Most SAT prep treats every wrong answer the same way. Missed the question, do ten more like it, move on. I've never worked that way, and I don't think it works. When I sit down with a student, whether they're prepping for the SAT in Chapel Hill, Cary, Apex, or anywhere else in the Triangle, the first thing I do is figure out why they missed a question, not just that they missed it. Because a wrong answer isn't one thing. It's seven different things wearing the same disguise.

I tell my students this all the time: when something is clear as day now, it will be dark and murky on test day. It sounds harsh the first time they hear it. But every student I've worked with in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and across the Triangle understands it by the time we're done, because it's true, and it's the whole reason SAT prep has to be about more than knowing the material. Knowing It and Owning It Are Not the Same Thing Right now, sitting at your kitchen table with yo