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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We followed the US News guidelines with a semiprivate tutor and they said that in total, students should plan to spend 12-15 hours a week on prep starting six to eight weeks before they plan to take the final test. The study course should offer practice at least once a week for four weeks.

DS did it with his girlfriend and DS got a 1540.  Girlfriend got a 1500.

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Seriously?  That seems like a lot of prep.  I am curious if your ds did a practice test before starting prep and whether he noticed a noticeable improvement in his scores after studying for so long.
I am planning to have my ds take a practice test on the Khan academy website a few months before the test to see if he actually needs to prep.  He did pretty well on the PSAT without any prep (I think his total was 1460).  If he gets less than 1500 on the SAT practice test, we will consider prep.  Not sure whether it makes sense to sign up for a time consuming class.  I might consider hiring a tutor for 4-6 hours to give targeted advice if it is not too expensive.  Still a year away from needing to make these decisions.[/quote]

DS also did the same sort of prep - with the girlfriend - for the PSAT in the beginning of this year.  I don't know if they did any practice test prior to starting, I assume they did to get base scores.  It was just something that both always knew they would do.  [/quote]

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