<p>Hi,
Didn't know if anyone could recommend a good, SAT prep course for this fall (odd time, I know)?</p>
<p>My son will be a junior. We've been doing the SAT books over the summer & he's doing okay but has reached a plateau. We passed on our HS-affiliated SAT course (only $150!!) because I thought he'd get in the high 700s by books alone but is not there consistently, yet.</p>
<p>Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! </p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Mrs. Smith - I used Prepme.com for my SAT and ACT prep and it worked out very well for me. The SAT course was $500 and I had a tutor from the University of Chicago and live online tutoring. It was customized so it was kind of like having a private tutor and it got me a great score. </p>
<p>Feel free to message if you want to know what my experience was like. Good luck to your son!</p>
<p>In our area Princeton Review offers a "Partner Program" that is less costly than their retail classes. It is offered in partnership with our school district at about half the cost. My older D participated two years ago and increased her SAT score overall by over 200 points. My junior D is now taking the class. Go to their website and go to the search by zip code for a class. If they offer partner courses, it will come up on the search.</p>
<p>Have you tried Xiggi's method? There's probably a sticky in the SAT preparation chatboard.</p>
<p>Thanks for the ideas (both in posts and in PMs!!). I actually found a private tutor for $50/hr on craigslist, but not sure about going thru w/that.</p>
<p>Son is campaigning--just give me one more week, I'll get my scores up & I won't need a tutor/class. He's never had a tutor of any sort.... There is a chance he could do it on his own...we'll see!</p>
<p>I am definitely going to check out the suggested ideas from Xiggi as well as prepme & princeton's partner prgm.</p>
<p>Thanks again!!</p>
<p>Just checked out xiggi's thread--very instructive, thanks for pointing me to that direction.</p>
<p>We've basically been doing his prgm for a few months--but, significantly, haven't put much time into going over the incorrect answers as could be done.</p>
<p>Thanks again! Maybe can avoid the whole tutor thing. After reading the xiggi thread, can see it might not be worthwhile...</p>
<p>:-)</p>
<p>I asked the guidance office for names of tutors--they could not actually recommend any one name over another legally, but the counselor 'sllipped" a few names that she though were especially good. This worked well because my daughter really only needed help with the math section, to get it up near her other scores. This way, your son won't spend a lot of time on areas that he is already strong in, and if the tutor is good, they can quickly pinpoint areas that need work. It seems expensive, but is so much more efficient than a large, overview class. Three hours brought up her score significantly.</p>
<p>Thanks, rcefn. I can see my son needs to bump up in just a few areas (is getting only 1 or 2 wrong in the math sections...but varies between 2 & 5-6 wrong [on a bad day] in the writing). </p>
<p>Definitely think targeted tutor time would be the only way to go. He can sit there doing sample tests on his own. </p>
<p>That 'xiggi' thread on the SAT prep section (why didn't I think to go there first??) was exceptionally helpful. :-)</p>