Should I invest in an SAT Prep Course or not?!?
August 31st, 2009 | 
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Hi and welcome to my blog,
I opened this blog to help anyone who is preparing for his SAT.
I remember myself when I started - I was so lost and in such a panic.
Luckily I got this great SAT guide that helped me a lot . So study hard and good luck!
Well, I’ve browsed through just about half of the search results for "SAT prep course" on yahoo answers, but I still can’t find the answer for the question I had.
A little background on me: I’m a busy HS Junior, i made 176 on the PSAT last year, (lowest was Crit Reading (54), highest was Math (66))… I think I did substantially better on this year’s, but I don’t know yet. I bought a PSAT book from Kaplan for the PSAT and went over the CR section and writing so-so. I had the book for a while, but I didn’t really use it until a week before the exam 
…. I did the three practice tests and got 200+ on all of them. (highest was 212, lowest was 201)
Anyway! My question is:
Should I take the Kaplan SAT course (Princeton Review isnt offered in my area)?? Does anyone think it could help someone like me? Does it raise scores substantially? Or would I do better just buying a book? (Remember, I am a student who is busy and has little time, and is not very self-starter-y and probably wouldnt use the book as much as I should and would probably cram 1-2 weeks before the test)
I dont want to have to spend 00 on something targeted to students who really have it worse than I do, because i want to break 2100+ on the SAT… So yeah…
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Tags: buying a book, cr, hs junior, kaplan, little time, math, practice tests, princeton review, psat, self starter, yahoo, yahoo answers
well u sound like a pretty bright person so i’d say you don’t really have to worry about the Kaplan thing. but if you want to try it anyways, look around and see if there is any type of reimbursement for the Kaplan thing.i’d say try to the book and study. your guidance counselor should have something for you for free. i’d say focus on the writing cuz you seem like a logic and math guy like me and shouldn’t have any trouble on the math. practice your writing a bit. make sure you have a solid opinion and you can back up your opinion with an arguement or two. they would rather you have one or 2 strong arguement than 7 or 8 weak ones.