SAT Tutor Cost
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Anonymous
| I spoke to a tutoring company today regarding individual tutoring for the SAT. The quote for 12 2 hour sessions was $3900. Is that expensive? |
Anonymous
| I have no idea. But I will tell you that my DD took a prep class for $230 at Montgomery College and raised her score from 1960 to 2330. |
Anonymous
| One-on-one sessions? What's DC's avg practice test score? |
Anonymous
What did your DC think was the reason for the score raise? Also, how soon after the completion of the prep did she take the test? I hear you should take the test soon after prep completion. |
Anonymous
Our college counselor told us that this was definitely the best way to go. For a myriad of reasons, he is just taking the official SAT and is a rising senior. He just doesn't have a lot of chances to get this right. |
Anonymous
WOW!. Can you please elaborate. Maybe a link to the classes> 
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Anonymous
DD attributed it to constant practice and learning about strategies and how the writing part is scored. DD took the SAT a week after completing the prep class. |
Anonymous
PP here. It was $320, not $230. http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/wdce/ce/satprep.html |
Anonymous
My kids took the same class but, unlike PP's kid, no significant increase in scores. |
Anonymous
| OP - We paid 125/hr for one-on-one sessions. One-on-one is recommended if a student is already scoring high but needs to refine strategies. Classroom settings (which is MUCH cheaper) are fine if your DC has a lot of gap to cover. |
Anonymous
| We paid $185/hour for about 10-12 sessions for the SAT, then did a few more for subject tests. Practice tests were free, and were offered every weekend (obviously you didn't take them every weekend). |
Anonymous
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There's lots of free SAT/ACT practice available online. I just wouldn't pay for this.
I haven't tried this site myself, but know people who have and they had good results from it: https://www.march2success.com It's free and sponsored by the US military. |
Anonymous
I thought this might be a good site but they want too much personal information. Though since it's free, they can ask for whatever they want. |
Anonymous
| We paid $1600 for 8 sessions of 90 min one-on-one tutoring, so about $133/hour. OP has been quoted $162.50/ hr. |
Anonymous
And this is why the SAT should not be used for college applications. If you can raise a score by that much, it means nothing. My DC had a 2290 the first time he took the test with absolutely zero prep. I'd bet on him as a thinker over a prepped higher score every time. |