<p>From reading these posts, it looks like private tutoring is the way to go in terms of SAT prep. BUT can I have some feedback as to which of the courses out there (Princeton, Kaplan, etc.) may be decent for a very motivated student. </p>
<p>If there's another thread addressing this topic, I'd love to know where it is.</p>
<p>Thanks so much.</p>
<p>I took PR b/c it was free at the time. (My mom was an employee) Basically, the teachers just taught straight out of the book. If you child is motivated and hardworking, he/she would stand to gain a lot more by just doing practice tests out of the Real SAT book.</p>
<p>I found that taking practice exams (free, except for buying the book) is infinitely more helpful than going to a class.</p>
<p>I didnt like princeton review.</p>
<p>Go to a korean place because those work</p>
<p>It seems to me that as long as you have some internal motivation, self-"studying" from the Blue Book is the way to go. Most of the courses seem like a waste of time/money, and mostly just serve to "force" kids to do SAT prep.</p>
<p>I took PR. It wasn't a complete waste, but all I got was the Blue Book (which I could have bought on my own). Yes, they gave us test strategies, and weekly SATs. I increased 100 pt over my baseline. My friend took Elite (yeah, Korean) and she had vocab cards, notebooks, practice essays, blah blah blah. Partly, it's the students..really competitive, but that's why we're here, right? I think I would have been more motived at Elite, just becuase everyone else is on overkill.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember that line the procters have to say about how "This test will measure your preparedness for college." bcz all the SAT score really measure is how prepared you are to take the SAT. damn Collegeboard bastards</p>