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<p>That’s what “equating” takes care of. Every SAT has an “equating” section. </p>
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<p>Okay that doesn’t make sense, but thanks for contributing :)</p>
<p>Almost did. The test-prep people said they could raise my SAT score by two hundred points over four months. Then I decided I’d rather keep my 2K and spend it on DECA/FBLA competitions.</p>
<p>With a willing neighbor paid in coffee, one battered SAT prep guide that had been sitting in my closet for years, a shiny new ACT prep guide, Saturday mornings uncluttered by activities, and my neighbor’s finicky timer I raised my score by nearly four hundred points over five months. I have no idea how much the coffee was worth, in total.</p>
<p>I do recommend ignoring test-prep services.</p>
<p>Too expensive IMO, especially if you’re not applying to selective schools. No one’s gonna care about the SAT after you take it.</p>
<p>Reading here, I guess some people had mixed experiences with tutors. I guess I lucked out. I went to this place called tutelage academy because of my CR and Writing…I scored kinda low… They helped raise my score 900 points. After that, now all my friends go there. I was the best advertising for them ever, they should pay me. LOL</p>
<p>900 points? Hmmmm… so funny that he/she thinks that the folks here on CC would fall for this!! AND its the first post.</p>
<p>D1 is taking an online ACT prep course. Her first try at ACT was a 31 with little to no studying.</p>
<p>My older bro took this SAT boot camp called Elite which cost over 2000 bucks and was 4 hours a day for 6 weeks and got 2050 and 2040 on the SAT. He later admitted that he didn’t really try during his time there. I decided that I didnt need such expensive tutoring so I used the blue book and took all of the 10 tests while also studying my mistakes and following great advice from here on CC and raised my score from around 1950’s to 2250’s. It’s been six weeks of studying, just as long as the boot camp, but honestly, I put in about half the time that the boot camp made my brother put in. The difference was that my brother just did the work he was given to get over with it but I actually tried. So what I’m basically trying to get at is that SAT prep is an unnecessary waste of money and time if you are motivated and can study on your own. Utilize the Internet, lots of helpful information on there.</p>
<p>yeah , i see what you guys are saying, but the first time i took an sat i got a 1600, and my parents totally freaked, so they put me in a sat prep class, like close to $2800. i agree i did help me raise my score from a 1600 to 2000, so i am still in the class and still looking to improve.</p>
<p>Yes, the prep courses have helped me. I’m going to be a junior this fall. On my PSAT in 10th grade, I got a 154, which isn’t too hot. I started taking classes in June and I had to take a diagnostic test for the center I take the classes at. In June, I got a 1680. Every 12 hours, they give you another SAT. On my second test, I got a 1730. On my 3rd one, I scored a 1940. The classes are one on one, and my tutors are great, especially my CR & writing tutor.</p>
<p>I was coerced against my will into taking an Ivy Insiders free practice test. When the tutor took the time out of his schedule to come to my house and present me an in depth analysis of techniques to improve my score, my parents felt so bad that they signed me up for his course. Problem was, I didn’t need it at all. I got a 2200 on the practice test, and 6 proctored tests later, my scores showed a marginal decline! I think the course would’ve been helpful for someone lacking basic reasoning skills, but I personally found most of his insight useless… the tips were common sense to me AND most of the other students in the class. When I started to study my way (infrequently but with my personal strengths and weaknesses in mind) my scores shot up immediately. I recently got a 2400 and Ivy Insiders had no part in it.</p>
<p>I’m too poor for a course. I just take prep books from the library and write all over them. :)</p>
<p>I find it kind of annoying when people pay tons of money for prep classes- I had a friend go to SAT camp! Maybe I’m just biased because I feel that it cheapens my score and the scores of others who can’t throw around that sort of money… that said, I’m sure they work well, they’d better for that kind of money. And THAT said, you don’t need them if you’re self-motivated or even just a good test-taker. I took the PSATs two years in a row, one blue book practice test, and sat in on an hour of a friend’s prep course- this was the extent of my formal prepping (probably 20 questions of the day as well, total) and I did well by any standards. You just have to know your habits and skills.</p>
<p>Yep. At Sylvan. 600 bucks later, I didn’t feel any more prepared than I was before signing up for the class. I did feel like I might have done a little better on this ACT than I did back in June, but I just think that was because the September version was a little easier or just because of luck.</p>
<p>I got a total of 600 points increase with a private prep course (from a 1600 to 2200). I took it for 8 weeks during the summer I think it was worth it.</p>
<p>was it elite?</p>
<p>We looked at PSAT prep courses but passed. It turns out that most of the sites that claim to give you PSAT prep just send you to the regular SAT prep. I know they are similiar, but was disappointed at the way they just substited the word “PSAT” for “SAT”.</p>
<p>I signed up for NSF’s online SAT practice course.</p>
<p>The requirements are:
3-4 hours of SAT homework per week
- more on breaks</p>
<p>3 Divisions:
Basic, Intermediate, Advanced</p>
<p>If you miss three assignments or sessions, you’re automatically dropped. </p>
<p>$250 for 10 months.
I think it’s a pretty good deal. $25 a month for so much material is not bad at all.</p>
<p>Oh, BTW </p>
<p>NSF = North South Foundation
Indian-based organization</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>only things you need are a prep book and some strong determination. forget expensive prep classes.</p>