The only free resources I had access to during my time in high school were the after-school prep courses that were voluntarily run by a few of the teachers. I found those sessions to be invaluable for getting acclimated to the format of the SAT.
I still have my gripes with the college application process, though. I think the biggest issue America has with college placement is how much we as a society place on our alma mater. It's a bragging right for parents to say that their kid went to X when their neighbor's kid went to Y. The market for getting into a respectable university has become increasingly competitive, to the point where families that have enough income will spend good money on tutors for the SATs, tutors for the AP/IB courses their kid is taking, and even tutors that will help their kid make their application look good for the admissions officer.
I really do hope this will even out the playing field for this one aspect of the application process.
The only free resources I had access to during my time in high school were the after-school prep courses that were voluntarily run by a few of the teachers. I found those sessions to be invaluable for getting acclimated to the format of the SAT.
I still have my gripes with the college application process, though. I think the biggest issue America has with college placement is how much we as a society place on our alma mater. It's a bragging right for parents to say that their kid went to X when their neighbor's kid went to Y. The market for getting into a respectable university has become increasingly competitive, to the point where families that have enough income will spend good money on tutors for the SATs, tutors for the AP/IB courses their kid is taking, and even tutors that will help their kid make their application look good for the admissions officer.
I really do hope this will even out the playing field for this one aspect of the application process.