| Most high school students started to receive their SAT | | | | test is about $20 more expensive than the old one. |
| scores these days. From the initial reports, it's clear | | | | This might be a factor in the number of students |
| that there has been a 5% drop in the average scores | | | | re-taking the test. In the past, students used to take 3 |
| within the last year.What might be the possible | | | | or 4 SAT tests. Now the number is down to 1 or 2. |
| causes? A lot of school administrators, parents and | | | | That might also be limiting a student's chances of |
| students are asking themselves the same | | | | improving his/her score.Adequate preparation is still the |
| question.Here are some of my own answers as a | | | | key. Make sure to find a tutor or self-preparation |
| private tutor teaching SAT math preparation for a | | | | method/guide that would accomplish two things:1) |
| number of years and who have recently published a | | | | Pinpoint your area(s) of greatest weakness.2) A |
| book on SAT Math preparation.1) SAT test has | | | | step-by-step customized method to strengthen those |
| changed in 2005. Now it includes a new section on | | | | weak points.I'd be happy to answer any of your |
| writing an English essay and an Algebra 2 test. Some | | | | SAT-related questions at Dr. Gulden Akinci is an author |
| of the students might not be familiar with some of the | | | | and a tutor with over 20 years of experience in math |
| new SAT math subjects like "functions," for example.2) | | | | and science tutoring at high school and college |
| In my judgment, it also has become harder to | | | | level.Her new 400-page book "Private Tutor (TM) for |
| "guesstimate" the answers of SAT questions. It is | | | | SAT Math Success 2006" is the culmination of her |
| harder in the new SAT just to guess the unknown | | | | years of experience in the field and brings together |
| answers and get it right.3) The new test is about 1 | | | | 1,000 exercises and examples on 50 different Math |
| hour longer than the old one. Old SAT used to take | | | | subject at 3 different difficulty levels. See a preview at |
| about 3 hours. Now the average completion time is up | | | | innovative and patented "Private Tutor" Method |
| to 4 hours. In this day and age of short attention spans, | | | | provides a customized, fast, complete, effective and |
| constant IM'ing and videogames, some students do not | | | | affordable method to increase SAT math scores that |
| have the concentration and discipline to sit through a | | | | has been tested successfully on all levels of high |
| 4-hour test and not make any mistakes.4) The new | | | | school students.Dr. |