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Last year DD missed DYS scores on the SAT by twenty points. This year she would need to increase her score 60 points to be eligible from last years score. Anyone have any idea if this is doable?

Not sure how old your D is... but from 7th grade to 8th grade my D gained 100 points on the critical reading section of the SAT with no preparation. I assume they covered what she needed in school, and she likes to read. She also gained something like 60 points on the math, but she did a small amount (2 hours?) of prep for that. So it is definitely possible, even without a lot of prep, depending on her age and what they are learning in school that year.

In a College Confidential thread http://talk.collegeconfidential.com...ation/40823-sat-gain-7th-11th-grade.html the average score gain from 7th grade to 11th grade on math+verbal was about 400 points, or 100 points a year. Therefore an improvement of 60 points in a year for a student seems quite possible.

As I recall, my scores increased 80 points in a year with no prep effort on my part, mostly just learning more math, so this sounds quite doable.

FYI, I posted this in another thread for reference purposes:

Here are DS13 ACT scores for reference. He's a math/science kid who reads a lot.

June 2011 - 12 years old - 6th grade - no test prep except 1 practice test to familiarize with him with format and length of test

E - 22
M -21
R - 25
S - 22
C - 23

April 2012 - 13 years old - 7th grade - no test prep other than watching some of the Khan Academy SAT math review videos.

E - 24
M - 26
R - 28
S - 30
C - 27