Whats the best SAT tutoring program?

danceNprance
Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:42:34 +0000

I’m searching for the best prep course with an already high SAT score as well. I can’t tell you which course is the best, but I can tell you to avoid the Sylvan SAT Prep Class at all costs! It is very basic, and the instructors are horrible. The woman teaching the Critical Reading and Writing portions of the class was a Social Studies teacher with a poor background in the material. All we did in the class was read through the book. That’s all she did. She read to us from the book, line for line. I could’ve done that on my own. It was the same with the math instructor. She couldn’t even answer the group’s questions half of the time. She would copy the answer from the book, then admit that she wasn’t quite sure how or why they did what they did. I was very disappointed. Basically in signing up for the class, you were paying all that money just to be read to from the books. I could’ve just bought a set of books on my own, and it would have been much less expensive. My score did improve from the beginning to the end of the course. However, I went into the course not having seen any SAT material before. Already taking the SAT once now, and preparing to take it again, I definitely need something more in-depth, and I assume you’d like the same. Therefore, avoid Sylvan Learning Center! I’ve heard similar things about Kaplan-- that it’s a very basic outline. I have heard good thing about Testmaster and Top Test Prep, but can’t testify since I haven’t taken either course. I wish you the best of luck! :)