<p>okay. i know this may be a "very" stupid question...but...-</p>
<p>Do many people who prepare for SAT (for a year) still get a bad mark? </p>
<p>(i know it depends on who im talking about..but what about majority of em?)
im starting to prepare it this september.
with my tutor for a year.
yikes.</p>
<p>Preparing can only do so much. Brilliant kids get 2200+ without studying while the studious can still get terrible scores.</p>
<p>Studying and still receiving an undesired score is not unheard of. It happens quite often .</p>
<p>oh :(..okay :) but ill still try my best. thanks</p>
<p>In some cases studying and taking prep courses can make a huge difference. I think it helps most with people who are not good test-takers (i.e. don't work well under time constraints, don't do well with multiple choice questions) as they learn how the SAT works and how to adapt to its demands.</p>
<p>In other cases, studying and prep courses make very little difference, if any. I had a friend in the same situation as you (he took the stupid thing 4 times), despite lots of studying. He'd often study SAT vocab during actual classes. This is not an extreme you want to go to. At a certain point the law of diminishing returns kicks in. If you feel the studying isn't helping, cut back on it.</p>