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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We hired a Test prep tutor. Big waste. [/quote]

Huge waste for us too. Unless your child is motivated, a one-on-one tutor will not make a difference because SO much work still needs to be done independently. We used a local test prep tutoring place with great reviews, and I could tell almost immediately that it would not go well. For the second child, we tried a tutor on Wyzant, and as soon as I could see that it was headed in the same direction (with hours and hours of independent work being scheduled), we pulled the plug. I'm not saying it's a waste for everyone--if you have a motivated child, you would probably have different results.[/quote]

Which service? Only a few are worth it.[/quote]

It does not require that much motivation with 1-1 tutoring.  Issue is what was the initial score/baseline and what was the desired result?   Because if you get 1540 initially, you will have to put in more work to go up to 1580/1600 than someone at 1300 initially who wants to get to 1500.  The one at 1300 (if truly capable of a 1500) will just need a few Hours to 'learn the tricks" and determine what silly errors they are making.  My kid only needed 4 hours of tutoring then took another test and was at 1490---did another 3 practice tests with 30 mins of tutoring and a bit of Homework and each additional test put them at 1480-1500.  So we got our bump with minimal tutoring.  
Likewise, if you are hoping to push a kid from 1200-1500 and the kid is not really that smart (my kid had a 3.99 GPA in HS without much effort required), it will take a lot of work---if math is not their strong point, it will take work to ensure they don't make silly mistakes. 
  
Our tutor said my kid could have gotten to 1550+, but it would have required a lot of work/effort and to us it was not worth it.

FWIW, we just had a basic everyday SAT/ACT tutor center, paid only $90/hour.  [/quote]

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