Short answer: December of your Junior year Long answer: Read on! And it’s never too late! At Brooklyn Math Tutors, we get calls all the time from parents and students at ends of this spectrum: Both of these are extremes. At Brooklyn Math Tutors, we endorse beginning…
Math Phobia and Math Anxiety affects many kids and adults throughout their lives. Consider academic phobias you’ve never heard of such as Science Phobia, English Phobia, or History Phobia. Why math? Because math is different.
Finding a good tutor is easy when budget is not a concern – you simply call your local tutoring agency, tell them about yourself, and they pair you up with a good, compatible tutor. If you or your child don’t get along with the tutor, they’ll usually…
What sort of qualifications do people look for when choosing a math tutor? Experience as a school teacher. High standardized test scores and other impressive academic achievements. Years of tutoring experience. These all seem important, right? Well… they…
NOTE: This post was written in 2015 when the Math section of SAT was, frankly, more difficult than it is today. The problems in the book suggested below are far, far more difficult than you will find on the current SAT. Still, if you want that perfect score,…
When I first started tutoring, I had no idea what to charge my clients. $25/hr? $50? $100? Less? More? I scoured the internet for individual tutors, called tutoring companies, and even browsed Craigslist in an attempt to understand the tutoring market. After many…
Some people wonder why we charge the same rate for nearly all types of tutoring. Shouldn’t SAT tutoring cost more and junior high tutoring cost less? Although many would have you believe otherwise, tutoring for the SAT doesn’t require any special skills or…
Parents who want to help their college-bound students score better on the SAT often wonder whether their money would be better spent on a specialized SAT test prep program or on a more expensive private tutor. Companies like Kaplan and Princeton Review spend huge sums…
We learned in part one of this article that test prep programs simply don’t help students, and their guarantees are mostly empty. On the other hand, we all know that preparing for tests does work – if it’s done right. Test prep companies advertise…
Kaplan writes them, The Princeton Review writes them, Barron’s writes them… lots of other companies and individuals write them too. You have probably noticed that there are a huge number of SAT prep books out there – how do you decide which one (or…