An example of how you should not answer this question: My long term goal is to have your job. Actually, that's more my mid-term goal. My long term goal is to become the CEO. So I want to put myself on that path and continue to make course corrections along the way until I finally achieve that goal.
1 Self-guided test preparation programs are relatively inexpensive ways to prepare for the test. 2  Online preparation on the SAT's official website costs $69.95; the SAT's official test guide costs $21.99. 3  Other SAT guides can cost as little as $9.99. Some colleges require applicants to also take SAT subject tests in fields ranging from literature to physics to foreign language. 2  Each of these tests costs an additional $10, or $21 for language tests.
But he's not alone. He shows, that with the debate about testing in this country -- it costs too much money -- it's absolutely wrong, said David Coleman, president of the College Board, the company that administers the SATs.or his study, Chingos was able to procure testing contracts from 44 states and Washington, D.C., and found that, on average, states spend about $27 on testing per student between grades three and nine. In general, he found that smaller states spend more: D.C. spends $114 per student, whereas New York spends only $7.