SAT Class

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<p>Hello, I've recently decided to start an SAT class. My target audience comprises juniors who are looking to score above 2200 on the March SAT. I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how to 1) teach the students well 2) advertise and 3) get a location. </p>

<p>1) I don't want to waste the students' time/money, and I'd really like to see them score high. This isn't going to be tutoring...more like a small group thing(10 students, hopefully...). I have a partner who's going to be covering CR/writing while I cover math. It'll be a weekly class that lasts 2 hours with 5 timed practice sessions total. So what should I do to maximize my usefulness?</p>

<p>2) I know that not many students will be willing to do this during the school year, but we'll see what happens. I don't feel comfortable approaching individual students since that seems pushy, so I'll just be spreading the word through fliers and such. What kind of things should be on the fliers? I believe our price is much lower than any of those big companies. Also, my partner is very smart and scored well; I also got pretty lucky on my try...should we advertise our scores? That seems a bit anal...</p>

<p>3) Neither of us can host the class in our house, and we're currently looking to rent a room at the community center. The rent will eat up a LOT of money though, and it'll force our price to be higher. Is there any way to find access to a free place? I guess this depends on the local community, but are there any ideas as to what kind of places I should check?</p>

<p>Extra info: I also teach an official class, but it's different because the students are a lot younger.</p>

<p>Thanks!!!</p>

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<p>why can’t you host a class in you or your partner’s house?</p>

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<p>Try advertising in local high schools (esp on their school newspapers) This shouldn’t be too expensive but you must find a way to compete with the ‘official’ SAT prep classes i guess.</p>

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<p>I personally wouldn’t want to host it in my house!</p>

<p>What about the library? The library near me rents rooms to county residents, and I think there might be a fee, depends on the purpose/organization. But I’m sure it’s cheaper than something else.</p>

<p>One prep course company near me sometimes use hotel rooms for their classes, and another uses a community technology center.</p>

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<p>We tried to get space, either pay for or free. If it is for profit, government owned ie library community centers etc., need to be put before the board to vote, so time to do that might be a problem. Most outright refuse. Some local firehouses that have meeting rooms were willing, but cost was almost as high as hotel conference facilities. </p>

<p>Colleges will rent rooms but if they have the availability of the rooms for the times you need.
Wasn’t an easy task at all.</p>