SAT Prep Courses in Chapel Hill (North Carolina)

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Are you a Chapel Hill-area student planning to take the SAT and seeking the most comprehensive and effective test prep possible? If you are a motivated student in search of SAT success, look no further than the test prep experts at Manhattan Review. At Manhattan Review, we are pleased to provide you with everything you need to excel on this potentially life-changing exam, and we are ready to partner with you every step of the way to help you achieve your own test-taking success. Our unique and respected approach to preparing for the SAT will ensure you have all the cutting-edge resources and materials you need to help you obtain your desired SAT score, opening important collegiate doors and giving you control over your academic future. The SAT is the most widely taken standardized test in the world, and it is an established part of completing high school. The SAT is far too important to your academic future to leave anything up to chance, so instead of doing your best to piece together a study plan you hope covers the relevant material, let us teach you how to master the SAT so you can take the test without fear, confident in your knowledge as well as your own test-taking abilities. 

When you work with Manhattan Review, you can be confident that you're receiving the highest quality instruction from the most sought-after tutors in the test prep industry. Our skilled and insightful tutors have deconstructed and analyzed the SAT to thoroughly understand every question in every section, and we've used our knowledge to create a study syllabus that remains unparalleled in the test preparation business. Our prep courses and classes provide the most comprehensive and detailed SAT preparation, focusing on the minute details that are often overlooked while also ensuring nothing will come as a surprise to you when you officially take the test. You already know the SAT is a difficult and often intimidating test, but there's no need for you to worry or attempt to piece together your own study program, hoping you are covering the most relevant and pertinent information. When you work with our experienced instructors, you will learn the most effective methods for retaining and recalling information, as well as strategies to help you identify questions and select the most appropriate response. We have taken all the guesswork out of preparing for the SAT, and when you partner with Manhattan Review, you set yourself up for the standardized test success you deserve. We are proud to offer Chapel Hill's most student-friendly, information-packed, and results-driven SAT prep courses delivered in-person or online. We offer classroom-style group courses, interactive online instruction, and one-on-one private tutoring, ensuring there is a learning method that is just right for you and your particular SAT needs. 

The SAT is composed of two sections: Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, and Math. Each section has a possible range of scores from 200 to 800. Based on accumulated statistics, the average SAT scores for the top twenty universities in the United States are as follows: 711 to 768 for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, 740 to 797 for Math, and 1450 to 1554 for total SAT score. While these are merely guidelines and every college or university will vary, the importance of exceptionally high SAT scores cannot be underestimated. In order to be competitive for the most respected institutions of higher education, it is imperative to demonstrate a strong performance on the SAT. 

Attending a prestigious college begins with a dream, but in order to turn your academic dream into a reality, you will need an impressively high SAT score to gain admission to the most selective and competitive universities. While achieving a high score may seem overwhelming or even impossible, the truth is that tests such as the SAT can be understood and even mastered through a mixture of hard work, skilled guidance, and dedicated practice. This is an exam where preparation and study truly do pay off, and when you work with one of our talented instructors, you are investing in yourself by taking advantage of the amazing SAT preparation options available to students right here in Chapel Hill. Those students who work with Manhattan Review consistently gain admission into the most prestigious colleges and universities in the United States and around the world, including Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, Duke University, Oxford University, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, the University of Cambridge, Columbia University, Cornell University, the University of Chicago, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rice University, MIT, CalTech, Northwestern University, and elsewhere.

Impressive high school grades and demonstrated involvement in clubs and other extracurricular activities are certainly important when applying to college, but these are not enough to guarantee yourself a place at the college of your dreams. A high SAT score shows your willingness to work hard and your determination to do everything in your power to secure a spot at a leading university. Our tutors have first-hand experience with standardized tests such as the SAT, having achieved their own stellar scores and unique academic and professional successes, but our instructors are not only gifted test-takers…they are gifted teachers with strong backgrounds in education, cognition, and learning theory. They are passionate about ensuring their students experience unprecedented individual success through a combination of hard work, focused study, and understanding the most effective and efficient test-taking strategies. Here at Manhattan Review, we have helped countless students both in the US and around the world gain the confidence and skills they need to perform to their highest potential on the SAT. We encourage you to reach out to us today to learn more about how we can support you along your journey to test-taking success. 

Since 1999, Manhattan Review has been offering world-class test prep materials and resources and pairing students with committed and personable instructors who understand the importance of the SAT. We love watching our clients achieve their own individual successes, making their marks on the world and enjoying personal and professional triumphs. If you are seeking to obtain the highest possible score on the SAT, we excel in guiding students just like you to the highest standardized test scores. Regardless of whether you have already begun to prepare for the SAT or are just beginning to think about preparation, we will meet you wherever you're at and help you go farther than you ever imagined, earning the SAT score you need to gain acceptance at recognized colleges and universities worldwide. Whether you seek to learn in the company of like-minded peers, prefer the flexibility of online instruction, or require the customized and personalized learning that comes from working with a private tutor, at Manhattan Review, there's always an SAT option that's just right for you. 

Working with an experienced test prep professional can help you learn to leverage the academic strengths you already possess while identifying the most effective ways to overcome any areas of weakness that might negatively impact your SAT performance. We are pleased to offer our services to Chapel Hill-area students, and whatever your undergraduate goals, Manhattan Review can help you achieve the SAT score you'll need for wherever your education takes you.

Meet a Chapel Hill SAT Tutor: Portia M.

Portia M. knows a thing or two about standardized tests, having spent most of her life working with experienced instructors and tutors after she was diagnosed with ADHD at a young age. Portia struggled to pay attention in class and even though she studied hard for tests, her performance never reflected her hours of preparation, leading her to feel "incredibly frustrated, because I really wanted to do well in school. Education is big in my family, and even though my parents constantly assured me I wasn't dumb, I couldn't help feeling that way…until we figured out how I learned best." Portia's parents worked closely with her school, and after multiple rounds of cognitive and neuropsychological testing with a variety of doctors, Portia was determined to have ADHD, which allowed her academic struggles to be understood in a completely different light. Portia's guidance counselor helped her parents find a tutor to work with her, teaching her effective test-taking strategies and guiding her to study in ways that allowed her to retain important information. "I don't want anyone to think working with a tutor magically made everything about school easy for me," cautions Portia. "Learning was still hard, but I'd finally seen that I could do it, and that was like being given a key to a treasure chest. For the first time in my life, I realized it was possible to do well on tests." 

A native of Rhode Island, Portia grew up dreaming of attending Brown University but knew there was no way her family could afford such a prestigious school even if she managed to be accepted. "If I truly wanted to go there, I would have to receive financial assistance, and after doing a ton of research, it seemed that a high SAT score was one realistic way of getting scholarships. So, I decided I would work however hard I needed to in order to ace the SAT," Portia says with a laugh. Portia worked with her long-time tutor to prepare for the SAT, in addition to participating in an online prep course that offered her flexibility around her ongoing commitments and extracurricular activities. "By the time the real SAT came around, I'd taken so many practice exams and studied so many questions, nothing was a surprise, and I was able to relax enough to work to my full potential." 

Portia's persistence and dedication were rewarded when she not only received her official acceptance letter to Brown University, but also received generous offers of financial aid, ensuring she could afford to attend the school of her dreams due almost entirely to her outstanding SAT score. Portia graduated from Brown with a degree in education before obtaining her master's degree with a specialization in education policy from Columbia University. Portia ultimately accepted a position with a well-known educational consulting company in the Research Triangle area where she was able to work with schools on identifying better ways to serve the needs of students with learning differences, ensuring other children would receive the support that had been so beneficial to her as a child. 

Passionate about ensuring equal access to education for everyone, Portia began offering weekend seminars for neurodiverse high school students on how to prepare for the SAT, using the skills she'd developed from her own education and tutoring experiences. Her workshops became so popular that waitlists began to develop, and when she was invited to join the team at the Chapel Hill office of Manhattan Review, she couldn't have been happier. "It's a true privilege to support my neurodiverse students," she says. "They give me the most hope for the future because they're not afraid of taking risks and doing things differently, and that's the best way to bring about much-needed change." When Portia isn't making the SAT less terrifying to her students, she enjoys working with silver and creating her own jewelry, attending live bluegrass concerts, and going horseback riding with her husband.