SAT Essentials Courses

SAT Essentials Courses
Our Essentials Course gives you affordable, efficient SAT prep from proven experts. With 18 hours of instruction and 12 hours of testing, this 30-hour course covers the essential test content and gives you the tools you need to raise your score.

Your Essentials SAT Course

We cover the most important concepts tested on the SAT and teach you our exclusive, proven test-taking methods. All lessons are focused on building the most critical skills needed to beat the SAT. After taking Essentials, you’ll get the score you need, guaranteed.

Expert Instructors—your instructor will not only have superior test-taking ability and a dynamic personality, but she will also have completed rigorous training, ensuring that she can effectively teach you everything you need to know about this important test and how it fits into the entire college admissions process. More About Our Instructors 

Unparalleled resources—you’ll get our exclusive Princeton Review student manual, 11 Practice Tests for the SAT and PSAT book, and access to our state-of-the-art online student center, with 106 online lessons to cement concepts introduced in class.

Essentials Prep—you’ll meet with an expert instructor and a small group of students for 6, 3-hour classes and you’ll take 3 full-length practice tests. You’ll learn about and master the most important concepts tested on the SAT.

When to Prepare for the SAT

Typically students take the SAT in the spring of their junior year, but some opt to sit for the exam as early as the winter. Others wait until as late as the fall of their senior year. Regardless of when you plan to take the SAT, we have a program that fits your academic schedule and prep needs. Not sure when you should take the SAT? We've put together a timeline you can follow.

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