SAT or ACT???

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Anonymous wrote:Can either of the PP who used private tutors recommend? I am ok paying. our logic is to roll it into the “cost of college” mentality; that relative to 4 years of school that will cost $250k.... $3k more is nothing.

That is why they charge so much and produce so little.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Professional advice we got was to take practice tests for both (actual old tests under timed conditions) and focus on only one test based on that outcome. A couple of other things that might not have been mentioned: SAT Math has a section with no calculators and ACT does not; ACT has a Science section, but it's really more reading and interpreting science texts and some STEM kids don't like it; both tests can be prepped for and, if you can afford it, private tutoring is more efficient as tutors know the "tricks" and can hone in on specific areas for focus based on practice exams. (They're expensive though $200-$500/hour is what we found.)

Yup. The science section KILLED my STEM kid. His best science score was 5 points lower than his best English score, despite always being an excellent science student and a mediocre English student.

As for test prep: We had a private tutor who was much less than that - about $90 per hour and quite good.

Quoted poster here. Yep, my non-STEM kid got a 35 on the Science portion of the ACT which was quite a surprise. We used PrepMatters based on a recommendation from a friend. Expensive, but we only did four sessions as there were only four weeks available. His overall ACT score was 100+ higher than his SAT score from earlier in the spring.

I'd love to know who the $90/hour tutor was.