Our SAT and PSAT preparation courses are powerful tools to help students find and focus on the study strategies that maintain strengths and fortify weaknesses. These strategies and programs have helped many students increase their SAT scores 100, 200, 300 points, and more!
Our tutors provide:
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Individualized, one-on-one tutoring to prepare you based on YOUR needs.
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Feedback after EVERY individual session to help keep students and parents in the loop.
Reading & English
Course content includes: reading improvement; word-building knowledge–roots, prefixes, suffixes, pacing, guides to successful guessing.
Math
The math curriculum covers:
- Arithmetic
- Algebra
- Geometry
- Logic and Insight
- Mathematical Equations
Course content includes: arithmetic skills, algebra concepts, geometry definitions and formulas, development of reasoning and logic, improvement of problem-solving efficiency, pacing, “gridding”, guides to successful guessing.
Optional Essay
- Identifying Sentence Errors
- Improving Sentences
- Improving Paragraphs
- Essay Writing
Course content includes: grammar, usage and structure, choosing effective revisions to sentences and paragraphs.
Writing Workshops
In the hands-on Writing Workshops, students learn how to engage an issue critically and develop a point of view in a thoughtful, cogent essay, under timed conditions. Our Writing Workshops not only prepare students for the SAT I essay, they also help students improve their writing in current and future coursework!
Simulated SAT Exams
Our program features simulated exams, with actual SAT I content, proctored and administered under true timed test conditions. Scores are analyzed to diagnose each student’s strengths and weaknesses. Practice tests to do at home also are provided.
Expert Teachers
We have state-certified Reading Specialists as teachers, not college students. Our math teachers are also experts in both content and SAT test strategies, embracing time management, handling test anxiety and point scoring guidelines. All are trained in the Estelle Finkel method of SAT test strategies and solutions. They teach you to identify the questions that are best for you to answer in the limited time you have.
Small Groups
Classes are usually limited to 5-to-15 students. There is a high degree of individualized instruction. Class instruction and dates are as scheduled.
An All-Around Boost
Each and every SAT preparation course we deliver helps the student immeasurably in developing knowledge and test-taking strategies to use in all academic areas.
