<p>Thanks again for all of your suggestions here. I enjoyed the denotation vs. connotation theory. I'm guilty of reading of what I think it should be rather than what it does say.....Also the "staying confident" idea. My daughter has always succeeded in academics but has never been especially confident. I have not been involved in her homework or school work since she was very young. She's very motivated and organizes her time quite well. She's normally the student who thinks she does poorly and is surprised when she gets the 97 and thinks she's "bombed" a test. She always gets straight As even in her first two years of high school. She was sure that she missed too many on the AP statistics test to do well and she scored a 5. Anyway, the very low CR score was her first shocker! Actually her other PSAT sections weren't great either....just OK.</p>
<p>My daughter's confidence has increased over the course of the last school year. She was (and still is) quite dismayed with her low PSAT scores but poured even more energy than normal into her schoolwork. Her AP and SAT II history scores have helped increased her confidence. </p>
<p>I have already copied the SAT vocabulary words on the link provided and will help her get started when she comes home. (Lucky daughter is currently on a 3 week trip to Europe.)</p>
<p>What a great website this is.....thank you for all of the suggestions!</p>