Meg Campbell, 11.27.2011

Boston School Committee Member, Founder, Executive Director of Codman Academy Charter Public School

My secret advice to raising SAT scores is to read the New Yorker magazine weekly -- or another magazine that is a reach to read because it's written for adults, not teens.

Robert Franek, 05.25.2011

Senior Vice President, Content Development / Publishing, The Princeton Review

If you're anything like me (teaching, parenting or working with college-bound students) my plea herein is for a reconsideration of this show.

Noah Baron, 05.25.2011

Legislative assistant

Law school admissions officers should grade applications on a socioeconomic curve, and remember that wealth -- dishing out $1,200 - 9,000 for a prep class -- should not be a precondition of acceptance.

Karen Stabiner, 11.17.2011

Author of eight books

I'm not saying a senior should bail altogether. But keep in mind that your senior's acceptance matters almost as much to his or her high school as it does to you.

Eliot Schrefer, 11.17.2011

Author, 'Glamorous Disasters'

The College Board is both in the business of test administration and test prep. If this feels inherently unfair, it should -- it's like a doctor whacking your knee with a sledgehammer and then offering to patch you up.