Austin Area SAT Test Prep courses (Round Rock, West: hotel, house, school)

[cls88]

My kids need to stat to take SAT prep courses soon (hopefully this summer). A google came up with so many places. Does anyone have recommendations on some good courses/teachers? Thanks.

[macuser1320]

Well,

I actually took one a year and a half ago from Sylvan, and it was the biggest waste of 900 my parents have ever spent on me.

The class was once a week up to the test, and was pretty pricey for what it was. They gave all of us workbooks and we would go sit for 3 hours doing problems out of workbooks. The timeframe for the class ended before we finished our books.. and so they pulled us each aside to tell us we wouldnt be able to come back the following week. I ended up finishing my reading/writing workbook, but only got half way on my math. Sure enough, I struggled on the math portion of the SAT.

Well, long story short, I wouldnt take a class from them. You are probably best off going with a not so big/well known place like sylvan.

Best of luck to you though.. Luckily, my gpa was what got my into the school of my choice, not my SAT score.

-D

[mimimomx3]

I really like College Nannies and Tutors. Very flexible, personable and well prepared tutors. They're on Far West across from Doss. College Nannies & Tutors - Texas

[chickenfry]

you can take a simple one at acc and then use a private tutor for the areas of concern

[cls88]

Thank you all for the suggestions. The kids are ok in what they suppose to know. But they need a structured setting for them to go over the test material and get used to the test format.

ACC plus a tutor is a great idea. But ACC doesn't have any evening or weekend classes. I don't trust the kids doing the online version, because they are not as disciplined as we would like them to be.

Thanks again for all the info.

[nirmak]

I would try House of Tutors. The owners are amazing and will really do anything to fit your needs. The class size is small and they even do individualized study. Great quality for the price. I think it's around $550 for 25 hours of instruction and they have intensive classes too.

I hope this helps!

[tickledpink]

I took one from princeton review a few years back. At the time it was 1100 dollars. It helped me a lot. The class was 3 times a week at a hotel in Round Rock. Each Saturday morning we took a full length practice SAT. We spent a lot of time learning how to take the test and strategies, etc. It improved my SAT score by several hundred points.

[killer2021]

just search sat prep into google and you'll get dozens of very good test prep services online. I think the online versions are better than the local places.