on the issue of getting a tutor or taking a class, but she feels so hopeless about it. Also, between her sport and her school work she is pretty overworked as it is. </p>
<p>I don't expect her to get into MIT or something, but her grades are good enough to get into say a mid tier UC. I have posted in the SAT and ACT section regarding test prep, but I thought I would post here regarding what schools would place less emphasis on the standardized tests.</p>
<p>Sorry, can't give you much help about specific schools, etc. but I will tell you that I was able to improve my ACT score by 5 points (granted my score wasn't bad too start), just by taking practice tests. I didn't use any prep books or anything like that, all I did was take practice test after practice test after practice test (I gathered all the past tests and the tests drafted by Princeton Review, Kaplan, etc.) and it truly was beneficial. I was able to raise my ACT Math from 22 to 28 just through practice. To me, the best preparation you can do is to continue to take practice tests, because you can learn the most from them.</p>
<p>definitely have her attend an sat class, maybe even a private tutor if you can afford it since her scores are so low. Really, that should help a lot. Also Have her take a lot of practice tests.</p>
<p>You really can improve your scores with practice tests and tutoring. I was able to boost my math PSAT score from 48 in sophomore year by almost 20 points on my junior year PSAT, so it can be done.</p>
<p>I was in same situation last year (Junior year), but if your daughter's school grades are good, the admission will look more into it. After all college admission is not just about standardized test scores. I got into University of Michigan Ann Arbor with some scholarship. I know its not an IVY but I am happy because some people told me that I can't get into anywhere with a 1350 in SAT. Also try ACT as some people have stated. I took the ACT and I got 32 on it, which is around 1420 in SAT scales. Take hard courses and try to stand out with essays.</p>