CC Poll: Taking an SAT/ACT Prep Course?

ncolonna
Wed, 02 Jul 2014 19:30:54 +0000

I am from NJ and I took an SAT prep course at Huntington. I had scored a 1740 on my first SAT without any prep at all. I took a diagnostic test at Huntington and scored a 1530 (which shocked me compared to my real SAT score). They recommended that I take 20 two hour classes with an individual tutor in order to reach my goal score of a 2000. The price for that was way too high so I went with half of the time they recommended, 10 two hour classes. My last diagnostic test at Huntington was a 1740 (this made me really upset since it was the same as my real SAT score after 10 classes). I took the real SAT a week after the course ended and scored a 1950! Although I did not reach my goal, I came very close to it with only half the time they told me I needed. If you do the math, that was a 210 point increase from my original SAT score.

Overall, I would recommend taking a SAT prep course such as Huntington. My advice however, is take a real SAT before (whether its a blue book one or an official one) just so you know where you are. Once you take the diagnostic test, I would not fall into the their trap to make you take more classes than what is needed. Take enough hours so that you will feel comfortable taking the test, and you should be able to do great.