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Anyone ever use a private tutor Kaplan or TPR or know anyone who has done that? To help raise their score? Any advice is appreciated....
Private tutor?
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i amCatayst said:
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I think there are better ways to spend your money than on a private tutor. A friend of mine hired one to help him in verbal and didn't do so well. I took Kaplan's classroom course and found it more than adequate in preparing me. Most instructors hold office hours and were quite helpful. The real value I think in these test prep companies are the libraries of materials they hold. The subject and topical tests at Kaplan, although very demoralizing, were really helpful. For verbal, I think you have to field several strategies and pick which one works best for you. Kaplan didn't help me much in that section. Point is that if you put in the work, your investment should pay off. As for a study schedule, I would hit the material hard now, take whichever test prep co's exams, and taper off with recent aamc (really gets your confidence up before the exam).
Hope this helps
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The companies' tutors are very expensive (Kaplan charges you $100/hour and pays the tutor $25), and they are not guaranteed to be high quality.
If you could find the right person, it would be completely worth it to get a really good personalized analysis of your focus areas, suggestions for how to proceed, etc.. But the average tutor, without much teaching experience and without a really good understanding of MCAT issues, is not very helpful. Most undergrad/grad students who tutor in the sciences are going to be focused on a whole different goal from yours.
I'd ask around and see if you find someone good; maybe your premed advisor has some ideas (if you have one).
If you could find the right person, it would be completely worth it to get a really good personalized analysis of your focus areas, suggestions for how to proceed, etc.. But the average tutor, without much teaching experience and without a really good understanding of MCAT issues, is not very helpful. Most undergrad/grad students who tutor in the sciences are going to be focused on a whole different goal from yours.
I'd ask around and see if you find someone good; maybe your premed advisor has some ideas (if you have one).
