There seems to be a great debate over the pricey versus the cheap SAT prep courses. Could it be that cheap SAT prep courses found at the local bookstore are just as good as Kaplan, Sylvan and Princeton Review for preparing for the SAT? It just may be true.
Some have been questioning a recent editorial in the Cornell Daily Sun where it states that the SAT “favors candidates from higher incomes who can afford tutoring.” The argument being that these courses only serve to give affluent parents and students the illusion of [control] over a scary process. And that in reality, free or low-cost preparation for the SAT is just as good. On the other hand, if you sign up for the Kaplan course, you will essentially be forced to study and this could actually help the unmotivated student.
This seems to be a debate that all students and their parents everywhere need to follow closely. It would be nice to have some statistics for expensive versus low-cost SAT prep courses. The results could be startling. One way very well could be just as good as the other. It might just come down to how motivated is your student to take the time to prepare. If they are not real motivated, the parent may be inclined to sign them up for a class where an instructor or tutor can coach them effectively. And then you have the motivated student who can pick up a SAT prep book at the local bookstore very inexpensively and prepare just as effectively.
I think in the end, this is exactly what the parent of a student preparing to take the SAT must do. And that is to decide how motivated the student is to make the time to study for the SAT. If the student cannot make the time on his or her own, signing up for SAT prep courses may be just the ticket.
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You can now get SAT prep courses for your iPod. How cool is that! This could be a really good way to make time to study. You can now study on the go. Making the time to study for the SAT has always been a major problem. But not anymore.
You can improve your math, reading and writing by playing related games on your iPod. These are games that help you study for the areas you may be weak in. They are selling for $4.99 each module. That’s a rather inexpensive way to go.
The iPod has turned out to be a very handy and versatile item to own.
Here’s the link to get these SAT prep courses.
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You have been trying to decide whether or not to shell out all that money on one of those SAT prep courses. Have you heard the latest? Some top colleges are now making SAT scores optional.
Brown University is one of them. This is a top-shelf Ivy League school! The University of California is another. Here’s what William R. Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions at Harvard, told The New York Times this month. That “subject tests were the best predictor of good grades at Harvard, high school grade point average was second and the SAT was third.”
Why are colleges starting to do this? Are they starting to see the unfairness of it? Affluent High Schools are offering free SAT prep courses while poorer schools barely mention it. And it is supposed to predict success in the first year of college, but does it really?
This could be a future indicator, but at the present most schools admissions still use High School grades, SAT scores and extracurricular activities as factors to be weighed. Still, it may be something to consider before enrolling in SAT prep courses.
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SAT prep courses or tutoring seem to be the way to go if you plan to do well on the SAT.
Time is an important factor. Will you be able to make the time to study for this test? SAT prep courses or tutoring will force you to make the time.
Also, the course outline will be a plan in itself and will keep you on track in your study. That may be why people who take these courses score 60 points higher on average than those who don’t. They had a plan.
Lastly, you will have an instructor, a third party to keep you on task. Your instructor will be able to measure your progress instead of you trying to guess how you are doing yourself.
The higher score you will make could result in you being accepted to one of the more selective Universities. And this could affect you in a positive way later upon graduation.
You can see how the SAT exam could change your life. Start preparing now by taking one of the SAT prep courses in your local area or getting some tutoring.
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By enrolling in one of a variety of SAT prep courses, you can improve your test score an average of 60 points over someone who does not use these courses. And of course, this will improve your chances to attend some of the more selective colleges.
Did you know that almost 90 percent of students today prepare for the SAT in some way. This was just not so a generation ago. Back then, a good nights sleep and a good breakfast was all that was necessary. Things have definitely changed since then. You must prepare in some way for the SAT. The trick is to get as much realistic practice before the test so that on the day of the test it becomes no big deal. It is that test day anxiety that these SAT prep courses can alleviate.
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