1600 Perfect Score The 7 Secrets of Acing the SAT

Drawingonthefirststudyof1600scorersconductedwiththefullcooperationoftheCollegeBoard，herearethe7secretstosuccessontheSAT--andinlife.Everyyearroughly2.3millionhighschoolstudentstaketheSAT;ofthose，however，only650studentsonaverageachieveaperfectscoreof1600.Suchastatisticraisesobviousquestions：Whoarethesekids?Whataretheylike?Andhowdotheydoit?Inanewlandmarkstudy，educatorandexecutiverecruiterTomFischgrundbecamethefirstresearcherevergrantedcomprehensiveaccesstothesehighacademicachieversbytheCollegeBoard，thebodythatadministerstheSAT.Weavingtogetherin-depthinterviewswithperfect-scorestudents，insightsfromtheirparents，andexclusiveCollegeBoarddata，in1600PerfectScoreherevealsthe7secretsthatseparatethecreamfromthecrop.AmongtheRevelationsAttendingsmallprivateschools(oranyschoolwithclasses)doesn'talwaysmakeabigdifference...buthavingstrongfamilysupportdoesPayingforexpensiveclassesortutorsdoesn'talwaysmakeabigdifference...buttakinglotsofpracticetestsathomedoesHavingastronglymotivatingteacherdoesn'talwaysmakeabigdifference...buthavinganindependentpassionforlearningdefinitelydoesPackedwithintriguingcasestudiesandpracticaladvice--andtipsfromthe1600scorersthemselves--thisessentialbookbringsharddataandanew，morehumanperspectivetooneofthegreatestchallengesparentseverywhereface：howtomakesuretheirchildrenhavethebestchancetothriveinhighschool，college，andbeyond.