<p>Hey guys! I am taking the September ACT and need to improve my score by 2-3 points. I am looking at taking a prep class through the Princeton Review and Kaplan, but they are incredibly expensive. </p>
<p>Are these big name prep courses worth the money?</p>
<p>YES! For $1000, you can take a Princeton Review class that will allow you to see the ACT in a whole new light. IT BECOMES SO MUCH EASIER AFTER YOU TAKE THE CLASS. Personally, I raised my score 4 points (28 to a 32), but there was one kid in our class who raised his score by 7 points (29 to a 36)!</p>
<p>PR also offers great discount rates in the summer/school year! :)</p>
<p>Hold on. </p>
<p>Don’t just blindly go into a prep class not knowing what you’re going to get.
Remember, everyone’s learning experience is different so a point increase is not guaranteed. </p>
<p>First, what is your score right now? If it is around 31, I do not recommend a class. At that point, you don’t need a class to help you. Just practice on your own, buy test books and practice, and pay attention in school. </p>
<p>If you have a 26, then maybe you should consider it. 1000$ is a lot for a standardized test prep. Figure out if a 2-3 point increase is worth it. </p>
<p>Lastly, if time is a factor and you have to complete your ACT score by the beginning of this year (aka senior), then I would probably recommend if you don’t believe you can increase your score in a couple of months in independent study.</p>
<p>I would agree with imadropout.
It depends on your current score, but more importantly I think on your subscores. If you’re lacking in a certain area definitely improve those areas especially, and a prep class usually won’t help with that. For those kinds of things I would recommend a private tutor for the trouble areas and then practice on your own for the other sections just so you don’t lose it.</p>
<p>I definitely agree with imadropout. Prep helps, a lot, but $1000 (at least for me anyways) is a whole lot of money to spend on something that might not necessarily focus on your specific needs. If you’re willing to work and stick with it, you could buy MORE than enough prep books for say $200 and then you could study for the areas you need the most help with. Prep classes help, no doubt, but if you’re up for it you can definitely get the same “new light” from books and online stuff for a fifth of the price.</p>
<p>Honestly, most of these classes do what you can do on your own. It’s not really worth spending all of that money when all you really need is a couple of prep books/practice tests, plus you have the internet to give you free advice. Although tutors and such are qualified, the ACT and SAT are more inherent ability than acquired knowledge, and the only real way to up your score is to take practice tests, observe trends and relationships between questions/answers/data, and so on. Save the money for more useful things. The only reason you should take a class is if you know you’re not going to put the effort into it on your own. I didn’t take a class and upped my score 3 points just by using the Princeton Review 1000+ ACT questions book.</p>
<p>@gtownhopeful234 The course I am looking at is a lot less than $1000, but thanks for the feedback. </p>
<p>To anyone on CC who has taken a prep class: What agency was the course through? How much did you improve?</p>
<p>I agree about the prep class. If you are already at a 28 or above I don’t think they are worth it. Actually my son did an independent private tutor for 3 visits, one hour each time. He was much cheaper than the big classes around here. Along with that he used the popular books, PR etc and it worked for him.</p>
<p><strong><em>YES! For $1000, you can take a Princeton Review class that will allow you to see the ACT in a whole new light. IT BECOMES SO MUCH EASIER AFTER YOU TAKE THE CLASS. Personally, I raised my score 4 points (28 to a 32), but there was one kid in our class who raised his score by 7 points (29 to a 36)!</em></strong>*</p>
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<p>No prep class is going to help you unless someone is going to sit down with you and explain every question you got wrong to you. And this person should have a really high score as well.</p>