<p>I mean I know how by studying you can do a lot better in the SAT/ACT.... But for me it's that I study so hard and when I hear the word SAT or ACT I nearly jump. So I heard this guy that tutors kids and the kids get perfect or nearly perfect scores on the SAT/ACT. Thing is, this guy is quite expensive (well for me it is :P) and I was wondering if I was taking the SAT too much. That if I should just take a classroom of SAT prep or should I do this tutoring with this guy.</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>Of course, you can prep on your own.</p>
<p>But it has always been my feeling that it is better to take an actual course, if only because it forces you to take the course, and do the work. Otherwise, you will probably just procrastinate.</p>
<p>I don’t think most people need a personal tutor however. In fact, I think you can simply take a Stanley Kaplan type course. </p>
<p>You can even take such courses on line. </p>
<p>On the other hand, since you are hearing good things about the personal tutor you mentioned, that may well be the way to go in your case.</p>
<p>I don’t think expense should be an issue, given the importance of the SATs.</p>
<p>One four hour exam, or however long it is, is essentially equal to four years of high school work.</p>
<p>Definately go with a tutor, I was procrastinating way too much before until I finally decided to hire one. It really helped.</p>
<p>it just seemed ‘wrong’ to me to send my senior daughter to a place to teach her how to take a test. most of her friends went up at least 4-6 points on the ACT. my daughter is not a good test taker, and her scores show it. I regret my decision, as I now see she may not get into some of the schools she wants to (or maybe some scholarship money) because she only has a 28 on the ACT. and now it is too late to retake it for her (she is on the school dance team and have two big events on the October & December testing dates). while it still seems unfortunate that schools base acceptance to a large part on a test that really scores test taking skills more than actuall academic knowledge, that is all part of the game if you want to do well.
so, I do recommend that, if you can afford it, to take the private tutor or at least a class. At this time I do plan to send my son to one as soon as he gets a little older.
the plus is that some schools now don’t require ACT or SAT test scores…</p>
<p>Schools not requiring SAT/ACT?!</p>
<p>Well thanks for your posts, I have decided after all to get the Private tutor.</p>