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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, dealing with the same thing. I think there are some things to think about here. First of all, did your child do any prep or practice before? Even just practice (with no supervision) will probably raise the score. is your kid going to benefit most from a class or individual tutoring? It is really expensive to do individual tutoring (I was pretty shocked) but my thinking on it is that it is an investment at this point as she really needs the higher score in the October (her Senior year). My DD needs to bring up her math score to get into her target school. My DD definitely benefited from a group class in raising 2 of 3 areas (verbal, writing) to a good level. But she needs help in math because she had poor math training in another school district (plus an attitude about avoiding learning math in general) and is actually missing some knowledge (it's not just tactics here). So she needs to actually learn some math and fast -- she said the group class covered things but there was no chance to ask for the further explanation she needed to really understand (there probably was a chance but I would imagine she didn't want to keep asking in a group session). I am probably going to suck it up and pay for Prep Matters. I just don't have time to experiment with tutors any more and I experience some pretty poor ones in trying to find them on my own/through the internet. I am amused that they advertise for tutors and pay $30-60 an hour and charge $185 an hour but hey's that capitalism! So if it's general, I would suggest a class and self-prep. If the practice tests turn up an area in which the student really needs to acquire knowledge, then I think some one-on-one would be worth it. [/quote]
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