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How can INTO PREP help your recruiting process? The ‘Lax Advantage’ on SAT Test Day

Phillylacrsse.com, Posted 11/1/21 – Courtesy of INTO PREP

Many student athletes think that the SAT is a “nerd test” that favors students who have a pure academic focus. As a result of this bias, many student athletes underperform on test day or fail to sufficiently prepare. They might think the SAT is biased against them, creating a poor mindset and letting the test get the better of them. After years of work trying to get into their dream school, they fail to execute on test day. 

But consider this: last August, Conestoga (PA) High 2023 faceoff standout Ian Kim, a Lax player who studied with IntoPrep’s SAT Program raised his score from 1110 to 1490. 

How did Kim – who committed this summer to play lacrosse at Williams College – do this? Simple. Thanks to his lax skills, hard work and many skills learned by optimizing advantages he mastered in his SAT prep course with INTO PREP. Advantages like: 

  • Not easily intimidated: if you are used to a hard rubber ball whizzing by your head at 80mph, are you really going to be scared of the SAT? The SAT, like a skilled lacrosse player, relies on traps and fakes to trick and psych out students. 
  • Endurance: a major obstacle on test day is the physical and mental stamina to have peak performance for hours. Lax players have trained for years building up focus and endurance.
  • Coachable: SAT prep is about teaching techniques and executing a game plan. Lax players know how to train and put a plan into action, making them ideal students.
  • Calm under pressure: Lax players are used to the intense pressure of timed  competitions
  • Never quit mentality: SAT prep can be exhausting and depressing. At times it’ll feel like there’s no progress. The best students can ride through bumps in the learning curve and eventually succeed.
  • Lightning reflexes: If you’re able to catch an 80-mph ball, spin, and shoot on goal in one second, it indicates peak neurological performance. On test day the clock is ever looming and you’ll need to think quick and make instant decisions.

It is no coincidence that so many lacrosse players perform well on the SAT and find their way into elite universities. The SAT is a “psychometric test” that measures a suite of personality traits to determine if you will pass or fail your freshman year. These traits can be learned, practiced, and executed with maximum efficiency.  

Here’s more proof that the SAT is prep-able. This is an actual screenshot from a student’s College Board dashboard. Before taking the SAT Prep class, the student got an 1150 on his PSAT. After 25 days of an SAT prep class, the student scored 1490 on his SAT exam. 

Luck? No. Hard work? Yes. 

Despite being gifted with all the mental abilities they need to be successful test takers, too many lacrosse players often focus so much on their sports that they neglect to spend time preparing for the test. Even worse, they allow the SATs to psych themselves out and become unnecessarily intimidated and anxious. In reality, lacrosse players already have everything they need to beat the test.  

So what’s the best way lax players and all student athletes should prepare for the SAT?

Several options are on the table.  

  • Summer program
  • School year program
  • In person 
  • Online
  • Free test prep – 800score.com 
  • Expensive programs
  • Cheap programs

But there’s one more option: INTO PREP’s SAT Program. Last August, over 70 students scored 1500 or above. More than 30 students sored 1550 or higher. 

Join these students and get into the college of your dreams. $700 savings are yours if you register for one of INTO PREP’S programs and pay in full between Black Friday and Cyber Monday.