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OK, many of y'all like to bitch about your prep courses, whether Kaplan, TPR, whoever. Being one of "them," I understand experiences vary (mostly with instructor quality), and so do student's needs. I'm sure some of the grousing is appropriate, given the experiences you've had, and I imagine that some of you aren't having your needs met by any of the prep services.
So now, let me give you a chance to design your own course. You can't make it much cheaper; lets say you're out a grand to take it. What, if anything, would make it worth that thousand(ish) dollar fee?
Get as specific as you want. Go ahead and assume knowledgable, articulate, personable, energetic instructors -- but that's the only given. What sort of materials? How many meetings? Several instructors, or just one? How many weeks? How much work? How many tests? Does class size matter? How much? What else? Anything that none of the services provide?
C'mon, go nuts. And this isn't just an idle post; I'm trying to be one of the good guys. I've said before that I know students improve under my instruction; I can't prove it, but I see it. Still, this is irrelevant if people don't take my course, and it's only marginally relevant if the same students would improve more if they took a different course or studied differently, or if they'd improve the same amount by doing someting else that happened to be cheaper. I know many of you think the prep courses are ripoffs. If this is true, help me fix it.
So now, let me give you a chance to design your own course. You can't make it much cheaper; lets say you're out a grand to take it. What, if anything, would make it worth that thousand(ish) dollar fee?
Get as specific as you want. Go ahead and assume knowledgable, articulate, personable, energetic instructors -- but that's the only given. What sort of materials? How many meetings? Several instructors, or just one? How many weeks? How much work? How many tests? Does class size matter? How much? What else? Anything that none of the services provide?
C'mon, go nuts. And this isn't just an idle post; I'm trying to be one of the good guys. I've said before that I know students improve under my instruction; I can't prove it, but I see it. Still, this is irrelevant if people don't take my course, and it's only marginally relevant if the same students would improve more if they took a different course or studied differently, or if they'd improve the same amount by doing someting else that happened to be cheaper. I know many of you think the prep courses are ripoffs. If this is true, help me fix it.