Students panic over it because it sounds hard. Parents worry their kid needs a chemistry refresher. Neither is the problem — because the science section isn’t really a science test. It’s a reading test with charts.
Test Prep
What AI gets wrong about SAT math
AI is confident about SAT math. Confident about what it tests, what it signals, and what students should do about it. Confidence, it turns out, is not the same as correctness.
What AI gets wrong about the ACT science section
Students panic over it because it sounds hard. Parents worry their kid needs a chemistry refresher. Neither is the problem — because the science section isn’t really a science test. It’s a reading test with charts.
What AI gets wrong about the digital SAT
We asked five questions about the digital SAT — how it works, what the adaptive format means, and whether it changes how students should approach the test. Some of the AI answers are genuinely solid. Some are mealy-mouthed mush. And at least one is just flatly wrong in a way that could cost a student a shot at their target school.
What AI gets wrong about test anxiety and perfectionism
We asked AI about something that derails high-potential students more than almost anything else: anxiety, perfectionism, and the gap between how a student performs in practice and how they perform when it counts.
What AI gets wrong about careless mistakes & running out of time
We took a set of questions about performance under pressure: careless mistakes, running out of time, the difference between knowing material and being able to use it. Then we had Wes respond.