SinceMarch, Ms. Glickman, likemany of her classmates, has beenattendingan after-schoolSATpreparationcourse designed to boost scores fortheimportanttest in the fall.
Even the well off must shine (absent a seven- or eight-figure contribution to their kid's first-choice school): Their SAT and ACT scores must be in the superior range if they are to avoid the triage performed by the most selective colleges, inundated as they are with applications.