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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private tutoring is the best investment you could ever make. Bs turn to As, 90-percentile SAT turns to 95-percentile.[/quote]

Yeah -- and your kid learns to rely on mom, dad and the tutor to fix everything for her.  
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Last time I checked, the student being tutored actually has to do WORK to understand concepts and pass the exams. Are you just sending your to SAT cold turkey? Good luck with that.[/quote]

My only worry about relying on tutoring to go from a B to an A would be that my DC might then require tutors in college, also.  That could get to be awfully expensive.  I know that some high school teachers are not the best communicators, however, and I would not want my child to miss out on fundamentals.  I'm mentioning my concerns not to be snarky, but to be part of a genuine conversation.  By the way, I prepped for the SAT's myself when I was in high school with just a review book, and the results were spectacular.  I was an extremely motivated high school student, though.[/quote]

The elite private universities I'm familiar with all have free tutoring services available to undergrads.  At DC's university there are even drop-in hours every Sun-Th evening until 11:30pm.  There are writing TAs (assigned to particular classes) who read drafts.  Profs hold regular office hours.  Some have online fora where they answer questions.  Lots of support/individualized assistance is available to students who seek it out.

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