Opinions on SAT prep classes?

[thesmiter]

<p>I'm new here, so if this isn't the right place or if there's already a board on this, please, don't hesitate to post a link. Thanks!</p>

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<p>So, I'm currently a high school sophomore going into junior year, aka hardcore college mode. I was looking into SAT prep classes with my friends.</p>

<p>I'd like opinions on what SAT prep class I should take?</p>

<p>Here's what you should probably know:
- I'm relatively good at remembering things, and I pay close attention to detail
- I'm aiming for a perfect score
- Price is slight problem. If it's not worth the price for what it will do to me, I can't take it.
- Time is also a problem. I have a long-term volunteering/internship that I go to nearly every day of the week. Do I need to drop this commitment to take SAT classes on the weekdays?
- I like taking tests.
- I'm strong in all of my high school subjects. SAT-wise, I've been in honors (heading to AP next year) English classes all high school and will be heading into Honors Math next year.
- I've taken the PSAT for the past two years, both times for fun, as I didn't really put in much effort.</p>

<p>So that's my case, and now I'd like to hear opinions. Which program do I take?</p>

<p>PS: I'm also applying to some schools on the East Coast, should I also take ACT prep as well?</p>

[dblazer]

<p>It depends on how well you are doing on your own. Most prep classes are designed to help lower scoring students so some of the strategies taught would be somewhat useless and a waste of time in my experience. At your rate if you are scoring 2100+ (as a sophomore), then, with enough practice, a perfect score is not out of reach. My parents pushed me into Princeton Review which I found mostly useless. A friend of mine went to Kaplan and the kids are low scoring. Again, their strategies are designed for lower scoring kids. The most useful is to just buy the blue book and go through each test. If you are scoring below 2000, then a prep course would not be out of question.</p>