Kaplan/Princeton Review/C2 SAT/ACT Prep

Henry · March 12, 2014

Have any of you guys enrolled to the above courses for the SAT or ACT? If so, how were the courses?

I keep seeing conflicting reviews for all of them online, and my goal is 2000+ on the SAT, and 30+ on the ACT (Must...get...into Berkeley..)

falsedell · March 12, 2014

What follows is personal opinion...

To be shooting for 2000+ on the SAT and 30+ on the ACT, you have to be decently intelligent. If you are borderline, enroll in the cheapest course possible. I never enrolled in any course, and I think I did pretty well. I mean, I had parents of other kids asking me to tutor their children. All I could tell them, and all I can really tell you, is, eat a good breakfast. The last thing you want is to be in the middle of the exam and be thinking about food.

My first time taking the ACT I didn't eat breakfast and ended up getting a 26 as a 14-year-old. By the time I was 16 I realized I needed plenty of sleep and to eat breakfast...ended up with a 33.

I don't know how they've changed the SAT, the high score was 1600 back in my day, but sleep and breakfast is still my number one key.