<p>I'm a graduate student and looking for things to do if my preferred summer job doesn't happen. I live in the Boston area, and something I might be interested in doing is teaching SAT prep courses. Kaplan requires that you score at least 90th percentile within the last 5 years on anything you want to teach. I haven't SAT'd since '98, but was well above that mark then, so it seems feasible. I guess I could do GRE prep too.</p>
<p>I'm just wondering if any of you have done this before, or if your kids have had positive/negative experiences with SAT prep courses. When I took the SAT, I didn't prep for verbal at all and just reviewed geometry for the math because I knew I had forgotten it, so it's a totally unfamilar world to me. </p>
<p>Also I'm wondering if anyone knows how competitive these jobs are-- I'm 25 and currently a Harvard teaching fellow, and I have experiencing teaching/disclipling high school aged kids. Anyone know if that's a typical profile for someone doing this kind of thing?</p>
<p>Some kids I know took a Princeton Review course my school offered for practically nothing. The teachers were from Boston, I think. A lot of my friends said the course was worthless, but I know it probably helped a good number of students. All but one of the teachers were horrible, though. One showed up to the class at my school drunk, proceeded to drink beer out of a Nalgene water bottle the entire class time (2.5 or 3 hours, I think), and then drove the 1.5 hours home. One of the other teachers was very impatient and liked to insult the students and our school. Those two left the classrooms dirty when they left. The last teacher was reported to be very good. I heard from one of my friends that the second teacher said she hated the job but was paid very well. </p>
<p>I think you should find out what kinds of things they teach to make sure you agree with their methods. It sounds like you have a good profile, and if Kaplan is like Princeton Review, they seem to be in need of good teachers! Good luck.</p>
<p>I taught SAT prep for a company similar to Princeton Review and Kaplan about 8 years ago. I really didnt' like the large classes. I have always tutored high school math, so I started offering SAT tutoring. One on one, I charge $70 per hour. Princeton Review charges more than twice that for private tutoring. I'd suggest advertising the private tutoring - see what the going rate is in your area.</p>