Kaplan or Princeton Review?

immortalix
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:12:32 +0000

Neither course should be taken. Everything they teach is in their own published test prep books, which you can get for under $20 on Amazon. The only thing they do during the lessons is go over what type of problems you can expect on the test, which really doesn’t require $1000+. The only methods they teach you are process of elimination (eliminate extreme choices, out-of-scope stuff, distortions) and learn some vocab (Direct Hits has a really good list, no need for Kaplan or PR). Just do practice tests. You get the most improvements by doing so.

Read RocketReview SAT, which is written by a co-founder of Princeton Review who is no longer with the company. The book is actually quite good, particularly the essay section.