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You don’t need a prep course to do well in the SAT. I did quite well with no work at all beyond school work, and I know kids today where it’s the same.

As others have indicated, you can just buy a prep book if you want and be done with it. The prep courses are just separating parents from their money.

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You get way better result by practicing on old standardized tests before the real one.

Preparation for those is the most value you can get from your time studying.

I.e. study for the exam, not for what the SATs try to measure.

Yes. Just take lots of exams under strict time constraints, preferably under more adverse conditions (a public place with distracting chatter, a room that’s too cold, etc.).

And don’t bother with fake exams written by book publishers. They just aren’t authentic.

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