Comments on: Considering The Princeton Review SAT PREP Classroom Courses? http://sat-questions.com/considering-the-princeton-review-sat-prep-classroom-courses.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:10:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jenn http://sat-questions.com/considering-the-princeton-review-sat-prep-classroom-courses.html/comment-page-1#comment-6639 Jenn Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:57:07 +0000 http://sat-questions.com/considering-the-princeton-review-sat-prep-classroom-courses.html#comment-6639 If you haven't already paid for the class, you might reconsider. If you've already purchased the Princeton Review's books, the class isn't going to be teaching you anything new or different! Yes, you can get your specific questions answered in class, but that's the only advantage to you. You're MUCH better off hiring a private tutor for a few sessions and working from the College Board blue book (it will probably be cheaper for your parents, too). While I think PR's materials are pretty good, their practice problems aren't the real thing...the only source for that is the College Board! You can find a local tutor in your area here: http://www.wyzant.com As for your other questions, yes, the course will give you textbooks, but they'll do little to nothing to help you with vocabulary. You're pretty much on your own there, because the test prep power that be have declared that studying vocab isn't worth your time. It's so NOT TRUE. The only way to do well on sentence completions is to study vocab. For vocab, I like http://www.word-nerd.com so check them out. Of course, you can take all of my advice with a grain of salt, and perhaps the class would be good for you. Hope you hit your goal! If you haven’t already paid for the class, you might reconsider. If you’ve already purchased the Princeton Review’s books, the class isn’t going to be teaching you anything new or different! Yes, you can get your specific questions answered in class, but that’s the only advantage to you. You’re MUCH better off hiring a private tutor for a few sessions and working from the College Board blue book (it will probably be cheaper for your parents, too). While I think PR’s materials are pretty good, their practice problems aren’t the real thing…the only source for that is the College Board! You can find a local tutor in your area here: http://www.wyzant.com

As for your other questions, yes, the course will give you textbooks, but they’ll do little to nothing to help you with vocabulary. You’re pretty much on your own there, because the test prep power that be have declared that studying vocab isn’t worth your time. It’s so NOT TRUE. The only way to do well on sentence completions is to study vocab. For vocab, I like http://www.word-nerd.com so check them out.

Of course, you can take all of my advice with a grain of salt, and perhaps the class would be good for you. Hope you hit your goal!

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