All FastForward Thinking SAT tutoring programs are customized to address each student's individual strengths and weaknesses right from the start. Before the tutorial even begins, we ask each student to take one of our free online practice SATs so that we can scientifically analyze their performance. Based on the particular questions you answered right and wrong, we automatically generate a personalized SAT diagnostic report which pinpoints your strengths and weaknesses. You'll receive this report free of charge and have instant online access to it.
Personalized Study Plans
Once we know your particular strengths and weaknesses, we come to your home and sit down with both the student and their parent or guardian in order to walk through the results of this diagnostic report as well as to talk about the student's particular learning style and personality. Armed with all of this information, we'll finalize your personalized study plan and get down to business with your first tutoring session. Students begin learning concepts immediately and practicing on real SAT questions specifically chosen for them based on their diagnostic report.
Thinking Your Way Through The Test
For many years there has been great debate as to what exactly the SAT measures. Does it test the knowledge you've gained in school or simply your ability to solve logic puzzles? While the debate rages on, we prepare you for both ends of the spectrum as well as everything in between by teaching you how to think your way through each problem. You'll learn the mathematical skills, the grammatical and writing concepts, and the reading and vocabulary tactics necessary to do well, but we'll also point out the SAT-specific tricks and patterns that will help you quickly and easily raise your score. Most importantly, we'll teach you logic skills that will help you puzzle your way through new questions. Most students remark that the logic skills learned become invaluable in their everyday classes at school as well.
Only The Best Materials
At the first meeting, every student receives a copy of The Official SAT Study Guide by the College Board, the makers of the SAT. Because this is the only book containing official SAT questions, this is our main source of practice. All practice tests are taken from this text, because in order to do well on the SAT, you must practice on real SAT questions. In addition to this book, students receive handouts and notes which cover all of the concepts and techniques covered in each tutorial session.
Scientifically-Designed Curriculum
On the SAT, certain skills are tested more frequently than others. For example, did you know that algebra comprises anywhere between 35% and 40% of the math content on the SAT, while probability is tested only about 2% of the time? Therefore, we don't think probability merits as much study time as algebra, but most of our competitors haven't caught on to this idea yet! We decided to take this approach one step further though. We've analyzed thousands of problems from official SATs released by the College Board and evaluated the relative importance of each topic in terms of SAT points. Did you know that triangle questions appear almost twice as frequently as those involving circles? Using this extensive research, we've designed our courses and materials around the most-tested skills on the SAT. For example, although the SAT writing sections may appear to test you on an unlimited number of grammatical concepts, parallelism is one of the most commonly tested concepts while weak passive verbs are tested rather infrequently. Although we thoroughly cover both topics in each tutorial, we'll always spend more time on topics that will earn you the most points on test day. As a FastForward Thinking student, you'll learn to master the concepts that will give you a maximum score boost in a minimum amount of time.
Our curriculum is the culmination of 10 years worth of SAT preparation experience. Because some students need a review of fundamental skills while others need test-specific strategies, we've designed materials that strike a balance between the two extremes of math/reading/grammar review and a curriculum filled only with SAT-specific "tricks." Most importantly, all of our practice tests, homework, and class exercises are built around The Official SAT Study Guide by the College Board, the only publicly-released source of actual SAT questions. Need to practice hard writing questions that test your knowledge of pronouns? We'll give you a practice set of actual SAT questions!
Because we've analyzed just about every SAT book, course, and piece of software on the market and worked with hundreds of students over the years, you can rest assured that there are absolutely no techniques that we haven't seen and examined in great detail. We know what works on the SAT and what doesn't, and we'll help you to reach your potential in the shortest amount of time.
Keeping You Updated
After your initial in-home visit, we'll come back as many times as you like based on a schedule that you design. Along the way, parents receive regular updates on assigned homework, reports of student progress, and tips on how to reinforce the concepts covered in each tutoring session. Because tutorials are always more effective when parents are supportive of the whole process, we're always available to discuss things by phone, email, or in person between tutoring sessions.
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