Name: PrepScholar
Rating: 4.8

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Feyi Osibodu Crownsville, Maryland

I liked the various quizzes and personalized data. However, I think the timers on mini quizzes are too long and does not help with time management on the actual SAT.

2 months ago

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Katelyn Westborough, Massachusetts

Very helpful and made me feel much more prepared for the October SAT.

1 month ago

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Nathan Orr Wexford, PA

We highly recommend the SAT prep material and have used it for multiple students. We also used the college application consulting. The service excelled with regard to essay writing and overall presentation of the student through the application. We were also hoping for similar strong support with regard to college selection and negotiation of financial offers. Ultimately the list of schools applied to came from my family and not recommendations of the service. Advice on financial negotiations was succinct and ultimately not helpful in producing a desired result. Also, when advising my student as to which order to submit applications to target schools, it was overlooked that 2 schools could have been applied to early action (non-restrictive). Instead my student was urged to choose 1. By the time I noticed this myself, it was too late to apply to both early, which would have been preferable.

4 years ago

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Tom Jones White River Junction, VT

We had a unique situation to jump in with Prep scholar with just a few months before the January 15th application deadlines. This was unexpected and a little stressful for our family. Our Prep Scholar counselor, Paige, was very efficient and calm. She was able to increase her availability to make up for lost time and we got all the final product applications in ON TIME. I would highly recommend Prep Scholar services, and, I think it would have been even more of a great value and experience if we had started sooner.

4 years ago

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Dayna K Mount Kisco, NY

I was beyond happy with PrepScholar. Anna was our personal consultant and she was incredible. My son would not have had such an amazing common app essay if it wasn't for her. She made the process seamless which is not an easy task with my son who is not a strong writer. He has thoughts but has trouble putting them on paper. Anna was wonderful at guiding him and then was so clear with her suggested edits. After we finished the common app essay with her, we bought another package and had her assist with a few of the supplemental essays. Again she was so amazing!!

4 years ago

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Austin Che Chicago, IL

We had a good experience with PrepScholar. It's an online program that was really convenient for my daughter who had way too many activities as a junior. They have thousands of questions, videos, and good answer explanations. My daughter felt she got what she wanted from it and improved her ACT score by 4 points in addition to her own research using books from the library. It's not as personal as hiring a tutor but it's a lot less expensive and in our experience about as good.

7 years ago

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Raina Flatley Montclair, NJ

I thought PrepScholar was a pretty good program. My son improved his SAT score by 130 points and that was enough for the schools we're interested in. It does require the student to be motivated, since there isn't a teacher goading the student into studying everyday. Customer support was done by email, usually we got a response within the day, it was enough for what we needed and we didn't have any technical issues.

7 years ago

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Jay Knox Atlanta, Georgia

PrepScholar is very easy to use. I love the weekly reminders.

3 weeks ago

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Arnab Chowdhury Liberty Township, Ohio

I liked the personalized weekly plans which helps you grow in the topics you need help with.

1 month ago

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Sophia Llanes Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Really helpful for studying for my SATs. I seriously believe this website helped me get the score I did on it.

2 months ago

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Bethany Porter Tamuning, Guam

Prep Scholar motivates me to practice for the SAT, and I’ll keep using it for the rest of high school!

2 months ago

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zoe aslin Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Loved how it made a plan for me and boosted my score!!

1 month ago

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Kenneth James Pembroke Pines, Florida

I liked the use of quizzes to review subjects for the sat.

1 month ago

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S Andover, MA

My son is an active user. He has been in the program for 10 months and spent over 100 hours. He has taken 5 practice exams. His math score is up 160 points and reading/writing is up about 60 points. You will get out of it what you put into it. Online support is poor. They will answer emails, but just using the party line. They did re-set some sections for me at my request, so that was helpful. The program's interface is average at best. This is odd since prepscholar publishes tons of information online. I tract the data myself in excel and create much better charts than Prepscholar used. This is a missed opportunity on their part. My biggest current complaint is related to Covid-19. SATs have been delayed and my son's one year program will run out a few months before the test. This is unanticipated due to SAT cancellations. I asked for an extension and they want $300 for another year. Ridiculous! Where is the empathy and good corporate citizenship? Extend the kids that got caught in the Covid-19 cross-fire and get some good press. The program is online, so the cost to Prescholar would be nothing. I was previously a major proponent of the program, but now I am more than a little irked. All in all, I would say the program is good but not great. The concept makes perfect sense, and I endorse it because it is cheap, self-paced, and on-line. I wonder if they listen to their customers, and if they are investing in the program at all.

6 years ago

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Diya Athreya Phoenix, Arizona

this website has helped me seriously higher my scores!

3 weeks ago

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Logan Ferrara Babylon, New York

Prep scholar helped me to get my SAT score up 200, big thanks!

2 months ago

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Kavitha Pai Houston, Texas

The regular communication via email to the student and the updates to parents is very helpful.

1 month ago

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Anum Mohiuddin Budd, Illinois

- Good practice questions for weak areas. - Can be kind of repititive/non engaging

1 month ago

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Lydia Riegert Washington, District of Columbia

I enjoyed the conversational yet concise writing in the lessons as well as the detailed videos!

2 months ago

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kirstin Murnock Plymouth Township, Pennsylvania

I wish there was more questions to do at any point in time especially for a topic that could be difficult

2 months ago

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Azraelle Bases Charlotte, North Carolina

I like that the service provides a personalized experience based on the user’s needs.

2 months ago

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Anish Bommena Lombard, Illinois

I love how interactive the course is, from math to reading, I really feel like I’ve learnt a lot

2 months ago

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Kaylee Gay Columbia, MO

I used PrepScholar for help with analysis for my English essays. I love the in-depth analysis that Prep Scholar had and how easy it was to find examples for different books. I also used to help with my SAT prep and they gave helpful hints to improve my score. I definitely recommend them because they have good answers for various things.

5 years ago

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Kimberly Freitas Redwood City, CA

We used the online only services of PrepScholar (not tutoring). All the marketing materials make a strong case for advanced materials that students should commit to 50 hours to fully take advantage of the material. My students (2) essentially maxed out of the materials (ie achieved 'mastery' in the Prep Scholar system) after <15 hours each. After you take a module one time and still need improvement, you are tested again in the same area -- but the second test is highly repetitive of the first test. The content is quite limited. Students who are of moderate competency at the material don't get much value out of the online materials, there simply is not enough content, variety or depth. When I gave the company feedback they would only correspond in email, not by phone and only canned responses from a first level support person. They declined to interact or to consider that their product advertising is misleading and their product of low value for certain types of students

6 years ago

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Duan Las Vegas, NV

My opinions , customized training of the program have been mixed throughout the year, but altogether I think that it is an effective preparation option for the SAT reasoning test.

8 years ago

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Nick O'Brian Benito Juárez, Mexico City

I liked their SAT online program quite a lot when I used it

2 months ago

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Gavin Flynn Carloover, Virginia

Offered me a gift card For this review. Shady company needs to check FTC regulations. Really sucks how they think this is ok

2 months ago

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Isabella Branscum Liberty Township, Ohio

It’s a very structured program and I love it a lot.

1 month ago

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Connor McDaniel Katy, TX

The results were amazing! I got into 11 out of 12 of my colleges, all of which were major public universities across the US. I feel that a major part of my success was due to the help I got for my essays, as my grades weren’t particularly amazing, but not bad of course.

4 years ago

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Lucia Correa Varela Medellín, ANT

It was most beneficial in helping me find Colleges that were the right fit for me. My counselor was really devoted to getting to know me and showing me places that matched me. She was also amazing with writing help. Made everything so much easier!!

4 years ago Edited May 20, 2022

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Ruby Fiandaca Rocklin, California

PrepScholar has been more than helpful with increasing my SAT score!

2 months ago

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Jack Harlow Irmo, South Carolina

The program is well put together. The adaptive tests were very helpful

2 months ago

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dylan z Houston, Texas

Very helpful prep courses, interactive, and builds well over time.

2 months ago

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Aisha Puri Salt Lake City, Utah

I liked that we got weekly lessons and each one had a practice test

2 months ago

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Alexandra Bakayoko Chantilly, Virginia

You guys do an amazing job with information and details even after the videos!

2 months ago

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Tyliah Warren Bonita Springs, Florida

I genuinely like how you guys go into detail about certain things.

2 months ago

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Vijayata sharma

had a very bad experience with PrepScholar and I would advise people not to waste money with PrepScholar. My son had SAT score of 1520 before joining PrepScholar and his score went down after taking SAT course from PrepScholar. His weighted GPA was 95% and I paid $11000 to PrepScholar but he didn’t get in any of his targets or dream schools. They don’t know what they are doing. I have a PHD in organic chemistry myself and I believe that I would have done a much better job. They screwed up my son’s college experience forever. He worked with Chantine A and Daniel P. Both were equally bad and didn’t give even a single meaningful advise to help my son. My money is wasted and they are not willing to give any money back. Please don’t enroll and look for other college counseling services.

1 year ago

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SAT Prep Reviewer Justin, TX

I called Prep Scholar and purchased a $2997 full package program and spoke with an 'Allysa'. I specifically asked her about the 160-point guarantee. "We require that your student take an official SAT before beginning our program, and then COMPLETE our online course prior to qualifying for the guarantee. Most of our students COMPLETE the program in 50 hours. The tutoring your child will receive is one-on-one, and is done along side the online work. If your child COMPLETES the program, all 49 skills, and uses all tutoring hours, but does improve by 160 points, we will refund $397 for the online portion, and you will receive an additional 20 hours of free tutoring." This is her pitch. But it fails to mention the definition of 'complete the course.' To be clear, the 'terms and conditions' that one MAY read before purchase do define it, but the program is implemented to disallow qualifying for the guarantee. Here's how. I called Allysa again today and asked her to explain what constituted 'complete' the course. She said, "your child must achieve mastery level in all 49 skill areas." When I wondered if a student could do that, she said, "Oh don't worry MOST of our students achieve mastery of all skills in only 50 hours of online instruction." This statement is 100% untrue. I asked how many hours a struggling student might take to achieve mastery in ALL 49, worst case. She said "100" hours. Our daughter spent 4 months, 110 hours online and 18.5 hours of tutoring to get a 90-point improvement, with 'mastery' in only 3 of 49 skills. Her tutor purposefully did 18.5 of the 20 hours with her so she could not 'qualify' for the guarantee, even if she had mastered all the skills. The 'terms' also indicate that a skill may no longer be assigned if you have taken it too many times. In 110 hours, no skill was ever 'no longer assigned' to our daughter. So that statement is UNTRUE. The terms are RIGGED so that your child will never qualify for the 'guarantee.'

4 years ago

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blue Skize Richlands, VA

Prepscholar has a bad refund policy. My child barely practiced for few hours but they refused to issue a refund saying the I requested the refund just couple of days after the 5-day trial. After that he never used their material and was able to get a great score with out using prepscholar material. Even though my son's SAT score was in the 1500's, the diagnostic test he took on prepscholar gave him very low score, which makes me wonder if it is their policy to give a low score in order for them to claim an improvement later on. I just did not feel good about that. Lastly, if you go to their website to check how good or bad your SAT score is, you will see that your score is never good enough, and they always use your score to push you to take their course. P.s.: The CollegeBoard SAT prep book is helpful. Also, you can always google SAT questions and watch Youtube videos of people kindly solving past SAT tests and you will be fine. You do not need Prepscholar to do well on the SAT.

4 years ago

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Lisa E Tampa, FL

I am so disappointed with this program. I bought it to help my son who initially scored a 1380 on the SAT. Although PrepScholar supposedly guarantee a 160 point increase, I would honestly have been happy with 100 points. After over 50 hours of use (plus 30 hours with Khan) with almost every module going from Core to Advanced or Mastery level, my son scored a 1390. A 10 point increase from his previous (without PrepScholar) score!!! This is a joke, right? Not only has his range not changed 1 iota (the range for this type of score is anything from 1350 to 1430) but bearing in mind the amount of time he invested in Prep Scholar and the skills that the program indicate he acquired, I would've expected at least a bump into the next range and would've been happy with any score over 1480. It is difficult to communicate with anyone on this platform however when I phoned about it, was told I would only become eligible for a refund if my son reached Mastery level on every module and still had the same results so apparently you have to dig for this information unlike the very prominent guarantee. Sadly he is in his Senior year and currently has a full plate with 5 APs and a very rigorous elective that should be getting his full and undue attention. Interesting that there are no negative testimonials on PrepScholar's website which to me are far more honest and allow the prospective purchaser to evaluate a product more truthfully. Garbage. NOT impressed.

5 years ago

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Sicely Lyn Russell Mesa, AZ

I used this site for some of my Act prep and honestly it boosted my math score! The test questions are good and it gives explanations that make sense!

5 years ago

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Christian Kang Johnson City, NY

My SAT Tutor and my college counselor were both perfect fits and helped me immensely. In addition they were prompt with their emails and were sure to address any questions I may have had.

4 years ago

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Lilli Reno, NV

I liked how personalized the service was to me and my needs. My counselor and I got along great and she was always available to help me with whatever I needed. She was really helpful in brainstorming essay topics and unpacking the different questions.

4 years ago Edited May 20, 2022

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Timothy Rich Herriman, UT

I really like the method of test prep that they have, it focuses on working on and teaching things that you don't know rather than just reteaching you things that you already know.

4 years ago

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Noa Berger Bexley, Ohio

That I couldn't unlock lessons it didn't think I was up to yet

2 months ago

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Alex Delaware, Ohio

Very professional. Student likes the tutors.

2 months ago

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Scott LaRue

My child took the SAT with no prep and scored 1420. He spent 50 hours with PrepScholar mastering the 45 sections and 8 hours one on one tutoring. He then took the SAT and scored 1390. Took the SAT a third time and scored 1440. To be fair, he did not complete the 20 hours of one on one tutoring but I will argue that the additional tutoring would not have improved his score.

1 year ago

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Anne Holly Springs, NC

We signed up for the free trial and then realized they were difficult to speak with. I immediately emailed and asked to cancel the class and they replied with a question about cancelling the class or the add ons. I replied to cancel everything but we were still charged. I was told if he never logged on we would not be charged but that is not the case. They are incredibly difficult to reach and we have now paid $550 for something we never used because we thought we cancelled. So disappointed in this company.

2 years ago

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Vanessa Grand Rapids, MI

PrepScholar is a scam, please do not used them. My daughter spent over 40 hours using there SAT program to improved her scores. Yes people there is no guarantee of the 160 points, they make the student jump through hurtles with their ridiculous 49 skill set or what is called mastery level which was not disclosed in there advertisement or when I called and spoke to a live person. THERE IS NO REFUND. Misleading and false advertisement. PrepScholar scams parents out of there hard earn money, please do not used them they are a joke!

4 years ago

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Tim Billups San Jose, CA

We signed up for the course for our daughter and then COVID caused all SAT tests to cancel in Northern California making it impossible to take the test. We asked if we could get a partial credit or transfer the subscription to our son next year when tests resume. We were told no. They suggested we continue the program and take the test AFTER the college apps are done and gone if we want to get a refund for not getting a guaranteed 160 improvement. They said that since you have a 2nd child we give you a $40 discount if you pay the fee again... Yeah sure...

6 years ago