<p>I'll be a sophomore next year and am looking to take SAT prep classes.</p>
<p>Have you taken any? Have the helped? Which course did you take? Which courses would you not recommend? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance for your help.</p>
<p>Nope. I felt that they were a huge waste of money and time. There are free resources online, and I used those. I got a decent enough score to get into the college I want, but I might take the SAT just one more time.</p>
<p>Sister didn't take prep class.</p>
<p>Brother used Princeton Review in the fall of junior year.</p>
<p>I used Testmasters in the summer after sophomore year. Summer is best because you have no other homework/tests. Testmasters has a free exam club for six months after the prep course where you can take practice SATs; I know you can also take SATs on your own, but I am not sure I would have actually taken any. I think the course helped me with directions and timing and the type of questions asked. If you have a really weak area, I don't think a prep class will make you stronger in it. Like one three-hour class reviewed geometry - a good review - but if you didn't get geometry after a whole year spent on it in school, a review won't fix it.</p>
<p>Best SAT class? NO SAT class. </p>
<p>There are so many free online resources it's absolutely ridiculous to pay any sort of money to study that crap. Buy a blue book/princeton review/other SAT prep book if you really want to. Hang with like-minded friends and have "SAT study sessions" to motivate you more. But, seriously, do not waste your time with an SAT prep session.</p>
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I've sat in an SAT class once and they were generally full of people who never wanted to study for them (it was basically the only way parents could force them to even think about it), or overachievers who didn't really need it. I agree with the others. Online resources are amazing, plus study guides if you're still feeling unsure.</p>
<p>Alex</p>
<p>Can't you study with a friend who scored 2000+ on his exam?</p>
<p>if u have the money to spend the best SAT class is a good private tutor. My tutor really helped me with my CR score.</p>
<p>i took a kaplan express course because my parents forced me
and a community college SAT prep course</p>
<p>i found both really useless in general, the cc one being worse than kaplan
generally in these courses, they do a general review of all SAT topics. They go over aspects and tricks that the SATs do and the types of problems you'll find. Im gonna assume that you are fairly intelligent because you care enough to ask cc. The people at many of these courses are going to be less intelligent than you are and the course will tend to cater towards them.
So, if you know absolutely nothing about the SAT and wont study by yourself, courses are a good idea</p>
<p>However, if your problem is that you are making stupid mistakes and generally know about the SAT, a private tutor or just studying by yourself would be a good idea. All you have to do is have motivation.</p>
<p>Kaplan actually helped me a bit because they went over their CR method, and i was having trouble with CR. I had the kaplan review book, but i didnt feel like trying that method, but it helped quite a bit. The math and writing was useless because kaplan went over the types of problems, which i already knew.</p>
<p>In my opinion, you can probably gain the most from studying by yourself, or if you feel the need: a private tutor.</p>
<p>I didn't care at all about the SAT when my mom signed me up from Kaplan last year.</p>
<p>My score jumped 200 points since the first diagnostic. I got a 217 PSAT, which is enough for national merit, and I got 2070 SAT (which isn't as good as I wanted.)</p>