<p>Also, agree 100% with hikids. </p>
<p>The only thing that I will add is that it could help to get a couple sessions of 1:1 time with a tutor to pinpoint and then tutor one particularly weak area.</p>
<p>^ That is exactly what my D did on her own before she started self-preparing. I agree, the customized strategy has to be develop so that time is not wasted.</p>
<p>I have one son who definitely benefited from private tutoring. They were able to tutor him where he needed it, and built confidence (which he could have gotten if he had the fortitude to do many practice tests on his own). My younger son was not interested in private tutoring and had the self discipline to self study. His scores are not as high as the one who had tutoring, but are still respectable scores. He has much more self discipline than my older son, but did not study, IMO, as effectively as what could have been accomplished with a private tutor. I would not send my kids to group tutoring.</p>
<p>My d told me that taking practice tests helped her with the timing aspect of the test more than anything else. Her scores came up a few points but might have without the test. She said there was a clock on the wall of the test prep location showing how many minutes were left in the section (25minutes, I think) and that is much more helpful to know that one has 4 or 10 minutes left without having to try to remember the time the test started and then add minutes. She erased the last sentence on the page to rewrite it in a small space and the buzzer went off as she erased it. Extra time to go back over a questionable math problem would be especially helpful. A personal stopwatch might help but it can’t make noise at the wrong time. Her test was given in the gym and I suggested that they turn on the basketball clock next year so the kids could see exactly how much time was left.</p>