Success Story Board

My score improvement:

13

My official score after The Princeton Review:

507

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

The repetition with topics that are focused on the MCAT, and structured format of the classes being three days a week, kept me on track and left me with little time for distraction with every other day busy with coursework which I saw as a good thing, but still enough time to breathe between.

My personal study tips:

I made a calendar that outlined when each class was, and how soon in needed to finish the homework for the course I had just completed. Kept me on track so that I wouldn’t get behind and have to play catch up later when I wanted to focus on topics I needed to brush up on and I wasn’t busy trying to complete all the requirements because they were already done by the time I had to take the actual exam.

My score improvement:

14

My official score after The Princeton Review:

517

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

Just the volume of material ensured that I had enough to do. The strategies the Princeton Review taught me were super effective in the sciences and CARS section, and the volume of material enabled me to apply these strategies over and over again.

My personal study tips:

I actually had a busy semester, and my classes met from 10 PM - 1 AM. So, I ended up needing two months after my final exams to just study every day, all day while taking some breaks throughout the day.

My score improvement:

6

My official score after The Princeton Review:

516

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

Being able to ask instructors questions, doing practice problems with the class

My personal study tips:

Set a schedule and don’t break it. Wake up early every day. It worked best for me to study all day and be able to relax after dinner. Schedule in practice tests.

My score improvement:

2

My official score after The Princeton Review:

171

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

Access to so many practice tests

My personal study tips:

Take as many practice tests as possible. The 6 you do during the course are fine but doing as many real questions as possible under timed conditions is the best way to prepare in my opinion.

My score improvement:

not sure

My official score after The Princeton Review:

518

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

classes gave me structure

My personal study tips:

Make sure to exercise and do other things other than just study for the MCAT. Find out ways to lessen anxiety. Be okay with going into exam not feeling 100% prepared and ready.

My score improvement:

15

My official score after The Princeton Review:

514

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

The content review. I really enjoyed your class and I told everyone about it but your FL really suck

My personal study tips:

I reviewed my notes every night before bed

My score improvement:

9

My official score after The Princeton Review:

514

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

A well organised timeline for preparation and the huge amount of study and practice materials available. Not to mention great teachers too that made the topic interesting!

My personal study tips:

Just follow TPR study guidelines and you'll make it there

My score improvement:

6

My official score after The Princeton Review:

31

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

Every trick specific to each test and what the questions mean

My personal study tips:

I did every assigned homework questions which helped, I also asked a lot of questions in class, it’s not going to help if you just attend, you have to be engaged in the class and ask for Clarification

My score improvement:

120

My official score after The Princeton Review:

1200

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

All of them. The teaching helped me figure out how to master the test and the testing helped me apply those teachings. It also helped me have a time to study and learn, rather than by myself pretending to study.

My personal study tips:

I just studied 15 minutes a day as instructed by my teacher. It honestly helped in the long run and I'm glad I did it. Mixing it up and studying different things each day helped me learn as much as I could.

My score improvement:

8

My official score after The Princeton Review:

156

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

Shaina's enthusiasm for the material coupled with her knowledge really helped me! When I didn't understand something, she was always able to explain it in a different way to ensure I understood the material. She truly went above and beyond teaching and I credit a lot of my improvement to her

My personal study tips:

I followed Shaina's instruction to a "T" and had such an incredible support system in my family and friends.

My score improvement:

120

My official score after The Princeton Review:

1460

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

The online practices, taking multiple full practice exams, and going over how to do certain math problems in the classes.

My personal study tips:

I went to as many classes as I could, took all of the practice tests seriously, and repeated topics I struggled on the most.

My score improvement:

180

My official score after The Princeton Review:

1550

How the Princeton Review helped me achieve my score goal:

The strategies were nice but the more useful part for me was the explaination on what types of questions there woupd be on the test and how to answer them. Learning how to read math word problems and how to do the more difficult ones was what helped me get a perfect 800/800 on the math part of the SAT.

My personal study tips:

The homework is definitely worth doing, although you can still learn without doing all of it. It really helps to write everything down with a pen or pencil during lessons and homework so you get that visual but also the practice doing everything. The best thing anyone can do to improve their SAT score is practice.