Success Story Board

My score improvement:

15

My official score after The Princeton Review:

520

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

The most helpful aspects for me were the online classes and review materials and practice exams.

My personal study tips:

I read through each section in the review books and completed the questions in the book. Additionally, I completed many practice passages in the workbook, focusing on weak areas. As the date of the exam approached, I focused mostly on completing full length practice exams, looking over weak areas, and going back to review those areas and do more practice passages.

My score improvement:

90

My official score after The Princeton Review:

1430

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

The classroom setting was incredible! I loved making relationships with my fellow classmates and my teacher, Chris. If he explained something that I didn’t understand, my classmates could explain it differently until I understood the concept.

My personal study tips:

Practice tests, practice tests, practice tests!! The more you can take tests like the real environment, the better.

My score improvement:

14

My official score after The Princeton Review:

505

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

Ask questions, try as many practice problems as possible and make sure to focus on your live online classes. The instructors really do care about you and tries to change your way of thinking about approaching the exam. Very interesting and fascinating. Never a dull moment during lectures.

My personal study tips:

My study was about 4 months; 6-7 hours per day. No studying on weekends. Each day I would mix and match. For instance, I would review and take notes on 10 pages of biology, then do the same thing for physics. Next day, I would do 10 pages of psych/social then switch to G chem. Basically, I didn't want to get bored with a single subject. But most importantly, practice those passages in the "after class" section of your coursework and of course the TPR mock tests and AAMC tests. Hey, my score isn't even in the top 20% or anything but I know my limits and couldn't be happier with what I got. TPR DO HAVE THE RESOURCES but it's up to you to use them.

My score improvement:

5 and 7

My official score after The Princeton Review:

Verbal: 149 Quant: 153 Analytical Writing: 3.5

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

From the instructor to the practice tests, everything was incredibly helpful.

My personal study tips:

I took the practice tests, went through the workbook again, and reviewed vocabulary words.

My score improvement:

9

My official score after The Princeton Review:

514

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

Strategies and comprehensive content review

My personal study tips:

Sure

My score improvement:

22

My official score after The Princeton Review:

522

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

The teachers were fantastic and willing to answer any questions I had. They were also very available and supportive when I emailed them outside of class hours.

My personal study tips:

Don’t be afraid to ask questions during or outside of class. Also don’t get discouraged if you score really low on the Princeton Review tests. They are a lot harder than the real test and aren’t reflective of your actual score

My score improvement:

Diagnostic Test Score : 309 Final Score : 330 Improvement : 21 points

My official score after The Princeton Review:

330/340 V : 161 Q : 169 AWA : 4.0

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

The tips and tricks taught in Quantitative section My verbal teacher told me how to tackle questions in the verbal section and that helped me immensely in managing my time and ultimately in improving my score

My personal study tips:

I tried to learn almost 50 vocab words daily I practiced a lot to increase my reading speed and also on the ability to grasp information after the first skim For the quantitative section, I practiced for 2 hours daily and gave myself a time restriction to get used to the pressure I tried to give mock tests every other week and made sure to discuss my report with my teachers at The Princeton Review to make sure I worked on my weak points.

My score improvement:

110

My official score after The Princeton Review:

700

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

Test taking strategies and Math review

My personal study tips:

I made a set of flashcards of core math concepts to refer to at least once a day to build fundamental skills

My score improvement:

Took once

My official score after The Princeton Review:

520

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

Lectures

My personal study tips:

Start a schedule and stick to it

My score improvement:

130

My official score after The Princeton Review:

1420

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

Awesome teacher!

My personal study tips:

Empty Response

My score improvement:

12

My official score after The Princeton Review:

522

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

content review

My personal study tips:

Khan Academy and Princeton Review supplements for content review for 1 months. Practice exams consistently for 2 months.

My score improvement:

140

My official score after The Princeton Review:

1300

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

It was the little tips and formulas that combined to make me know how to do certain problems faster. I also knew exactly the format of the test so it felt natural taking it, with no surprises. I knew what to look out for and how to approach the really difficult questions.

My personal study tips:

Each day for about 2-3 weeks before my test, I would go home and spend at least an hour dedicated to practicing and then checking my answers. As I got closer to the dates, I began doing timed and bubble sheet full length sections.