<p>Which is the best SAT prep center to take an SAT prep course at? I've heard from kids at my school that Princeton Review is really good and I have a couple of friends at Ivy Review...any others?</p>
<p>Testmasters is great.</p>
<p>theres no testmasters in california! :(</p>
<p>Sorry to hear that; you Californians are missing out.</p>
<p>hmmm you sound like a lynbrook student. My advice to you is do not take a prep course. I have not taken one and the april sat is getting pretty close. THe main thing is just to study. Take a blue book practice test and review each answer and each question afterwards. Just because other people are willing to waste money to have someone force them to study doesn't mean you should too. A standarized test should have unambiguous answers. Such a test is more suited for self-prep. If you are desperate to pay someone, don't try PR. It is terrible. The stuff they teach is basic, trivial, and mostly useless. Joe Bloggs? [ * edited out - Mod JEM* ] This desire to take an SAT prep class is largely due to the fear that you are "missing out" on some "valuable information". Trust me, buy the blue book off of amazon and maybe a few novels for examples for your essay. Read those like hell for a month or two before the sat. You are set.</p>
<p>i cannot believe i was just called a lynbrook student. hahha. im only saying that because i am NOT from lynbrook and lynbrook is my school's arch rival when it comes to debate. </p>
<p>are you sure that prep classes arent the best way to go? i'm one of those people who can't really stick to one thing for a long time because i get distracted easily and i get unfocused and self-prep is something that i really stink at. i'm planning on buying the blue book anyways and also 10 real sats.</p>
<p>well if you find yourself slacking off a lot like me and are utterly unable to study, I would recommend you take a prep course. Well, you have plenty of time to take the sat so no need to worry about it now.</p>
<p>If you are self-motivated enough and have taken a few practice tests and feel confident that you can study for the test by yourself, then do it. Otherwise a class might be helpful. If you can hiring a good tutor might be better than taking a class.</p>
<p>Sometimes, prep courses give valuable tips on taking the SAT. When I took Testmasters, I rose my SAT score by 340 points from the first week to the last. And this wasn't learning new material over the course, it was just making sure that I knew how to answer the questions and such. Prep courses aren't all "forced studying". One can certainly do well without one, though.</p>
<p>Luxar3000, How do you like Testmasters? I heard their course schedule is very intense. Every Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 5pm for 4 weeks long, is that true? How do kids digest all the materials? I need to decide between Studyworks and Testmasters? Please advise.</p>
<p>I loved Testmasters, it helped me alot more than I thought it would. And it seems you've been misinformed as far as the course schedule, its actually much less rigorous, 12 3-hour courses over a time-frame of 5 weeks. The material is fairly easy to digest, and the teachers range from good to great(and most if not all have a great sense of humor). I'm not familiar with Studyworks, so I can't really comment on that. Disadvantages to Testmasters that I can see is you probably won't have such a good time in it if a friend doesn't take it with you, so I'd be sure to find a buddy to enroll in it with. Also, you periodically feel you may be doing busy work, but these moments are few and far between(maybe once or twice throughout the 36 hours of teaching).</p>
<p>You can get more info at their website, <a href="http://www.testmasters.com%5B/url%5D">www.testmasters.com</a></p>
<p>Click on the "New SAT" link and find your area, and it will give you more specifics(cost, schedule, etc.).</p>
<p>My son took Testmasters also, and he thought that it offered a lot of realistic practice tests. The classes themselves are taught by different instructors who cover specific strategies that he found very helpful, especially for the essay and the reading passages. His scores went up fairly significantly on CR and Writing, and he got an 11 on his essay.</p>
<p>Testmasters also provides predicted word lists of vocabulary words for each testing date and it turns out that they're pretty accurate. (A lot of the words on the word list they gave out actually showed up on the January test.)</p>
<p>If you decide to go with Testmasters, here's a $25 off coupon you can use: <a href="http://koch.afraid.org/testmasters-coupon.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://koch.afraid.org/testmasters-coupon.pdf</a></p>
<p>Haha nice plug for the coupon blackeyedsusan! <em>high-five</em></p>
<p>Anybody use the Princeton Review or Ivy Review? Which one is better in terms of SAT prep (not about college counseling)?</p>
<p>I just called Testmasters in CT. Their summer schedule will be 6 hours on Saturday and 3 hours on Sunday. Sounds grueling!</p>
<p>Ivy West has prep courses at my school. There's a lot of homework involved, but some people have said that it's better than PR. Of course, that's only based on opinions from students at my school.</p>
<p>To the OP: You must be a sophomore at MV? I am almost 100% certain.</p>
<p>yes you guessed correctly :) and now everyone knows who i am and i am hoping i dont get a myriad of online stalkers from CC. jk. haha.</p>
<p>Sorry! I didn't mean to do that. I know 2353576242 people from your school. And another 3451414124 at Lynbrook. Haha.</p>
<p>ahaha npnp, theres like 4 anisha's at my school anyways. ANYONE GO TO HOMESTEAD? THERES AN IDC EXCHANGE ON FRIDAY AND I REALLY WANT TO GOOOO :)</p>
<p>oh and who do you know at mv(sophomores)? the world is a very small place :)</p>