AP Math & Science Tests
AP English & Social Science Tests
Why Enhanced Prep?
Many tutoring companies claim that they can help students increase their test scores, but very few can support those claims and almost none of them focus on a student's ultimate goal - getting into their dream school. Nowadays, it takes more than a single strong test score to get into college. Students have got to have the grades and the test scores and then some. At Enhanced Prep, we provide a truly customizable approach to tutoring, focusing on each student's specific needs. We match students with the right tutor who can help them study for a biology test one day and prep for their upcoming college entrance exam the next.
Top-Tier Tutors
Our professional tutors have a minimum of 5 years’ experience helping students get into their dream schools. Other leading services require as little as ½ a year’s experience.
Student-Specific
No two students are the same. Enhanced Prep tutors create a unique game plan for each student following an assessment of their individual strengths and weaknesses.
Team-Based Approach
We bring students, parents, tutors and advisors together as a team to build student confidence throughout the process and share notes and recap videos after each session.
Team-Based Approach
We bring students, parents, tutors and advisors together as a team to build student confidence throughout the process and share notes and recap videos after each session.
Top-Tier Tutors
Our professional tutors have a minimum of 5 years’ experience helping students get into their dream schools. Other leading services require as little as ½ a year’s experience.
Student-Specific
No two students are the same. Enhanced Prep tutors create a unique game plan for each student following an assessment of their individual strengths and weaknesses.
Team-Based Approach
We bring students, parents, tutors and advisors together as a team to build student confidence throughout the process and share notes and recap videos after each session.
Top-Tier Tutors
Our professional tutors have a minimum of 5 years’ experience helping students get into their dream schools. Other leading services require as little as ½ a year’s experience.
Tutors with Superior Credentials & Expertise
Jean
20 years experience
Jean has worked almost every role in education in her 14 years of teaching. She's taught ESL students, worked for education reform, and now customizes her tutoring instruction to each student's needs.
M.A. from University of Southern California
Breneya
7 years experience
Breneya has worked in the field of education for over 7 years honing her skills in college advising, behavior therapy, and tutoring. She takes a gardener approach to serving students: every individual is a unique type of seed, and they all have different growing requirements.
B.S. Psychology & B.A. Sociology from Western Washington University
Olga
7 years experience
Olga approaches all students with empathy, encouragement, and unique ways to engage with learning. She is a certified ELA educator with a Master's degree in her field from Columbia University.
M.A. from Columbia University
Keith
15 years experience
Keith has over 15 years of tutoring experience and started tutoring while he attended CalTech and served as a Teaching Assistant for 6 years. His greatest joy is seeing a student overcome a challenge or grasp a concept for the first time. In his spare time, I love tinkering, reading, salsa dancing, and woodworking.
Ph.D. from CalTech
Paul
22 years experience
With a Ph.D. in Chemistry, experience working in the medical device industry, and 15+ years of tutoring experience, Paul excels at helping students learn, especially in math and science classes.
Ph.D. from Indiana University
Jean
20 years experience
Jean has worked almost every role in education in her 14 years of teaching. She's taught ESL students, worked for education reform, and now customizes her tutoring instruction to each student's needs.
M.A. from University of Southern California
Breneya
7 years experience
Breneya has worked in the field of education for over 7 years honing her skills in college advising, behavior therapy, and tutoring. She takes a gardener approach to serving students: every individual is a unique type of seed, and they all have different growing requirements.
B.S. Psychology & B.A. Sociology from Western Washington University
How Enhanced Prep Maximizes Scores
Content
Every Enhanced Prep journey begins with a diagnosis of a student’s individual strengths and weaknesses. College entrance exams test a wide variety of concepts. We identify which concepts will be most valuable for students to focus on so they can maximize their accuracy on test day.
Strategy
Enhanced Prep tutors will provide each student with different tips and tricks to help them save time on the test without sacrificing accuracy. Equipped with these strategies, students will be able to see a question and know the best approach to answer it and avoid pesky test traps.
Game Plan
So, you’ve mastered the content of the test and you know how to approach the different kinds of questions on the test. What’s next? Each student will receive a unique game plan detailing how much time they should spend on each section of the test, the order in which they should take the test and more!
Testimonials
How Enhanced Prep SSAT Tutors Help Test-Takers
Enhanced Prep has served tens of thousands of students and 95% of our students have gotten into their top choice school. Enhanced Prep is an elite, world-class tutoring service that uses a proven methodology and holistic approach to tutoring in order to help students get the grades, get the score and get into their dream school.
Get the grades, get the score, get the school
Our tutoring elevates everything, including grades, test scores, and the confidence students have both in school and standardized testing.
Having online SSAT help provides a student the opportunity to focus on areas that need improvement with aid from a trained professional. This preparation supports a student to achieve their highest test score possible and allows a student to enter the test feeling confident. Enhanced Prep’s proven methods allow for students’ success and parents’ peace of mind going into the SSAT. A regular occurrence with Enhanced Prep is students looking forward to their next tutoring appointment with their engaging tutors.
SSAT tutoring with Enhanced Prep brings students, parents, tutors, and advisors together to build student morale through the entire process, from grades to test scores to pressing submit on their application using a custom plan created for each student. An online SSAT tutor provided by Enhanced Prep identifies the content that will be most crucial for their student and works with them to spend the appropriate amount of time preparing.
Online SSAT Tutors at Enhanced Prep
Online SSAT tutors have an average of 8 years of experience helping students prepare for all three levels of the SSAT. Whether a student is trying to test into elementary, middle, or high school Enhanced Prep will provide constant and consistent communication between the student, tutor, and parents to provide SSAT help.
All three levels of the SSAT cover the same basic knowledge areas: math, verbal, reading, and writing. Each area will contain questions that are level appropriate for the given test. An SSAT tutor from Enhanced Prep will create a plan for their student based on the content they individually need to focus on in these areas. Enhanced Prep tutors are all professional tutors capable of determining which test-taking strategies are best suited for each student and putting these strategies into practice.
The elementary test lasts a total of 2 hours and 5 minutes with a total of 88 questions and one writing prompt. For the middle school and high school tests, the timeframe is 3 hours and 10 minutes with one essay topic and 150 questions. The written response question included on each exam does not count toward one's overall score, and each of the tests also contains additional unscored questions. Online SSAT tutors working with a student are able to determine which strategies will work best for them to maximize their chances of acceptance into their chosen school.
The SSAT Exam
The SSAT exam is taken by students who want to gain admission into private school. Experts in education review the test to make sure questions are up to standards for the widely accepted SSAT. Paper versions of the test are available at testing centers for all three levels of the SSAT. Middle and high school students may take a computer-based test either at a testing center or from home. Testing dates are available throughout the year dependent upon grade and location. There are 5 standard test dates which are fixed as well as flex test dates which can be scheduled at different times. At Enhanced Prep each student has a whole team behind them dedicated to getting them into the school of their dreams and guiding them through the testing process.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I prepare for the SSAT?
Preparation for the SSAT can include several different tactics including flashcards, sample questions, and essay practice. As a result of the variety of questions covered on the SSAT, it is best to pace studying over time. Working with an Enhanced Prep SSAT tutor who will create a unique game plan will help a student find the preparation methods that allow them to successfully prepare over time.
Is the SSAT hard?
Different areas of the SSAT may be hard for different students. The elementary test is designed to cover information learned through 3-4 grade; the middle school test covers information from 5-7 grade, and the high school test consists of knowledge learned by 8-11 grade. Having assistance from an online SSAT tutor will allow everyone invested in a student’s success to understand what the student needs to be successful and will help make the test easier.
How many times can I retake the SSAT?
There are limits to how many tests a student can take in a given year depending upon grade level. An elementary student can take two tests a year but only one can be a flex test. Middle school and high school level tests may only take two computer-based tests per year, however, these levels allow for unlimited standard test retakes and one flex test on the paper version.
What can I bring to the SSAT?
When taking the paper test or a computer-based test at a testing center standard #2 pencils are required as well as an admission ticket. A student may have certain personal hygiene items with them as well including hand sanitizer, tissues, and feminine hygiene products. Food in a baggie and a drink bottle that can be seen through may both be brought into the testing area as well. Electronics, such as calculators, and any personal items are not allowed in the testing area and students may not wear coats or hats in the test area.
If the test is being taken on a computer from home a student must have working speakers, a microphone, webcam, and a Chrome browser. It is permissible for an examinee to have a see-through bottle for water in their testing space. Prior to beginning the test, there is a required sweep of the room via camera to insure prohibited items are not present. A test-taker is allowed two pieces of notebook paper with nothing on them and a non-mechanical pencil to use during the test.
How is the SSAT scored?
Each section of the SSAT is scored separately with both a scaled score which will display a given range of all possible scores and a percentage score that will display how the test-taker did compared to other test-takers. There is also an overall score that combines all the section scores together which also contains both a scaled score and a percentage score. Each school will have different score requirements for admission.