Princeton Review

<p>Has anyone here ever taken the SAT Prep courses princeton review classroom offers? If so have they helped? How much higher (or lower) did your scores go?</p>

<p>Their classes helped me to a certain extent. PR's curriculum is based mostly on teaching you ways to approach problems, and they (judging by their diagnostics) raised my score a little over 200 points, which is the guarantee. I think I would have improved much more if I had just studied the material on the test, though.</p>

<p>do you think it was worth it?</p>

<p>Keeshii768,</p>

<p>I taught for the Princeton Review for over 10 years. The value of the course depends almost entirely on three things: 1) how good your teacher is, 2) how well you learn in a classroom setting, and 3) how well you're already performing on the SAT. The Princeton Review approach in general is okay. Some of their teachers are amazing, some are awful. Students in the 400-600 range tend to benefit most from PR courses.</p>

<p>If you're self-motivated, you can save the $ and do just as well (or better) on your own. Read the very long Xiggi's Advice post that is a sticky at the top of the SAT Prep Forum. Use CC to answer questions you have and to get some feedback.</p>

<p>Only you know if you'll actually do the studying on your own. If you won't, then a course or a private tutor is a good option.</p>