Families regularly ask us about school-sponsored preparation for standardized testing at HMI. Standardized test prep is not part of our program for several reasons. First, we care about balance for students. During our semester, students are already very busy engaging with their peers and teachers, and partaking in our wilderness curriculum. Adding test prep into an already full schedule would reduce the effectiveness and outcomes unique to our program. Second, our alumni report that the periods before and after their semester at HMI, as well as school breaks, have afforded sufficient prep opportunities for standardized tests. Finally, our alumni report that their scores from the standardized tests they took before or after the HMI semester—with the benefit of test prep—were roughly equivalent to those from tests they took at HMI. They attribute this to the benefits of a lower-stress atmosphere surrounding standardized testing at our school. These points notwithstanding, many students do prepare for standardized tests at HMI by communicating with tutors online or using independent test aids. We find this approach works well for our students and their college profiles.