private sat tutor

The SAT is a standardized admissions exam which determines whether a student is ready for college. Your student’s SAT score is a major deciding factor in whether or not students get accepted into their dream college.

Your student has enough to stress about, but the SAT should be the least of their worries. Your student can be successful, and our personalized SAT private tutoring is designed around your student’s study habits.

Here at Bentham Admissions, students are placed with our world-class tutors that come from a variety of Ivy League and other top schools and who have extensive tutoring experience.

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PRIVATE SAT TUTORING APPROACH

We offer private SAT tutoring in different programs designed and structured to address your student’s needs. All tutoring is provided remotely.

Our creative and personalized learning paths focus on the areas that your student struggles with the most. As a result, our clients are excited with both the outcome of their score increase and their experience with our SAT private tutor program.

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Our SAT private tutoring will teach your student strategies such as:

  • Time management and test pacing strategies:
  • Distributing time proportionally to question difficulty
  • Techniques for faster, more efficient reading
  • Strategies for students who struggle with time management
  • What to do with 5 minutes left in a section
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Math strategies for the SAT:

  • Identifying “what” the question is actually asking and how to answer it
  • How to decipher word problems
  • Building comfort with graphs and datasets
  • Identifying functions when not explicitly told
  • Consistency in algebra problem solving
  • Mastery of Linear and Quadratic equations
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Prepping for the SAT’s essay section

  • Understanding to how to read and analyze prompts
  • Learning the essay format
  • Building an effective argument with cogent analysis ​
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Identifying grammar mistakes quickly and effectively on the writing section

  • Rearranging paragraphs
  • Transition words
  • Identifying common grammatical errors
  • Maintaining active voice and conciseness
  • Necessary versus superfluous information ​
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Analyzing and solving reading comprehension questions

  • Mastering each type of passage
  • Learning to read for “critical information,” focusing
  • only on the information the questions ask for
  • Managing time effectively across passages
  • Global questions that deal with the main point or idea Vocabulary in context
  • Learning to understand the way questions are worded
  • Finding proof in the passage and eliminating personal knowledge and bias

Private SAT Assessment

Our former Ivy League and other top school instructors can identify and address areas where your student needs improvement. Private SAT tutors are a proven method of helping students create strategies that work for their learning capabilities. ​

In our 1-on-1 pairing, our private SAT prep tutoring focuses on your student’s strengths and weaknesses through an initial diagnostic examination with detailed analysis of the student's performance

Personalized SAT Test Prep Materials

Our test prep materials are customized with practice problems that are tailored for your student’s proficiency level. Our materials include practice problems and mapping techniques that will grow increasingly difficult throughout the program to challenge your student’s ability to improve.

We only use real past SAT questions as we have found that using real past questions is the best preparation for the SAT.

Unparalleled Instruction

We improve student SAT scores by an average of 150 points. We believe in your student’s success and will be with you every step of the way. Their success is an important investment, but it shouldn’t break your bank.

We have different programs customized to fit your budget so that your student gets top-rated tutoring for a fraction of the price.

PROGRAM OPTIONS FOR PRIVATE SAT TUTORING

standard program

Ideal for students with no background in prepping

  • 10 hours with Instructor

Content focus: English, Reading and Math

  • 3 Full-Length Practice Tests

Review Program

Ideal for students with background in prepping

  • 5 hours with Instructor

Content focus: English, Reading and Math

  • 2 Full-Length Practice Tests

Sectional Program

Ideal for students needing to improve in a certain section

  • 5 hours with Instructor

Content focuses on one of the sections: English, Reading and Math

  • 2 Full-Length Practice Tests

Breakdown of Standard Program with 10 Sessions:

Session 1: Introduction session
  • Discussion about the student’s academic needs and preferences: strongest/weakest subject in school, extra time needed or not, visual or auditory learner, etc
  • Walkthrough of the SAT to provide baseline explanations for concept
  • Assign first practice test to complete for session 2

Discussion About Test Day:

  • What to expect
  • Speaking up for yourself
  • Managing test anxiety
  • Managing an uncomfortable or unfamiliar testing environment
  • Differences between “practice mode” and “performance mode”
  • Managing time pressure
  • Rules for the night before/day of (e.g., hydrating, reducing digital screen time, meditation and breathing)
  • Pep talk to encourage confidence and to build a productive and healthy attitude
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