<p>It's a 32 hour "masters" program? Is this worth it???</p>
<p>NOPE.....not from K.</p>
<p>Which company would be worth such an absurd price?</p>
<p>lol how about you buy a book for $15 off of amazon.com and go through those.
There is nothing that a prep class can teach you that you can't learn on your own. prep classes are for wealthy kids who lack initiative. They're basically a SAT baby-sitter to keep you diligent.</p>
<p>2899 dollars from any company to make you study is a complete waste of money.</p>
<p>I have heard from many people that Kaplan is lousy.</p>
<p>Kaplan is horrible...if you really want to waste that much money, go to Princeton Review. Honestly though, taking a prep course is not worth it.</p>
<p>Haha, wow.... what a waste of money.</p>
<p>I would ONLY pay that much money if they absolutely no strings attached guaranteed that I would receive a perfect score. Even then, I think that's stupid expensive for tutoring from Kaplan (which is typically known for tutoring the "masses" and not those aiming for the perfect score) and think you can do much better by just investing several hundred in a ton of SAT study books.</p>
<p>Biggest waste of money, ever.</p>
<p>Just buy a prep book (two if you really want to) and study from that. Much more practical.</p>
<p>Besides, SAT courses tend to help the "average test-taker" the most; not those aiming for crazy high scores like most on CC.</p>
<p>Hell no. That money can be used for so much more. I don't know about you, but I'd rather have a 3 week vacation rather than a "guaranteed" increase of 200 points on the SAT.</p>
<p>You'd be better off not preparing at all than taking Kaplan - it would prob. lower your IQ by 1000000 points. </p>
<p>All the prep courses are designed for people to score 600's per section. If you want to score higher than that, DONT take a prep course. Their strategies and crap are only useful for 1800's. Anything above 2100, do it yourself.</p>
<p>LOL if anyone actually pays for that from Kaplan.</p>
<p>Hard to believe the prices for that sort of test prep. I'd buy one or two good books, and read them thoroughly while doing all of the practice exams. Then (most important), do the College Board exams that they offer, as they are the real deal. Don't take 5 Kaplan practice exams and then only 2 real ones; they're different enough that you could be underprepared if you only use a test prep's tests.</p>
<p>Trust me, I took a Kaplan course and it was terrible. The instructor was nice, but the supposed "tactics" were good old common sense about taking the SATs. I took the SAT1 before I did the Kaplan and did well but was hoping to improve my score. The practice tests Kaplan gave me were brutally difficult making you score really low, thus when you take the real SAT1 test, you'll score much much higher than your "practice tests" giving you the illusion that you have increased your score by hundreds of points. </p>
<p>Here is my advice on how to spend that $2899. Spend about $400 and buy every SAT1 prep books you can get your hand on, buy the Real SAT tests from previous years too. Spend $1000 on hiring the biggest, meanest, SOB you can find and tell him for this money, he must spend 4-6 hours a days, every day for the entire summer before your senior year, guarding you while you doing your practice tests thus preventing any distractions that might come your way. Give him permission to slap you silly if you fail to study during that time. Finally, spend the last $1499 on medical expenses and teeth replacement. I guarantee you that you'll get that 2400 or die trying (literally).</p>
<p>If you feel the need to shell out $2899 for an SAT course then you might already be beyond help.</p>
<p>Kaplan is bogus.</p>
<p>All the courses are bogus, actually.</p>
<p>I did a Princeton Review summer thing at my local chapter, learned nothing for 99% of the course, then realized that I was missing one facet of grammatical knowledge, asked the pointed question of my school teacher, and proceeded to get 800R/800W SAT's up from 690/650</p>
<p>Just get motivated by yourself, and don't suck.</p>
<p>The Kaplan program I'm in is a piece of crap. The software is so full of errors it's hard to tell what's right and what's wrong. To make it worse, the instructor won't let us listen to music—it's not realistic, she says. However, she's friends with some of the girls in the class, so they sit around and gossip the whole time. It's hard to concentrate, and it would be nice to drown them out with music.</p>
<p>I'm only three classes in and I'm considering not going again. I just feel bad because my parents paid for it (not $2899 though, lol).</p>
<p>If you feel the need to have an SAT "class" instead of self tutoring using available books, for 1/3 the cost you can probably find a private SAT tutor in your area who will work with you one on one and focus on your specific needs. Much more effective than a "class". Ask your teachers, guidance counselor if they know of a local tutor, ask your friends if they are using anyone.</p>
<p>A Kaplan SAT course can buy at least 3 functioning PCs.
Money osmosis</p>