I Have A Question! Percentage of Students Who Prep.

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<p>This may seem like an inane question, but I've always been a bit curious. What percentage of students actually prep for the SAT? I haven't ever been able to find any data on the subject and am now leaving it to the able members of this forum. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Definitely almost everyone on this forum who is posting her probably prepared</p>

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<p>This site = 98%, the country is definitely not even close to that.</p>

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<p>you kinda need to be specific. For me, I studied, but I studied the week before the SAT.</p>

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<p>well, I know that. but I was just curious as to what anecdotal evidence you guys have. like, what percentage of the kids you know/go to school with/are friends with prep. haha.
and as for specifics…hmm, what percentage would you say took more than 4 practice tests. arbitrary number but whatever. time scale is irrelevent i guess.</p>

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<p>Most of my friends/kids that I know will take 1 prep class and thats it</p>

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<p>I didn’t take a Prep class. I just took a couple practice tests from the BB. Nothing else. I bought some Barron’s workbooks, but I didn’t use them – I probably will to prepare for the May SAT though.</p>

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<p>I go to a private school, everyone here either prepares for the SAT or the ACT. Even the brightest kids in my grade, people who got 225 + on the PSAT without studying still prepare for the SAT/ACT.</p>

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<p>I think Prep class would be a waste of money in my case. Only took like 2-3 from the BB and skim the PR CR/W SAT study guide.</p>

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<p>I come from a pretty affluent/well educated area and my SAT room, only 3 out of 20 people claimed to have studied.</p>

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<p>I prepped the week before. I just read through the book “Hack The SAT” (highly recommend- it’s really funny and helpful) and did a practice test from College Board’s SAT study guide. More than anything, prepping helped to build my confidence.
Most of my friends did not prep (as far as I know). One of them took a prep course about a year before she took the actual exam, and it didn’t seem to help her much.</p>

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<p>Most of our few top students go to SAT prep classes like Kaplan. My school also has SAT/ACT prep which most students do but it’s not that rigorous and students don’t really care about it. A couple (like me) do independent prep, which I think is most effective.</p>