Over the years, messages about how – and whether! – to prepare for admissions tests like the SAT and the ACT have varied. The SAT developers originally insisted that their test measured innate “aptitude” and therefore was impervious to efforts to improve through any type of preparation. Stanley Kaplan changed that! The SAT doesn’t even try to call itself and “aptitude” test anymore; the “a” now stands for “achievement.” If it’s possible to improve a student’s score through