Best Test Prep Program?

<p>I know for a fact that i will not depend on a sat prep class to get a good grade. I have already cleared my whole summer to prepping for the SAT and volunteer at some places which shouldnt get in my way.
My 2 of my friends really want to take a prep class and my parents really want me to too, but i truthfully dont think the money would be worth it, but i still would like to attend one just to increase the chances of getting a good grade.</p>

<p>Does anyone know of any BESIDES Kaplan, princeton review, and Collegeboard? I am in the Philidelphia area incase anyone happens to know of a small one that is pretty good.</p>

<p>I dont want to just pay some random company about $1,000 if they are not that good.
This is what i am leaning towards now
Raise</a> your SAT test score with SAT test prep from Ivy Bound</p>

<p>Specifically the
At-Home Class (3-5 students)
35 hours -- senior instructor $1,850 each person</p>

<p>A Senior instructor is one who has tutored a minimum of 14 clients with Ivy Bound or with another sophisticated SAT prep organization.</p>

<p>THEM COMPARED TO OTHERS
IBcompare</a> : SAT Practice : Ivybound.net
Anyone know of a better company that is cheaper?
Is this even a good deal?</p>

<p>ever heard of self studying?
its better and more affordable!</p>

<p>i think sylvan has a program too.</p>

<p>Self study is what I did :) you just need some good self discipline</p>

<p>I am studying myself, i just thought this would be a good addition.
Studying myself +taking a prep course seems better
than just self studying</p>

<p>i heard of these revolution prep and Powerscore they cost like $500 and $600 range. Look at your local library for some flyers that offers SAT courses during the summer, maybe that would help</p>

<p>Oldest d did not take a course - choose to self-study as she wanted to concentrate on math.</p>

<p>S took Princeton Review course in the fall before the PSAT and a mini-review before the March SAT.</p>

<p>Youngest daughter took a generic SAT math course at her school last June (taught by a math teacher) and then an SAT course through Testmasters in July. </p>

<p>IMO - Testmasters. D took it during the summer when she had the time to concentrate on the course, but she could go to the Testmasters center and take an SAT any Sat or Sun after the course ended for additional practice (for six months after the class ends and can be extended). I believe her class ended at the end of July and she took two or three additional practice tests prior to the PSAT. Anyway, her soph PSAT was a 201 and her junior PSAT was a 228. She is a NMSF.</p>

<p>I do think she approached the class with the intention of getting everything out of it she possibly could - and I think that attitude made a difference. She did not learn test material, as much as she learned testing format and timing strategies that worked for her. A true weakness in any area probably can't be corrected at the course. But I can guarantee she would not have spent an equivalent amount of time practicing on her own. </p>

<p>Again, attitude plays a part. My son did not invest himself quite as completely; he missed the point - he wasn't there to learn the material as much as to overcome testing weaknesses. So decide what you want to do and do it wholeheartedly. (Oldest d missed NMSF cutoff by one point and truly believes that she would have made it if she had taken the course; true or not, idk, but she has signed up to take an LSAT course rather than self-study again.)</p>