PREPARE Test Preparation and Tutoring
Prep Company
Overview
PREPARE brings over 25 years of experience to SAT, PSAT, and ACT prep with a teaching philosophy built around how teenagers actually learn. Their methods combine content mastery with critical thinking and strategic test analysis, aiming to make students better overall learners -- not just better test-takers.
They run structured courses on a session-based schedule, with options like a Winter session running January through March and spring/summer sessions offered later in the year. The program is designed to be individualized, and they also offer a college essay workshop.
PREPARE provides free study resources on their website -- sample SAT questions with answer breakdowns, vocabulary lists, grammar tips, time management guides for test day, and study schedules for 4, 8, and 12-week plans. They position themselves as an affordable option, emphasizing that higher scores translate to bigger merit scholarship opportunities. Families can call 610-730-4876 to schedule a consultation and discuss the right prep plan.
What Parents Are Saying
Reviewers are overwhelmingly positive, consistently praising Peter Schmidt's deep knowledge of the SAT, his engaging and relaxed teaching style with humor, and his ability to hold students accountable. Multiple parents report significant score increases of 150 to 220 points, and students describe the class as both rigorous and enjoyable, with strategies that proved especially helpful for the reading and writing sections.
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