<p>I'm considering taking classes this summer in the Princeton Review academy in my city. But in the overall context, are SAT classes offered by this company considered very good? </p>
<p>How relevant and helpful are online classes compared to Group classes? Which one would you say is much better?</p>
<p>i did group classes
i think PR helped me becaz it targeted my problems
i really sucked at CR and writing in the SATs
and after 1 session, my scores went up from somehwere in the 600s to 800 or the high 700s</p>
<p>Bee-You-Em-Pi --> BUMP</p>
<p>I have a problem with PR, because that stupid diagonstic test of theres is crap, bogus and alot more diffcult than the real sat.
I was offered a free sat test by them , so i went took the test, and did really bad, It wasn't until i foundout that PR is known for doing this inorder to trick you into taking there class.
anyways my advice would be to try and practice on your own and see if you can improve you score on your own with a couple of prep books, it could save you $500+ dollars, if self studying doesn't work or group study with some friends, or even a private tutor doesn't work you last resort should be to go to PR.</p>
<p>actually i have to agree with fsu-uf... i took two online SAT practice tests before i took the real SAT, one from princetonreview.com and the other from collegeboard.com. </p>
<p>On the princetonreview.com test I scored a 1600/2400 on the collegeboard.com test I scored a 1950/2400. On the real test I ended up with a 2000/2400, so this leads me to assume that the princetonreview.com practice test is much more difficult than the real SAT so they can try to make you think you need to take their review courses.</p>
<p>the PR tests are a lot harder than the real SAT its a good class to take they actually give you really good strategies but my highest composite scores on the test were an 1860 CR 620 Math 600 Writing 640 they really dont grade the essays i think becuase i received an 8 on my first essay and i felt the 2 i wrote after that were a lot better than the first and i only received a 6 on both of them with comments telling me to write neater also the math on the real SAT is much easier than the math sections on the PR tests i feel that on the real SAT i got at least a 2000 so ill post my scores here after i get them to let you know whether or not im right</p>
<p>"On the real test I ended up with a 2000/2400, so this leads me to assume that the princetonreview.com practice test is much more difficult than the real SAT so they can try to make you think you need to take their review courses."</p>
<p>interesting.omg. BTW, Fsu-uf --> here, 1 month (i think it's a little less) = $999 <em>ouch</em></p>
<p>A little about myself and the SAT - </p>
<p>I took like 2 weeks of SAT prep course at an SAT Prep company, but it didn't really help me. I was crowded with Juniors and they were good at math (im soph aka rising jr) and I had a TON of wrong math questions. I couldn't ask all of them since it would take a lot of time. The test is HARDER than the actual test. OMG, I have the PR 11 Real SATs book, and the math and grammar sections are easier than the company's test. </p>
<p>I'm now self-studying. I think I find myself confident studying alone (im pretty independent) I like doing things by myself and work better alone than projects.</p>
<p>Anyways, I think taking the course would not hurt that much. I know, it costs a s h ! t load of money.. But I also think I wouldn't get a good score if I solely rely on my self-studying.</p>
<p>A little break -- </p>
<p>Poll time.</p>
<p>Would it be more relevant to take a challenging course (PR) in order to feel that the SAT is much more easier, or does taking the challenging course(again, PR) is rather frustrating and irrelevant since the questions don't "match" or correlate well with the ones provided with the real SATs?</p>
<p>A - Take PR course since it's challenging so when I take the real SAT, t would be a breeze. </p>
<p>B - Hell no. Don't take the PR courses. The couse's expensive too. They really don't help much. Self-studying is way better.</p>
<p>well i would go with B, because not only is it a waste of money, but also studying questions which are irrevelent to the test will not increase your score, learning how to do a bunch of hard problems wont teach you how to answer 2+3, so in my opinion the blue book should be enough.</p>
<p>I took one and it did NOTHING, they just tell you to do things that you would normally do anyway!</p>
<p>studying on your own or getting a 1 on 1 tutor or staying after-school for help is MUCH more effective :)</p>
<p>thanks guys, you all helped me save $1000! (most prob. not taking any course)</p>
<p>Well, do all PR courses are like that? Or does it differ a bit by location?</p>
<p>I completely forgot the PR class costs $1000 because I actually went to it for free. A local business paid for every interested student who had above a 3.0 gpa i believe to take it. There is no way I would have gone to it if I had to pay that much. Its not worth the $1000</p>
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thanks guys, you all helped me save $1000! (most prob. not taking any course)</p>
<p>Well, do all PR courses are like that? Or does it differ a bit by location?
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<p>Well I'm not sure about that, but I do know that the teaching methods/the strategies they show you won't differ by location</p>
<p>I think that it would be best to just not take them :)</p>
<p>i see.. thnx for the reply anyways</p>
<p>Representing the other side...
I'm currently in a PR course and I think it's great. Whether or not the diagnostic is too hard or whatever is irrelevant, it's the instruction that counts. Although I didn't improve my score by the promised 200 points, I came close- 190 point improvement. The strategies and stuff they teach you is great, I sort of figured going in that it would be obvious stuff like process of elimination etc. but I was suprised to find that they teach you a lot more than that. If indeed the PR tests are harder than the SAT then great! I don't think that means the questions are irrelevant to the ones on the real SAT, it just means you'll be overprepared- which is a good thing IMO. Anyway, this is just my personal experience, but I am soooo glad I took the PR course rather than self-studying, I def don't think I would have made as much improvement doing the study myself.</p>