| Oftentimes the students who enroll in such programs are applying to the top-tier universities. My personal experience with pretty much all standardized tests is that the important thing is to learn HOW to take the test (by that I mean what type of questions they ask, how things are phrased, what they're looking for) and all this can be accomplished by browsing any of the numerous prep books. Reviewing the concepts is certainly important, but if one hasn't learned the basic rules of grammar yet, it is going to be difficult and stressful to learn them for the SAT.
I studied for one hour the night before, half an hour on the car ride there, and I got a 2290. Also, a sidenote: one of the most popular SAT prep courses is through Kaplan, and all you have to do is go on Craigslist.com to see the numerous requests for Kaplan "teachers", saying that it is not a major time commitment and that pretty much anyone can do it (with training). |