Preparing for the SAT, ACT, TOEFL etc?
Let me tell you a little secret. Test preparation courses are expensive and for the most part a huge waste of time and money. The College Board, owners of the SAT, did a study of students who take preparation courses and found that on average, they increase verbal scores by 10 points or one question for every 25 to 30 hours of study. The reason for these abysmal results is simple. The verbal sections of standardized tests are sophisticated vocabulary exams and you can’t dramatically improve a person’s vocabulary in a few hours. The only way to effectively prepare for these tests requires a long-term approach. Ideally, students should begin using Verbocity years before taking such a test. Then, starting 6 months before the exam, they can use one of our test specific lesson generators to ensure they know the words that appear most frequently on that particular test. This type of long-term approach gives our users a huge advantage. Many report that they find it very easy to get the top sc
