IN-PERSON SAT & ACT PREP CLASSES

Our Prime Prep™ Course comes with tons of tools beyond the sessions themselves. In addition to the six instruction sessions and three practice tests, your student will receive unlimited access to our Video Vault, which includes 60+ HD test prep videos. Every concept we teach has its own video. Your student will also receive our Test Geek Magic Pack, which includes our curriculum book, Solved and an official practice test book. Finally, your registration also includes our Test Prep Essentials flash card set, which includes 100 concept and strategy flash cards.

This is actually quite common, and in most cases, it isn't a big deal. If a student is going to be missing one of the practice tests, which are typically held on Saturdays, we can give the student the materials to take the test at his or her convenience. We will still grade the test using our adaptive software like we would have had the test been taken with us on the scheduled date. If the student is going to miss a classroom session, we can arrange for the instructor to do a makeup session one-on-one with the student at a time that works. Every student receives one free makeup session for missed classroom days. If your student is going to have more than one missed session, give us a call. We can most likely figure out something that will work.

Yes! Our courses are comprehensive, meaning they cover all content and all strategies that are needed for the SAT and ACT. Our students actually get better at math, grammar, etc. But this test demands more than just content knowledge, so we also cover strategy issues like timing, elimination of answer choices and recognizing question types. In addition, we give the most classroom time to the areas most likely to be tested. Finally, the process of students taking practice tests while the class is running allows both the instructor and the student to keep close tabs on how progress is being made and where the biggest opportunities for improvement lie.

This is a really important question to ask. Nothing makes a bigger difference in the test prep classroom experience than the quality of the instructor. It is hands-down the most important thing in this process. Our instructors have several important distinctions. First, they have all scored in the top 1% on the test they teach. That is an incredibly high standard, and it is far higher than that of most companies offering test prep. However, being great at the SAT and ACT doesn't mean someone can teach those tests. We want instructors who can connect with students, so we put all of our tutor candidates through multiple rounds of teaching auditions to make sure they are good educators rather than just brainiacs. Finally, all of our instructors have graduated from top universities. We don't hire undergraduates. This combination of maturity, expertise and teaching ability is powerful, and it has a proven record of producing serious score improvements.

Both programs are likely useful for most students, but there are some important differences that might make one a better choice than the other. First, both programs use the same instructors and the same curriculum. The primary difference is simply in the setting (one-on-one vs. group). Due to the nature of group courses, they often work best for students who are scoring somewhere near the national average. If your score is already 1400 (far above the national average) and you are looking to get to 1550, private tutoring might be a better option. With that said, we have had plenty of students with exceptionally high or low scores have great success with our test prep classes. Another situation that might be a difference maker is if a student needs attention primarily in one area rather than on the entire test. For example, six private tutoring sessions that focus solely on math would probably be more effective at raising only the math score than our classroom course would be. Finally, the classroom course follows a set schedule, but private tutoring is scheduled directly with the tutor, making it much more flexible.

Yes. We have an excellent program for groups of students who would like to prep together. The discount gets larger as more students are added, and these programs represent one of the best values we offer. We have had groups of four or five students go through extensive, customized prep at very low prices. We can do these sorts of groups with as few as two students. Just give us a call to talk specifics.

There are a couple options. One is to sign up for one of our SAT prep classes and then add a couple sessions of private tutoring to cover the differences present on the ACT. The SAT and ACT are very similar now, so this option works well. The other option is to simply sign up for private tutoring. All of our private tutoring options can hit both the SAT and ACT. We've had plenty of students take both routes, so give us a call to talk about what might be best for you.