How I learned not to hate the SAT

Students who went in believing standardized testing would be the end of them describe what changed once they learned how the test actually works. One says, "I improved by 10 points and never expected that for myself," and another says a 35 opened up a ton of different opportunities, in the money coming from schools and in the kinds of schools open to them.

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At first I hated it. The entire college process is pretty scary and frightening. I had really good grades, and I thought, you know, standardized testing would be the end of me.

I heard about Test Prep Gurus through one of my neighbors. I really liked my math instructor, because he helped me to find ways to do problems that I was getting right, but in quicker ways. That's when I learned that, hey, this is what I'm capable of.

Like, having tutors who help you to reach your goals when it comes to your scores, that's such a relief. There's nothing holding you back except you, kind of thing. And that really resonated with me, I guess, because self-confidence has not always been my strong suit, you know. And so to hear that from him really helped.

Honestly, when I got my scores back, I flipped out. Seeing my score popped up when I learned that, that night was amazing. And I improved by 10 points, and never expected that for myself. I earned a perfect score on the ACT.

Wow. So being able to get a successful score has made me feel just more confident that I'm going to be able to be successful at a more challenging school. Now I've been a lot more confident about doing certain things in my life from this program.

It sounds weird, but I promise you that this really does change yourself. It helped a lot. It opened a lot more doors for me, school-wise, college-wise. Gave me a lot more confidence.

It's a test, and if you can learn the way the test works, you can beat the test at its own game. A 35 opened up a ton of different opportunities for me. I've seen the difference it's made, both in the money I'm getting from schools and types of schools I've gone into.

I don't know, I would definitely just say thank you to my parents. Thank you. I tell them thank you. Thank you. I would tell them thank you. If it wasn't for Test Prep Gurus, I honestly wouldn't have gotten there.

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