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sir0010010today at 6:10 AM1 replyview on HN

You've never met a smart high school student that didn't study? You've also never met someone who became more disciplined later in life?


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somenameformetoday at 8:01 AM

There's a difference between not studying and just hand-waving away the SAT, which plays a huge role in things like college admittance. And the SAT isn't particularly hard, even back in the days when it was apparently significantly more challenging, for a clever kid. My prep was picking up some old book on it at Half Price Books and leaving it in the bathroom. Worked excellently!