<p>Has anyone taken PR’s SAT/ACT prep classes? If anyone has, is it worth the money or am I better off buying books and studying off of those?</p>
<p>There are no secrets at any prep classes. The only reason you’d take a class over studying by yourself is if you’re not self-motivated enough to sit in front of a book for long periods of time by yourself. You get what you put into it for any kind of test prep. If you feel you would do better with a teacher instructing you individually, or as a group, then take the class.</p>
<p>All I’ve heard is - don’t do it. They teach out of the book. Although I am unsure of the knowledgeability (?), if they do know their stuff it could be helpful if you have questions.</p>
<p>Are Kaplan’s test prep books better than PR’s? What about the ones offered by the College Board?</p>
<p>I’ve only used the Princeton Review’s books, so I can’t comment on Kaplan’s. But, for the most part, the Prinecton Review’s Cracking the ACT is a thorough look at all the parts of the ACT – though I don’t necessarily agree with all their tips.</p>
<p>The College Board is not affiliated with the ACT, so there are no books by them. However, the official ACT guide is probably the best for practice tests. So I would for sure get that book, but if you want a book to help you on tips, you’re not gonna get that from the ACT’s official guide.</p>
<p>Cracking the ACT is the best book for strategy, and the tests are really good too. Yes there are official tests (not CB, tho…<a href=“http://www.act.org%5B/url%5D”>www.act.org</a>) and those are great too, but yep no strategy there.</p>