<p>Can anyone tell me whose classroom courses are better? PR's classes are a bit far, and if there's not a big difference I would like to take Kaplan's. Also, does anyone know whose online classes are better? Any advice or comments welcome.</p>
<p>I took the PR course and I thought it was pretty good. I still can't seem to figure out the numbers:</p>
<p>First Diagnostic: 1930 (2130 was my "guaranteed score)
Second Diagnostic: 1980
Third Diagnostic: 1960 </p>
<p>March SAT: 1990</p>
<p>then a few months of absolutely no review, no prep, after two days of AP exams...</p>
<p>May SAT: 2180! :)</p>
<p>Icedragon and others, could you tell us what the classes are like? I want to compare them, but I don't have the money to take them both.</p>
<p>From what I hear, Kaplan is horrible. But I don't know why.</p>
<p>prep classes are all horrible, a waste of time!!!
they are just there to read you the study guide, don't waste money, they can't help you study, i went, and my instructor said "we can't help you get a better score, you have to work hard" PR instructor(after i paid, i think it was during my 4th class)
their prep did nothing to help me</p>
<p>So what was their prep? Just reading the study guide in side that blue book or did they have their own or what?</p>
<p>Well, at least for my case, only twelve kids signed up for the course, so we were not divided by ability. I believe this was a serious weakness in the course. Now remember, the lower your score, the more this will help. If you only received around 1700 on your PSATs or SATs, it will be fairly simple to up your grade to a 1900+. Now, if you are hitting 2000+, the course is not structured to help people like you, and do not expect to see significant improvement.</p>
<p>What do you mean structured? What kind of things do they teach low people that high people don't need to know? What kind of things are the higher people learning that they can't tell the low people? Wouldn't this help them even more?</p>
<p>They go through topics such as process of elimination, which if you already know the correct answer is unnecessary. Also, for the math ones they teach you to plug in the possible answers to see if they work on complicated algebraic problems. If you already have taken advanced algebra courses and have worked hard in these classes, you can get the answer algebraically, and probably quicker.</p>
<p>and to clarify, yes, my instructor used the collegeboard study guide straight up. 100%, no other materials used</p>
<p>Well I'm going ahead and enrolling in Kaplan's Classroom course. I don't know exactly how much it'll help, but if nothing else it'll help me put effort into studying for the SAT's. God knows Im too lazy to study on my own...well I hope 900 bucks arent going down the drain.</p>
<p>Okay, I still do not understand the need to divide classes by diagonistic scores. If there is any information that you are giving higher students, I don't understand why lower students cannot benefit from it. </p>
<p>The whole thing just doesn't make sense to me. What is it supposed to mean when they say "Your grade will go up a lot since you made a low score!". Is that supposed to make me feel like its worth my time or what? Any low grade will go up when you actually study. Ugh, its annoying.</p>
<p>Newby, I hope you got some money back or something. If they are just using a book that you can buy yourself, then what kind of tutoring is that? You can check your answers and get explainations yourself. Thankyou for the warning. My friend wanted me to do the PR with her. I declined. We'll see who gets the better scores.</p>
<p>Oy, Ihop, you'd rather spend 900 bucks than just set up a schedule for yourself? XD</p>
<p>quitejaded, I think the class will benefit me somewhat, I spoke to this guy on cc who's got me convinced that Kaplan's classes are pretty decent if you're willing to put effort in. Also, I think it's easier to study for a boring test like the SAT when you're in a structured setting than say studying independently. </p>
<p>Anyway, I'm guessing here but I don't think they divide classes by diagnostic scores because the students recieve different information. I think it's more of a what level are you at thing. Like do you need to learn basic algebra or are you having just trouble with a few tricky questions. lol. My friend also declined to do Kaplan with me. But I'm betting my scores will beat hers, prep or no prep. ;)</p>
<p>v_v" That's what I meant by diagnostic scores, ihop... And I've already posted how I felt about dividing the class anyway. People who need to learn basic algebra will benefit from techniques for the tricky questions as well.</p>
<p>I wish money were involved with me and my friend. Maybe I'm just a cocky kid, but I think I'd be about 50 bucks richer. ;D We shall see, ihop!</p>