<p>I am in search for a tutor for the math and writing section (esp math). Unfortunately, there is a scarcity of private tutors in my area. Do you guys recommend any? And are there "point guarantees" BS? And I am not really concerned about cost over efficiency. Umm, yeah that's it. Thanks.</p>
<p>Are we supposed to guess where you live?</p>
<p>That sounds like fun. I’m going with Anchorage, Alaska</p>
<p>Oh lol I’m ■■■■■■■■… Fayetteville NC but im fine with online stuff too</p>
<p>dont be mean you guys. haha. and frozen land definitely lacks tutor. resort to sarah for help!</p>
<p>Are you a sophomore or junior? When is your target SAT test date?</p>
<p>Try wyzant.com - they’re a nationwide tutoring site, so I’d bet you can find some folks in your area. At worst, you could definitely find someone in Raleigh - it’s not THAT far. Good luck!</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore and I am going to take the SAT on both December and January. I’m doing all this because I want to get into NCSSM.</p>
<p>^dude my friend wants to get into the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics too. I’ve heard that as long as your SAT is higher than your school’s average then you should be fine.</p>
<p>Umm, I beg to differ. A lot of people are higher than the average, but very, very, very few get in.</p>
<p>I understand that, but that’s what they said on their handout. They compare you to your school’s average. Of course most students are going to have higher scores than their school’s average score and a lot of students are going to get rejected.</p>
<p>Haha what’s up NCer’s! Seriously, the best tutor is yourself. Sit down and practice, practice, practice. Because the SAT tests basic concepts, you’ll get better results by doing practice tests yourself than you would if you got a private tutor. TRUST me.</p>
<p>I’m near Charlotte btw, and I traveled to Fayetteville last year for football - maybe we played your school?</p>
<p>^I second that. You might not do as well on the math section if you’re not past Algebra II. I know that the Math section mostly tests Geometry and Algebra but taking Algebra II and Pre-Calc really helped to raise my Math score, and to reinforce some of the stuff you see on the test.</p>
<p>You are the pilot of you own life</p>
<p>heeeeeey!!! im in charlotte too!!!</p>
<p>bruh, its too late for a tutor, im afraid to say. tutors usually need a few months to help students. i know a tutor near me and he’s not accepting anyone else this year. but you should have NO problem getting in. c’mon you’re in fayetteville! (in case you didnt know, ncssm accepts the same number from each congressional district, and there isnt much competition in fayetteville)</p>
<p>just self study.</p>
<p>good luck!!! tell me if you get in!!!</p>
<p>Lol, actually, this year is quite different. We have like 4 or 5 people in our school alone scoring 2100+. One girl is able to get 2350+ (if not perfect score). There is one girl in my school with 7 or 8 AP classes. Also, I know some really smart people in another school in our district. Other years, getting in from Fayetteville is much easier, but this year is really hard…</p>
<p>^If those are all sophomores then good luck…but NCSSM doesn’t just look at test scores either.</p>
<p>Lol, unfortunately these are all sophomores. Arguably, our sophomores are smarter than a good majority of our seniors… Other than SAT, I do tennis, Science Olympiad, Mathletes, Key Club, Asia Club, Spanish Club/honors society, dawgs go green, and some other stupid clubs…I have about 135 hrs of volunteering. I get all As and am in 4 AP classes. Uhh, thats about all that i have so test scores will sadly have to be a substantial part in this…</p>
<p>^Do you know how many people got accepted from your county/CD last year? I was looking at the one’s from my county and it seemed like there was 1 kid for every school.</p>
<p>I thought the general rule of thumb was 25 per district. Last year, 3 people from my school got in. Actually, it may have been more because I know someone got in but didn’t go.</p>