Close the Gap (Part 1)

Close the Gap Between Great Grades and Bad Test Scores (Part 1)

Is your teenager a great student who happens to be bad on big tests?

Is the SAT or ACT giving them a surprisingly hard time?

Is there a big mismatch between their stellar grades and their weak test scores?

Your teenager can turn this challenge into an opportunity for success – not just on the SAT, but for life!

Let's start by seeing the situation more clearly.

The situation is way more common than you'd think

In fact, an estimated 10-20% of students are good students who are "bad test takers".

This group represents a good number of the students who seek our help at Much Smarter.

If you are frustrated -- it's understandable

If the SAT or ACT are supposed to reflect a student's intelligence or aptitude, then why should there be such a difference between your teenager's grades and their test scores?

And how is it possible that a 2 to 3 hour test could stand in the way of your child's college dreams?

And most important of all -- what do you do about it?

You don't have to settle for the mismatch!

Not only can your teenager close the gap between their grades and test scores, they can develop life-long success skills in the process.

In part 2 of this 5-part article, we'll look at the problem -- why the mismatch between grades and test scores occurs.

And once you have that understanding in place, you are just one short step away from the solution!

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