Carolina Test Prep

For all our services, probably the sooner, the better. Many students during the summer following their freshman or sophomore year take a Practice Test Package to become familiar with the PSAT they will take in October of their academic year. Some students return to us in December of their sophomore year for a single appointment to review the real PSAT performance after the test question booklet and results have been returned to the student.

Preferably, by the end of the summer before the sophomore or junior year, a student should have learned, practiced and mastered the PSAT/SAT skills and vocabulary before applying them to the junior-year PSAT. We also encourage high-scoring students to take the real SAT in October of their junior year.

Students may schedule appointments with us any way they wish as long as they have time between appointments to complete the real past tests and vocabulary assigned for homework. Weekly appointments are the norm, but we can accommodate any pattern or schedule. We would always stretch a course so that we see students for the last time just before the test for which they are preparing. For academic-year preparation, we suggest starting about twelve weeks before a proposed test date, leaving extra weeks for unforeseen illness, snow, family crisis, et al.