Howler Karma:
i feel that the more knowledge you have and the more mental artillery you have in your cerebral armory the worse things are on the SAT.

Has your daughter taken these tests before? What about you?

I attended the Lycee Francois Mauriac my junior year in high school when I wanted to drop out of HS due to boredom.
My parents thought the education system might keep me "in line" over there due to my slowly declining motivation for anything. It really was interesting and required an impressive knowledge base where gifted and academically inspired students can thrive if they so choose. There is no such thing as a MC test there.