If you have a good solid background in math and have read plenty of literature and publications like the New York Times and the Economist, you will do well on the SAT.
I respectfully disagree. The timed aspect of the SAT (and ACT) make this statement somewhat superficial.
MANY kids do NOT do as well as they
should because of the timed aspect of the test. It's not that they are "slow" even-- just that they simply do not have time to
reason through test items-- period.
I agree, especially on the math section.
Though I'll add that on the verbal section, being HG+ may be a handicap, because HG+ people tend to see nuances where others don't, making a choice between two bad answers very difficult (HK, think you pointed this idea out once?).
Remember that the post-analogy SAT has questions that are fuzzier than the analogies were. Hence the statement in the directions to select the "best" answer, rather than the "correct" answer.
