<p>Are they really worth it?</p>
<p>I am highly unmotivated and I really find it difficult to self study for the SAT so would it be worthwhile for me to go?</p>
<p>And could anyone recommend classes to attend? The Princeton Review? Kaplan? etc.?</p>
<p>Some students find the Princeton Review to be helpful. Many find that courses don't offer enough individualized attention and that private tutoring is more effective.</p>
<p>Personally, I think SAT prep courses are a waste of a good 600-1000 dollars because it's fairly easy to study by yourself and still get results as good as if you were taking a class.</p>
<p>However, if you are unmotivated and can't study on your own, then prep courses are the way to go.</p>
<p>I wasted a good $1000 on SAT classes only to find out that the Blue Book was all I neededto practice for the SAT</p>
<p>People generally agree that Kaplan is crap.</p>
<p>PR is alright if you're starting with an average score (1500ish) or below.</p>
<p>Private tutors usually work better though. Well, the credible ones.</p>
<p>How about the test masters class?</p>
<p>its the best</p>
<p>What is the blue book and where can i purchase it?</p>
<p>My community college offers summer courses taught by high school teachers and guidance counselors for something like $25 for the semester. Have any of you looked at doing something like that? Of course it'll be expensive if you do it through a for-profit company, but if you go through an actual college, it's not bad at all, and you get more individual attention to boot.</p>
<p>If you really think you want the SAT class, go ahead. I personally think they're a waste of money and time. Studying on your own with a fun book is much better. I used this book series called "Up Your Score"...its written by college students who did well on the SAT, and the make the book a lot more entertaining than your average Barron's. For example, they have a section on how to fill out the bubbles. :D </p>
<p>But if you really want to try an SAT class, most high schools offer Kaplan classes for free..if that seems to help, but not enough, you can pay for a better course afterwards.</p>
<p>But to me, the only real way to study is to practice. I never even finished any of my prep books, didn't take any classes, I don't have a super high IQ or anything, yet my last SAT I score was in the 98th percentile for both Math and Verbal..I'm guessing around the same for Writing, but it's not reported. Writing score was same as Math score though.</p>
<p>If you get decent grades in high school, the hard part about the SAT isn't the subject matter; it's the misleading questions. And that you can only get over with practice.</p>
<p>Either my area is exceptionally poor, or yours is very affluent, because the schools around here wouldn't dream of offering Kaplan courses for free.</p>
<p>I agree Beginning. In my area any class's at high schools by Kaplan are PAID class's. They do offer 1 free one where they test your child and low and behold I'm sure, they are told they could improve greatly with their regular courses. Some high school's have class's run by teachers during the summer, but they are usually short and about 200.00 on average.
On a side note, talk about SAT insanity (to me) an unhappy student told me yesterday that his parents have him going to a SAT camp (they are using a conference room where I work) which is all day, for 2 weeks through P.Review. He is so burnt out and he's only going to be a junior. And from what he said of thier background, this is only the beginning.</p>
<p>I just checked my community college's credit-free listings for this fall, and it turns out they're not offering SAT prep this semester. I think it's just a summer thing. They have GED, LSAT, GRE, and a couple other test preps, but no SAT. :( Still, I really recommend that people look for that, because it's a great deal.</p>
<p>I love Up Your Score! I practically read that book for fun and didn't pay any attention to the material. And I love their word list :P.</p>
<p>I only have the book for the old SAT, though. How does the new edition compare?</p>
<p>Waste of time. My parents spent $300 sending me to a six-week math SAT course and I learned nothing. What you should do is go to your local SAT prep center, and ask if you can take practice tests there, every Saturday morning. I did that, and it only cost me $25 a month, I took about 6 practice tests at the center, and when it was clutch time, I scored a 2350 (which was 100 points higher than my practice average). I really credit my score to the fact that I became so familiar with the environment of the test, such as the early morning atmosphere, the near non-stop sitting and testing, the tenacity of concentrating towards the home stretch of the test, etc.</p>