SAT and ACT information

  • Free initial student/parent consultation
  • Strengths and weaknesses discovered
  • Plan designed to meet goals
  • SAT/ACT Test Schedule

15-hour Basic Course

  • One-on-one tutoring in 10, 1.5 hour sessions
  • Concentration on skills in math, grammar, reading comprehension and test taking
  • Focus on new test taking strategies and skills to showcase abilities and achieve higher SAT and ACT test scores
  • Tutoring available in A+ Tutoring offices or in the family home (Parents must be present for home sessions)

20-hour Deluxe Course

  • For students with weak fundamental skills in math, grammar, reading comprehension and test taking
  • Recommended for students who have difficulty studying on their own and find it impossible to commit to more homework
  • Extra time provided to bolster and practice fundamentals, with drills in problem areas

Vocabulary Development and Reading Comprehension

  • Verbal scores on the SAT and ACT are boosted in Reading and Science Reasoning
  • Vocabulary skills are enhanced by learning words with related meanings (synonyms, word families and cognates)
  • Context and relationship are stressed with word prefixes, suffixes, root words, Latin and Greek origins and making analogies
  • A+ Tutoring techniques also apply to reading comprehension, producing effi cient and effective reading and study habits
  • Skills are essential for high ACT/SAT scores and extremely valuable study skills apply to regular homework assignments
  • The course is available to 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th graders
  • Twelve 1-hour sessions are repeated until students attain the achievement level desired. In each 12-hour block, students learn 500 new words and study four reading comprehension techniques.