Intensive SAT Classes

Your score on the SAT exam is critical to being accepted by the top universities. Our 9-week class helps students achieve high scores on this exam. Small class sizes (3-5 students) and instructors with extensive experience on the SAT give you the results you need. You are a good student and have the motivation to work hard to ace the SAT. Let us help you get the score that you deserve. We show you the types of questions that occur on the SAT and we give you the strategies for getting the answer in the quickest and most efficient manner. You complete daily assignments to review subject material, increase your vocabulary, improve your essay-writing, and complete SAT problem practice sets. Expect to spend 2-4 hours per day completing lessons and assignments outside of class.

Curriculum and Assignments

Weeks 1-3:
We will cover the patterns of questions in all sections of the SAT. Students will learn to recognize and interpret key words and phrases in the critical reading passages and questions. They will be shown the patterns to look for in sentence completion questions which will allow them to quickly find the best answer. Students will learn the question types which show up in the math section, how to recognize them in their various forms, and the fastest method for finding the answers.

Students will complete daily vocabulary assignments. There is no memorization. Students use the words in exercises until they become familiar. An essay is assigned every week. The essay is scored and specific recommendations are given for improvement. Review lessons and exercises are assigned in math and grammar to get students up to speed on material the subjects they need for the SAT. All assignments are completely customized to each student to maximize their mastery of the material.

Week 4:
Mock Exam
A practice SAT exam will be given. Conditions will simulate those of the real SAT. The exam will be scored and a detailed score report generated. Review, vocabulary, and essay assignments continue this week. Depending on the student, SAT problem sets may also be assigned.

Weeks 5-7
The focus of the class switches to mastering the toughest problems on the SAT. We will discuss the strategies for quickly elucidating what is being asked for and demonstrate the most efficient methods for solving them. SAT problem sets will be assigned. Students will advance through the assignments until they are completing problem sets containing only the toughest problems found on the SAT. Vocabulary and essay assignments continue.

Week 8:
Mock Exam
A second practice SAT exam will be given. Conditions will simulate those of the real SAT. The exam will be scored and a detailed score report generated. SAT problem sets, vocabulary, and essay assignments continue this week.

Week 9:
Students schedule individual sessions with the instructor in order to discuss any remaining problem areas and to design a course of study to retain mastery of the material until the actual exam.

Class schedule:
Saturday Morning Cupertino Class
(located near Stevens Creek & De Anza)
Jul 11 9:00am – noon
Jul 18 9:00am – noon
Jul 25 9:00am – noon
Aug 1 9:00am – 1:00pm
Aug 8 9:00am – noon
Aug 15 9:00am – noon
Aug 22 9:00am – noon
Aug 29 9:00am – 1:00pm
Week of Aug 30 – Sept 5 schedule one-on-one sessions

Classes are also being offered in Los Gatos, Los Altos and South San Jose

Prices and Sign Up:
9 weeks of small class instruction, customized assignments, mock exams $1499
We give far more value for your money than any other class that we have found. Our students routinely get perfect and near perfect scores.

In order to reserve your space, a $150 deposit is required.
The balance is due by the first day of class.

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