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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're considering one-on-one SAT tutoring for our 11th grader. I'm trying to figure out how much intensive tutoring is worth it--for example, one place we are looking at recommends [b]20 hours of tutoring and 2-3 hours of additional SAT homework[/b] a week, and another recommends [b]10-12 hours of tutoring and 1 hour of homework a week[/b]. Is there a norm here, or a point at which kids kind of max out and the extra hours don't help that much? How far ahead of the SAT test should tutoring begin? For context DD scored 1340 on the PSAT, with the same scores in verbal and math. The tutoring can be so expensive and time-consuming, but we also want to give DD the best shot at a strong score. Thank you for any advice.[/quote]

DC never used any prep or tutoring.  But this feels so strange, are you sure it's not the other way around?  More practice, and tailored tutoring based on the results of the practice?  What would make sense to me would be 2-3 hours of practice and one hour tutoring per week?  Perhaps starting 10 weeks prior to the test date?

1340 is a great PSAT score so whatever you do I am pretty sure your DC will have a good outcome.[/quote]

OP back, thank you for the comments so far! Just to clarify on this question, because I realize I didn't phrase things so well--both companies recommend weekly tutoring of 1 or 1.5 hours each time. But one company recommends 10 total hours of tutoring and the other about 20. Separately, they recommend homework each week in addition to that (1 hour for one company, 2-3 hours for the other). So the total amount of studying is really different, and I'm trying to figure out what makes sense. Thank you again! It's very helpful hearing what worked for your kids.[/quote]

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