CC Poll: Taking an SAT/ACT Prep Course?

PlatypusParadox
Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:50:56 +0000

I took an SAT prep class. It was all right and they definitely covered a lot of material, but because there was such a disparity between students’ SAT base scores, it did not help individuals much. There were students who were excellent in math but the majority were not, so there was a focus on concepts that the excelling students were familiar with. Those classes tended to be a waste of time for them. Overall, the classes focused on the needs of the majority (which is understandable,) but I don’t think that they helped me very much because I needed help mostly in critical reading. We also took many practice essays, most of which I scored perfect scores on. However, on the actual tests, while I left feeling just as confident, I scored 8s consistently. The strategies didn’t really help me, but I’m sure they were useful for others.