<p>Do any of you guys know if the Princeton Review Classes prepare you well for the SAT I? Have any friends, relatives, or even you benefited from taking a SAT I prep class from the Princeton Review or do you guys think it's just a big waste of time?</p>
<p>I think it would've been a waste of time and money for me. My friends, nearly all of them, took PR's classes. The thing is though, there isn't anybody who has both taken AND not taken the PR classes, so it's hard to know.</p>
<p>Did your friends think that the class raised their scores ignificantly or was the course like bs?</p>
<p>The class will raise your scores simply because you are being exposed to the SATs a lot... it helps most people because they dont have the motivation to study that much on their own, they need someone to force them to. If you're self-motivated though, i'd say crack open the books on your own -- good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks, but what I mean is, for example, is it better than Kaplan's prep. classes?</p>
<p>PR is better than Kaplan's</p>
<p>Cool, so do you think it's worth the cost?</p>
<p>I'd say that if you know how to self study and are motivated enough to do so, save your money.</p>
<p>i took the pr class a yr ago and it was okay...it raised my score about 150-200 points but i think it was due to the practice tests we take. all they teach you is obvious stuff like when to plug in, eliminate, etc.</p>
<p>Do they assign homework or is it like strategy lessons?</p>
<p>My PR class raised my score about 190 points. They assigned homework, and they checked it. What sucked though was I actully had to drive into another state to find a class that fit my schedule.</p>
<p>I did the Princeton Review LiveOnline course and raised my math score 160 points in a matter of two months. If you are scoring in the 500s then I would say definitley go for it, as the techniques helped me an incredible amount.</p>
<p>My friend took the Princeton Review courses, and no, she didn't benefit from them. She's an average student, and she doesn't tell me her scores, but she's taken the SATs twice so far, and taken the PSATs once. Each time, her score has been almost exactly the same, with no significant increase in anything. She thinks that Princeton Review is helpful, and I think she's going to re-do their course for the 3rd time, but honestly, I think she's overdoing it. If you simply buy a few practice books (or borrow them from the library), then you can get a good score. Princeton only helps if your score is average or below average, not if you have a score that's "good" at all.</p>
<p>it all depends where you live. i live in cali and there were about 3 classes all within 10 mintues of my house. as for the actual course work, they do a mix of both strategy lessons and practice problems which are all also assigned for homework. they also teach you some common grammar that is widely used on the test. i would say if ur at the 500-600 mark or lower it is very helpful but if ur at 700 or something and need to close in on 800, they most likely wont teach you anything you dont already know. hope this helps</p>
<p>I took PR liveonline. Unfortunately, I didn't finish because when I went back to school after spring break, I couldn't do it anymore because the network wouldn't let me get into the course. So it didn't help that much. I think I'm destined for the ACTS though.</p>
<p>I'm planning to prep. for the Oct. SAT I through PR's program, but also while doing that I want to prepare for the PSAT. Would PR's SAT I classes help me prep. for the PSAT also?</p>
<p>I think the classes can help people with scores in the 600's too, my essay, for example, went from a 4 to a 10 while I believe, because of multiple choice my score remained in the 600's (maybe the 4 was graded wrong, I don't know, but my 4 essay did suck). I assume the classes will help for the PSAT, I don't know why they wouldn't the questions are about the same, just a little easier on the PSAT and there is no essay. But if you don't mind me asking, other than shooting for a merit scholarship, why do you want to prep for the PSATs?</p>
<p>No other reason, but anyways I'm debating whether to do PR's classes or another company... </p>
<p>If I were to take PR, I would take</p>
<p>"The SAT Honors program is specifically designed for the hardest working, most powerfully motivated students who aspire to score over 2100 on the SAT. This program is more intense, and more expensive than the classic SAT program." </p>
<p>You guys think they have better teachers teaching the Honors program? Some other threads had former PR teachers saying that some of their teachers couldn't even score above 1400 or something like that on the original SAT.</p>
<p>the teachers i had could score 1600 on the old one. the good thing about pr is yout get a two week refresher course with three more practice tests right before the actual SAT</p>
<p>My brother and I both took the course. Our school schedules didn't allow us to take the course, so we took the tutoring option. It raised both of our scores. I raised mine 90 points, and my brother raised his 120. I know that I would not have been admitted to my first choice college without the help Princeton Review gave me. I don't mean to sound like a commercial but it gave me the score I needed to get into the college of my choice.</p>