She burst into the room!
Yesterday I swapped a few texts with a mom, a successful architect, about signing up her son for our upcoming SAT prep class (starts tonight).
She was a repeat client, which isn't unusual for a business like ours. What was unusual, however, was the story of her older daughter, Mary.
When Mary enrolled in her prep class with our head tutor, Marissa, hopes were pretty low. She was a little down and out, having taken the ACT four times, failing to hit the score the rowing coach said she needed to be recruited to her top choice college.
The more she tried, the worse things got. Marissa and I figured that Mary was suffering from a classic case of Test Anxiety, but the weird thing was that Mary was a competitive athlete, used to performing under pressure.
I personally thought Mary should have opted for 1:1 tutoring to focus on her specific issues, instead of taking a full-blown, basic review, but I kept my thoughts to myself.
Weeks passed. Mary did all of her homework -- mostly practice tests -- and diligently paid attention to everything Marissa taught. Including how to cope with test anxiety.
Test day came. Mary thought she did well, but you never know.
Two more weeks passed. I played a couple of rounds of golf with Mary's dad, each time keeping my mouth shut out of superstition. I didn't want to jinks things by asking, "So, how did she do this time?"
Then, the text came:
"Mary went up 5 points!"
I called Mary's dad. He told me that, at 10:30 the previous night, Mary came running into her parents' bedroom, crying.
"What's wrong?" they asked.
"I got my score! I'm going to Villanova!"
Who knows the real reason Mary jumped her score? To be completely candid, five points on the ACT on the fifth test is not typical. We see that type of improvement frequently, but Marissa's students do not always see that kind of success.
But the ones to work diligently in class and do their homework out of class have a fighting chance to hit the score they need to get into the colleges they're dreaming of.
Tonight is the first session of our online, GUARANTEED SAT prep class to gear up for the October SAT.
If you sign up for the SAT or ACT prep course now, you can qualify for an instant, $100 "scholarship" (discount) with the coupon code CRUSH2023.
We have three spots left, because the classes are more like "group tutoring" sessions because they're EXTREMELY small.
Here's where to learn more about the class, the puttin' our money where our mouth is, no-risk First Class Guarantee, more:
- Andy "Take 5" Lockwood
P.S. We also offer 1:1 tutoring, subject to availability. Those packages are listed on our test prep site.
