How Can High School Students Excel Without SATs?

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00:00:11.000 | So we have one here from Charles.

00:00:13.400 | Charles says, how can high school students

00:00:16.320 | excel in this new age without SATs?

00:00:21.560 | Well, Ben, focus on your grades.

00:00:23.000 | I mean, the academic formula has always

00:00:25.920 | been grades plus SAT scores.

00:00:27.560 | For the vast majority of colleges,

00:00:30.240 | basically the only thing that matters

00:00:31.880 | is your grades and SAT scores.

00:00:33.560 | If they're where they need to be, you get in.

00:00:35.440 | If they're not, you don't.

00:00:36.680 | So now you're just doing grades instead of grades plus SAT

00:00:40.000 | If you're in one of the very narrow group of people who's

00:00:44.360 | applying to a college that is selective enough

00:00:46.880 | that grades alone are not going to be enough to determine

00:00:49.760 | if you get in and they're going to look at other aspects

00:00:52.120 | of your life and your activities,

00:00:53.400 | read my book, How to Become a High School Superstar.

00:00:55.920 | I get into how to do that game sustainably,

00:00:59.960 | how to make yourself impressive to college admissions officers

00:01:02.400 | without living a overworked, miserable, grind life.

00:01:06.920 | It's a cool book.

00:01:08.000 | I profile a bunch of students I call

00:01:09.760 | relaxed superstars who got into good schools

00:01:12.360 | without stressing out.

00:01:13.320 | And I deconstruct how they do it.

00:01:14.880 | So you'll like that book.

00:01:16.080 | But again, for the most part, for 95% of the people,

00:01:19.720 | get good grades.

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