<p>Is the cost of kaplan worth paying for preparing my daughter for SAT/ACT? just wondering if there could be another alternative. She has done ACT twice with a 21 and then 23 doing SAT in october and shes a senior this year. Pse advise.</p>
<p>In our experience it is not worth paying the high price of these prep programs, especially given your DD’s scores and the outcome potential. I would buy some practice ACT test books and have her take several practice tests. It is highly unlikely that she will increase her score to a point where merit aid will factor in–which is likely the only reason to pay those fees. She will have ample options for college assuming her GPA is reasonable.</p>
<p>Kaplan really depends on the teacher. My son had a terrible teacher. He actually scored worse after taking the 12 week course. At the time, they guaranteed a higher score or the course was free. Luckily, one of my friends’ sons warned me that in order to get the refund, you had to show you’d done all the homework. Her son also did poorly, but they wouldn’t refund her money because of the homework issue.</p>
<p>Buy the books. If needed, hire private tutors. They should still be less than the Kaplan course.</p>
<p>DO NOT USE KAPLAN REVIEW. I signed my daughter up for the class, bought all of the books, etc. She showed up for her first day at a random building with unknown people. After waiting there for two hours, no one showed up and she went home. When I called Kaplan they told us not enough spots were taken and they had to cancel the class. They never informed us about this and barely apologized.</p>