PrepScholar

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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...

If I could give the company 0 starts I would. Never been more dissatisfied with ANY purchase in my life. Customer service is unavailable after you spend hundreds of dollars. The software does not load and we just spent 2 days trying their "troubleshooting" which is an automated canned response. They haven't answered our initial inquiries from 2+ days ago. Horrible, horrible service and the product doesn't work.

Horrible. Look at all the one scores they have. Then a bunch of fake 5 reviews by employees and friends. Absolutely no human service. Try to call or email and speak to someone before you purchase. You will see ! Once they have your money it’s all over. The guarantee would never be honored.

THOUSAND’S OF DOLLARS AND MY SCORES WENT DOWN. Considering a lawsuit as they refused to refund money because their app wouldn’t work to meet their “requirements.” I’m looking to sue! Would NOT recommend

With COVID, we delayed our son taking the SAT. After 12 months, they terminated access while a fixed term is not listed on the website or the welcome letter. DON'T USE PREPSCHOLAR!

We have quite disappointing experience. The materials in tests are easier than in real test. Promise about money back is not real.