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Stamford, CT   Norwalk, CT   Boston, MA   Philadelphia, PA  

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Boston SAT Courses

Near: Cambridge, Middlesex, Somerville, Arlington, Belmont, Watertown

Our SAT courses in Boston have been uniquely designed to build key skills and effective strategies to crack the SAT. All of our sessions are taught by highly qualified instructors who have scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT or higher and are experts on preparing students for the exam.

Each of our courses is carefully designed, taking into account all of the best instructional and practice materials available. Our Boston classes balance interactive lecture, cooperative discussion, and realistic mock test situations. We offer the following classes:

Intensive Course (60 hours) | Regular Course (32 hours) | Crash Course (20 hours)

 

Class Schedule

* Unless otherwise noted, all classes run during calendar holiday dates.

For SAT Subject Tests, we offer private tutoring.

For groups of 5 or more, please call us at 1-888-588-7955 to arrange custom classes.

Location

Ivy Global Boston Le Meridien Cambridge 20 Sidney Street Cambridge, MA 02139 Room name will be emailed 2 weeks before the start of class. Map It

Our Advantage

Ivy Global	Other SAT Prep Programs
Small Classes Tailored to the unique needs of individual students	Large Classes Fail to recognize individual students’ strengths and weaknesses
Top quality instructors Talented young teachers handpicked from the best schools	Unreliable teacher quality Weak instructors hired through an undiscerning process
Only the best explanatory texts Chosen from the full range of SAT materials available	Limited instructional tools Ineffective strategies taken from a single source
Real practice tests Actual practice questions and mock exams from the writers of the SAT	Inauthentic test questions Unapproved, untested questions written by companies not affiliated with the SAT

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Course Outline (2013)

Our Boston SAT prep courses are designed to help students maximize their scores on the SAT Test. Our courses will cover the following topics:

• Critical Reading
  • Sentence completion
  • Reading comprehension (short and long passages)
  • Effective vocabulary building, using a proven combination of the most effective materials available
  • Strategies to maximize both accuracy and speed
    
• Writing
  • Improving sentences
  • Identifying sentence errors
  • Improving paragraphs
  • Comprehensive review of grammatical concepts
  • The most common SAT Writing question types
  • The Bank and Rubic method: individualized guidance for the 25-minute essay
    
• Mathematics
  • Multiple choice questions
  • Grid-in questions
  • Comprehensive review of mathematical concepts
  • Shortcuts and strategies: how to arrive at the correct answer as quickly as possible
  • Personalized guidance based on each student's current test performance and ultimate goals
  • Extensive additional practice questions provided

What's Included

• Full diagnostic tests, with detailed score reporting and essay feedback
• Proctored practice tests
• Customized lectures and group activities
• Concept reinforcement and test-taking strategies
• SAT student manuals
• Daily homework and study schedule
• Roadmap for SAT prep
• Vocabulary building strategy

Class Descriptions

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Intensive Course
(60 Hours)

Our intensive course provides thorough coverage of both substantive and strategic SAT preparation. Students are given ample opportunities to practice their new knowledge. Daily homework assignments are given, with flexible options provided to students with less free time. There are typically 5-10 students per class. Classes will focus on developing the best test-taking strategies while also reinforcing concepts in mathematics, critical reading, and writing. In addition, the course offers students frequent opportunities to practice under test conditions. Most of the Intensive courses are held during summer break.

Regular Course
(32 hours)

There are two formats to the eight-week course: (a) 4-hour classes every Saturday; and (b) 2-hour classes twice weekly. The course seeks to provide a general overview of both test content and strategy. In order to maximize the effectiveness of class time, students are given homework assignments at the end of each class. Additional optional homework assignments are also provided.

Crash Course
(20 hours)

The Crash Course provides a condensed overview of test content and strategy. The class will review the math, reading, and grammar concepts tested by the SAT. Students will also be introduced to the most effective and best test-taking methods. Guided by the instructor, students will discuss and develop longer-term study schedules to structure their test preparation after the end of the course.

 

SAT Course Material

 

The Official SAT Study Guide by College Board This book includes 10 official practice tests from the College Board, the maker of the SATs. It is the only guide on the market that has real SAT questions and is, in our opinion, the best guide with which to practice and prepare for the test. Other companies claim to have their own proprietary prep material. This is purely a marketing ploy as those questions have neither been rigorously tested nor designed by the official test makers. All students will receive a personal copy of this guide.

 

Barron's SAT Barron's guide provides a thorough, straightforward overview of the concepts tested for each of the three sections of the SAT. While we rely on practice tests from the true testmakers, we supplement those test questions with comprehensive review of tricky test material. Each student will receive his or her own copy of this text.

 

SAT Study Guide by Ivy Global Our study guide, developed by our most experienced instructors, provides valuable supplemental SAT preparation material including effective strategies and sample questions for every section of the SAT. Math and writing skills sections are thoroughly reviewed. It also provides a complete vocabulary list, including basic and challenging word lists, and the 500 Most Important Words. Every student will receive a copy of the guide.

In addition to the materials above, the instructors will provide customized materials for each course to provide advanced tips and strategies for each section of the SAT. Feel free to call us at 1-888-588-7955 regarding any questions about our Boston SAT courses.

Our Program (FAQ)

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Registration and Cancellation Policy (2013)

Full payment must be received within 5 business days of your online registration. We accept credit card payment online or by phone to 1-888-588-7955:

We do offer partial refunds for cancellations made at least 1 week prior to the start of classes.

• 75% of amount will be refunded for cancellations made at least 1 month before official class start date.
• 50% of amount will be refunded for cancellations made less than a month before and at least a week in advance of official class start date.
• There is no refund for cancellations made within 1 week of the official class start date.
• A student may transfer their registration to another class with at least 1 week notice.

Class Cancellation

On rare occasions we need to cancel a course, either because of unpredictable circumstances such as an instructor having an emergency personal situation or a course location becoming unavailable in the last minute. We run classes even with low registration numbers. Less than 2% of our scheduled classes are cancelled. Students will be notified immediately in the event that this happens and can withdraw from the course with a full refund, enroll in another course that has space available, or enroll in private tutoring.

 

Courses above serve the following areas:

Counties: Suffolk County SAT Courses, Middlesex County SAT Courses, Norfolk County SAT Courses, Essex County SAT Courses, Plymouth County SAT Courses, Worcester County SAT Courses, Bristol County SAT Courses

Townships/Cities: Cambridge SAT Courses, Somerville SAT Courses, Allston SAT Courses, Charlestown SAT Courses, Brighton SAT Courses, Boston SAT Courses, Dorchester Center SAT Courses, Dorchester SAT Courses, Roxbury SAT Courses, Roxbury Crossing SAT Courses, Watertown SAT Courses, Medford SAT Courses, Everett SAT Courses, Arlington SAT Courses, Belmont SAT Courses, Brookline SAT Courses, Chelsea SAT Courses, Newtonville SAT Courses, Malden SAT Courses, Chestnut Hill SAT Courses, Jamaica Plain SAT Courses, Winchester SAT Courses

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