We can help with any of content covered on the SAT (math and verbal).
Depending on your needs, we can have one or more tutors work with you
until you are ready to take the test. Our focus is primarily on reviewing
concepts which should have been learned by the 11th grade. The role our
in-home tutors is typically to go through a review book with each student
section by section according to your weakest content areas until you feel
comfortable enough to take the test. Our service can be used as a stand
alone product or as a supplement to a formal SAT course and/or independent
study.
Information about the SAT:
The SAT consists of three major sections: Critical Reading,
Mathematics, and Writing. Each section receives a score on the scale of
200–800. All scores are multiples of 10. Total scores are calculated
by adding up scores of the three sections. Each major section is divided
into three parts. There are 10 sub-sections, including an additional 25-minute
experimental or "equating" section that may be in any of the
three major sections. The experimental section is used to normalize questions
for future administrations of the SAT and does not count toward the final
score. The test contains 3 hours and 45 minutes of actual timed sections,
although most administrations, including orientation, distribution of
materials, completion of biographical sections, and eleven minutes of
timed breaks, run about four and a half hours long.
The current SAT Reasoning Test is administered in about
four hours and costs $45 ($71 International), excluding late fees. Since
the SAT's introduction in 1901, its name and scoring has changed several
times. In 2005, the test was renamed as "SAT Reasoning Test"
with possible scores from 600 to 2400 combining test results from three
800-point sections (math, critical reading, and writing), along with other
subsections scored separately.
