[beccaxlee]

so this summer my parents want me to take a sat prep class and i need help choosing the best one.

Choices: C2, Princeton Review, Sylvan, Huntington Learning Center

so i was wondering if any of you guys already took one of the classes and how good it was
because i dont want waste my money

my sister took C2 and Princeton review and said they were okay but they are like twenty minutes away so im kinda hoping to go to huntington if its any good.

please give me any advice or recomend another sat prep school. thankss

[xthefirst]

i took princeton review. honestly, it didn't help me do better. and i forgot all their tips during test day. >.< i just got in the same range of score. the only thing good about the class was that they score my writing portions, which is the only thing i really wanted. at least i still did well on the actual exam.

[kikkie.kl]

"They're aptitude tests, they test your future success, not your current knowledge. You can't study for mini cooper like that."
-Coach, to a team member



I have to agree with him. Just buy a test prep book and get the tips off of there. I took a (free) class a year before I even started worrying about tests (so I basically forgot all the information) and still did better (by a few hundred points) than many others who have dropped thousands on a prep class.

Best thing I have learned from the study book was the process of elimination (basically, if you have time, plug in all the answers until you get one that makes sense lol never thought of that before~). The best study book I found was the Barron's one, which I found to over prepare me for the test.

[christee8876]

my first choice would be Flex because that's the place I went to and my score went up over 300 points.
I loved the teacher.
but...I would probably go with C2.
I didn't know Sylvan or Huntington gave SAT classes and I've heard that Princeton Review isn't very good.

[forevernever]

If you have the self-will to study, it'll be a lot cheaper. What those prep schools really do is just get you used to taking 3-4 hour long tests. It's not so much teaching you, but more of conditioning you so you're more used to taking the SATs.

If you're up for it, buy a prep book [see above posts for recs] and SIT DOWN, take the WHOLE TEST each time, with exactly how they structure the breaks on the SAT. It's just practice makes perfect (: