<p>My brother says he might pay for a sat prep course for me. He only has around $1,000 to spend though so I want to find the best bang for my buck. I was looking at the Ultimate SAT Course from Princeton review. anybody have any experience with tutors and have any recommendations?</p>
<p>Don’t spend your money on Princeton Review (or any other course that doesn’t use official College Board materials…that leaves out Kaplan and almost all of the online based classes)! Looks for options that focus on teaching you more than test strategies. Those will only get you so far (I find that at least 95% need more knowledge based instruction that you won’t get from the Princeton Review courses). You’ll get very little bang for your buck with the big guys.</p>
<p>If you prefer a class, look into local prep companies in your area. But a $1000 will go a long way with private tutors. Seek out local tutors or online ones. Negotiate their best rates if you commit to a certain number of hours in advance. I work online, for example, and discount my rates significantly for students who commit to more than an hour or two with me. PM me if you’re at all interested or have more questions about what to look for. There are tons of great options out there - don’t default to the first name that comes to mind 
Good luck.</p>
<p>Kaplan SAT Review has been very helpful for my daughters. They have live course and online and give at least 4 practice test during the course with diagnostic feed back after each practice test.</p>
<p>I was preparing on my own and found the College Board online course and College Board books the most helpful. I wouldn’t go for anything else except for Barron’s tests as an additional practice. If you need a teacher and can’t prepare on your own then go for a private tutor who knows the real SAT well. I practiced on 4 Princeton and 10 McGraw Hill’s tests and those were not resembling the real SAT (I just used them for vocabulary practice and math skills honing). I say that the best practice is on the real thing: all the College Board material you can get.</p>