<p>i got this flyer in the mail about a college prep program- ranging from one ACT prep course to 150 hrs of SAT prep classes for 1000 dollars to a full time tutor for school/SAT/college counseling for a grand total of 28000 for 12 months of tutoring (150 hrs tutor, 70 hrs test prep, 20 hrs college talk)- i feel thats a waste of money
but living in a wealthy family- should i take the 1000 dollar prep course (abt 15, 3 hour classes) - it guarantees 250 pt increase on sat- should i take the course? how much will it help, etc? thanks</p>
<p>I say save the cash, buy a $20 prep book, and work diligently.</p>
<p>I'm thinking about taking that too, Sanders. It looks like the real deal.</p>
<p>I was crusin' around the net for some prep tools. I just don't have the $1,000 bucks for a prep course [especially while I'm still a junior.] I found a couple sites that had some tools for free though. One was [ winwithwords.com/study_tools.php ]. Hahaha.. maybe I could just win contest [that's on their site] and get their $40k for college, eh?</p>
<p>It depends on the person.</p>
<p>I need desperate help in SAT maths. If I work on my own, I do not accomplish as much because I am doing the problems, checking the work, and teaching myself the answers. That is not difficult, but it is time-consuming. My family offered to get me SAT tutoring. Right now, I do twelve hours a week, at a prep centre, of SAT maths only. That is just for a total of just over two weeks, prepping for the June SAT. I don't expect a dramatic change because my maths problems are deep-rooted, but it's worth an effort and the firm foundation to build on.</p>
<p>If one needs a bit of review, by all means one should by a book. But there are people like me who really need someone to explain the process to me and talk to me about how to approach each problem. I have the prep books but they simply don't do as much for me.</p>
<p>If your family is willing and able to get you the classes, by all means find a good fit. But if you are not able to take classes, the books will also work just fine, but with a different approach.</p>
<p>if you're going to take classes, at least take a good one. it depends on who you are, really. I haven't read enough of your posts / talked to you at all to know whether you'd be able to do it on your own or not, so I won't judge.</p>
<p>if you are one of those people who can/will work and work and work, then by all means, do it on your own. and I mean, there are people nice enough on CC to tutor/ offer advice you if you ask, and they aren't too busy. I'm not one of them at the moment, having had some bad experiences in trying.</p>
<p>Prep courses motivate you.</p>
<p>sat courses are bad, don't motivate you, and thad is a horrible spammer</p>