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PrepScholar is a leading online test prep and college admissions company that combines 99th percentile tutors, admissions experts, and adaptive learning technology to help students achieve higher SAT/ACT scores and build competitive college applications that get them admitted into their dream college.Students can prepare for the SAT, ACT, PSAT, and AP exams through flexible programs that include 1-on-1 tutoring, live instructor-led classes, and adaptive self-paced programs that tailor to each student’s strengths and weaknesses. These personalized programs help students focus on the areas that matter most so they can make the most progress in the least amount of time.Beyond test preparation, PrepScholar also offers concierge college admissions counseling. Students can choose between comprehensive or targeted programs and are carefully matched with an admissions expert based on their goals, profile, and application needs.By combining expert guidance with personalized learning and flexible online programs, PrepScholar supports students at every stage of the college admissions journey.
PrepScholar (prepscholar.com) has 307 customer reviews on Folks Told, with an average rating of 4.7 out of 5.
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Daniel M.
The SAT PrepScholar program did a great job preparing our son for the PSAT. It highlighted areas of weakness, taught how to identify the unique details of those questions, and gave many focused practice problems. PrepScholar helped improve his score 200 points from sophomore to junior year.
DS
It didnt help at all!
Reply from PrepScholarDec 5, 2023
Hello, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We're truly sorry to hear about your experience. Your feedback is incredibly important to us, and we'd greatly appreciate the opportunity to understand more about what specifically didn't help. Your insights will be invaluable for us to improve and enhance our test prep. Please reach out to our customer support team directly at [email protected] (attn: Jessica N.) so we can better assist you and work towards the best possible resolution. Again, we regret to hear you didn't have a positive experience, and we thank you for sharing your concerns.
James
Prep was easy, engaging, you could choose between video and text based learning, and most of all, I imporved my score by over 300 points! I got a 1570, so nothing to complain about here
Janet K.
We had tutors with another prep school and our son said he learned the most with Amy. We are so grateful our son had Amy as his tutor. It made all the difference in the world as to his future academic success. We were expecting a 32 at most and our son got a 33. He couldn’t have done it without Amy. Amy knows the ACT and did an amazing job teaching our son the format of this test. Thank you for all your efforts in helping him.
Jill
Claire Gerety-Mot worked with our daughter on her college app essays. She was a godsend- calm, patient, organized, delightful to collaborate with, very knowledgeable, and very skilled. Our daughter felt very comfortable with Claire from the start, and felt “seen” by Claire, which is so important to the process. I also felt immediately comfortable with Claire, and able to dialogue with her about my own questions and concerns about the admissions process throughout. Claire even made herself available for counsel about the Wait List process and deciding amongst the schools our daughter had been accepted to. Claire honestly got us over what felt like a tremendous series of hurdles. Our daughter is now at college, and could not be happier.
Adriana
My son worked on his essay with Claire Gerety-Mott. Claire guided him so well that he ended up writing an excellent essay, which we believe helped him get into 10 universities. We are very happy with PrepScholar and would highly recommend Claire!
Sup D.
Prepscholar provided excellent practice tests and effective study materials, ultimately aiding me in boosting my SAT score. The practice work was comprehensive and truly beneficial in preparing for the exam.
Ken S.
How I rue the day I chose PrepScholar from the many options available to improve my daughter's somewhat-disappointing SAT score. I ignored little alarm bells. To pick one example, their offerings page says "We recommend at least +/-40 hours of study before your test." Plus or minus forty hours? These are the language experts? Second example, my daughter had already scored a 750 on the language part of the SAT. That's in the 99th percentile. But PrepScholar's "SAT Diagnostic Report" showed her language skills somewhere below the 50th percentile. That's a BIG difference, and should have been the end of our involvement. But the idea of a website that finds your academic level and gives you work tuned to your exact needs was very appealing, so we stuck with it. Well, my daughter did exactly what PrepScholar recommended, exceeding the recommended 40 hours of study. Result? Her language score went DOWN 30 points. Her overall SAT score went up exactly 10 points. Just taking the test again, with no preparation, would almost certainly have shown at least a 10 point improvement. What about PrepScholar's "160-Point Guarantee"? Read the fine print. Very few folks will meet all those conditions. I asked for my money back anyway, and the answer was, predictably, "no".
Reply from PrepScholarSep 19, 2023
Hi Ken, we're sorry to hear about your daughter's experience. We understand that those were not the results that you both were expecting. To provide clarification, we recommend that students spend "+/-" 40 hours of studying before their test because since the program is customized to students' weaknesses and difficulty level, some students may need more or less time to achieve the program's goal of mastering the 49 SAT skills. Regarding the 160-point improvement guarantee, we transparently state the condition of finishing the course on the terms that accompany every mention of the guarantee on our website (https://www.prepscholar.com/terms-of-service/#160-guarantee). Our guarantee is tied to the completion of the program because once a student demonstrates their proficiency on the program's quizzes, we have no doubt that they should be able to improve +160 points on the real test, and thus we're able to offer a money-back guarantee.
