<p>My daughter needs to raise her ACT score from a 21 to at least a 26. I am considering the Princeton Review private tutoring course. It is incredibly expensive. Has anyone ever taken this course who is testing in the same range as my daughter and, if so, can you tell me if you think it is possible to raise her score to a 26 with the help of this course? She doesnt do well with using the books and working on her own. We know she needs some tutoring but just don't know if the price of this course will reap the benefit. Thank you</p>
<p>Don’t use PR!</p>
<p>Ok. My school offered me a free PR course because my ACT score was like a 19 on a practice one we did at school (seriously did not try… bubbled in half the test). When I took the class, the instructor had no control over the class and nobody did their assigned homework. Just know, the instructors are just seniors in high school or freshman in college that got a 30+ on the ACT. So I had only 2 months to review for the ACT and I just used their prep books to self-study and when I went to take the ACT in April, I got a 30. And by the way, my real ACT score, on a practice test that I tried on, was a 25. So its a 5 point increase. Therefore, if your daughter has patience with the books, I strongly suggest that she continue with those. I recommend getting the Kaplan 2009 ACT and PR Cracking the ACT 2009, along with the Red REAL ACT prep guide. They are really all she needs.</p>
<p>for me, the advantage of tutoring was just simply making me do the homework. i knew that she was coming every sunday, and i had to have my tests done by that point in time. whereas, if you don’t have definite deadlines, procrastination can take over, and then you end up not studying much at all.</p>
<p>this is of course what would have happened to me, not necessarily someone with good work ethic. if you can make yourself do a lot of practice, then you probably don’t need private tutoring. however, if you’re having trouble understanding some of the concepts that ACT is testing you on, then you probably will need tutoring.</p>
<p>she also taught me good strategy and made me practice my weak points (science score went from 19 to 31).</p>
<p>so tutoring is right for some, but not for all. cost is important too. they are all pretty expensive.</p>
<p>Did you use Princeton Review for one on one tutoring?</p>