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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC went from 33 on his own to 35 with some test prep. Maybe five sessions. ACT is a fast test, so learning tricks and strategies was useful. I don't think he became more intelligent. Just smarter about how to take this particular test.

For the kind of schools he was interested in, it was very useful. But no tutor is going to turn a 23 into a 34. Or a 1040 into a 1510. A good tutor will help if the kid is self-disciplined to begin with and does all the studying and practice tests. And is motivated.

But if it's not there it's not there. A really motivated student will get 2-3 points on the ACT and 100-250 on the SAT if they have the disposition to do the work. SAT prep is not Jesus. Going to have to look elsewhere for miracles.  [/quote]

Yes and no. DC took diagnostic tests for ACT and SAT. Crushed the SAT verbal, but was 600 in math. The test preppers told us it is pretty hard to raise the math score by a significant amount on the SAT, so advised to do ACT. Again, amazing English/reading scores, but mid 20s for math/science. Worked with a tutor for 3 1/2 months junior early spring, took the ACT test, and scored a 34 overall. Their tutor strongly encouraged DC to take it one more time, but they said, "I'm not gonna get better than this - in fact, I was probably lucky to get this and taking it in a somewhat off time probably helped. I'm done."[/quote]

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