Who is Kaplan for SAT test preparation and tutoring?

Kaplan is one of the leading educational services company in the world, and one of their areas of specialty is SAT test preparation tutoring. Kaplan provides different types of classes to suit the needs, schedules, learning styles, and budgets of individual SAT students. Kaplan also provides test preparation tutoring for all types of college admissions exams, graduate exams, and professional licensing exams as well as admissions consulting for colleges and graduate schools. Kaplan is dedicated to continuously refining their teaching, curriculum, and training and committed to student and parent satisfaction for their courses and tutoring.

What are the different types of classes Kaplan offers for SAT test preparation?

Kaplan offers many different courses for SAT tutoring, test preparation, and improving your score:

• Kaplan SAT Premier Tutoring is their rigorous and convenient one-on-one tutoring program designed to be individualized around the student’s schedule and needs. The well trained instructor tutor will set the pace and schedule of the classes and topics to shore up problem areas and improve the student’s score. Kaplan has an option where the tutor will work with the student for the PSAT in the fall and work in the spring with the student to prepare for the SAT. The student will also take practice tests along the way to identify weaknesses and assess progress. The Kaplan SAT premier tutoring also includes all the books, study materials, extra practice tests, and flashcards.
• The Kaplan SAT Small Group Tutoring has groups of 3-5 students that are preformed or assigned with respect to needs and schedule. This SAT program starts off with 8 tutoring sessions that last 3 hours each as well as 4 full-length proctored SAT exams to simulate the testing experience and identify program areas and progress. This Kaplan SAT program gives students the individualized attention that brings about good score improvement while being less expensive than one-on-one classes.
• The main draw of the SAT Live Online course is convenience, because students are able to connect with their instructors and get feedback from just about anywhere. With the online whiteboard feature, students still get to see exactly how problems are solved. The online classroom format might be beneficial to students who may otherwise feel shy or hesitant in a classroom setting. With the SAT live online course from Kaplan, students will still get the experience of having simulated proctored exams.

What types of guarantees does Kaplan offer for their SAT classes?

Kaplan offers three types of guarantees which together are the most comprehensive guarantees in the SAT preparation industry. Kaplan allows students to retake courses if they don’t feel ready to take the exam. If the results come back and the score improvement is not satisfactory (no matter the amount of improvement), Kaplan will allow you can take the classes again for free. Lastly, if there is no student score improvement, students can retake the classes or get their money back for the SAT prep tutoring. Of course, some restrictions apply so check with Kaplan for the exact details for their guarantees.

How can a student improve his or her score on the SAT?

There are many tips (many of which are not even time consuming) to improve one’s score on the SAT:

• Be familiar with the different sections and question types to be encountered
• Read more in everyday life to improve reading comprehension and how to glean conclusions and ideas of reading passage. Reading also helps improve vocabulary, grammar, entence structures, and word usage.
• Review the math concepts that are often covered
• Practice using a calculator, as it has been shown that students with familiar of their calculators (especially a graphing calculator for geometry questions or complex / multistep calculations) achieve a higher score.
• Educated guesses if student can eliminate one or more answer choices

The easiest way to improve a student’s SAT score is to sign up for an SAT test prep or tutoring service as they will cover all these points and more.

What can one usually expect from a SAT test prep or tutoring service?

SAT tutoring services usually begin with a pre-test to asses the student’s strengths and weaknesses and identify problem areas or question types. Student then are given lectures and tips for test taking skills, strategies for making educated guesses, and managing their time. Practice problems are an important part of shoring up problem areas, question types, becoming more familiar with the calculator, or weak topics. SAT test prep services also have many practice tests throughout the course so that students can practice using those test taking skills and monitor their progress. Many SAT test prep and tutoring services have touted student score improvements of 200 or more points.

How can we pick the best SAT test prep tutoring service for a student?

There are many different SAT test prep tutoring services and companies out there, different in classes sizes, teaching medium, and teaching approaches. A good starting point is to check out the different companies and see what types of SAT programs they offer. Read reviews of these SAT tutoring companies on the web. Parents can also talk to student peer, older students, and friends and family to see if they have an experiences in this area and ask for their recommendations.

Talk to the different SAT tutoring companies and ask them about specific options to see which would be a best fit. Some SAT test preparation companies will allow students to swap types of programs and offer score improvement guarantees allowing the student to retake the courses if his or her score does not improve. For the less motivated student, parents will probably want to opt for a private or small group tutoring format for the SAT class. For the more self-motivated students there are some online SAT test prep options which may be less expensive.