Comments on: SAT TUTORING

By: mdavis2727

mdavis2727 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:54:57 +0000

Awesome!! Thanks for your note.

By: mdavis2727

mdavis2727 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:41:00 +0000

I will do my best! Thanks for your note!

By: GarykPatton

GarykPatton — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:11:00 +0000

Hi! I like your srticle and I would like very much to read some more information on this issue. Will you post some more?

By: mdavis2727

mdavis2727 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:27:43 +0000

No need for apolgies. It was a fair question! I appreciate your kind words. Feel free to send people to this site, by the way!! Thanks for checking it out, and keep coming back!! Mike

By: Skeptic

Skeptic — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:47:50 +0000

Wow that’s a wise answer MIchael. I apologize for my somewhat invasive question. Your response shows you have a great understanding of tutoring and the SAT itself. Thanks for taking the time to answer my question.

By: mdavis2727

mdavis2727 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:14:34 +0000

Frankly, the reason I don’t mention it is because I don’t remember it! I took the SAT back in 1978! I can tell you, however, that I did not do extremely well. In fact, a few years ago, when the new SAT came out, I decided to take a look at it. I then started to work lots and lots of questions. I was curious to see if it would be as difficult for me as it was back then. Turns out, it was considerably easier for me. I did it just for fun, and then came to see that, had I put even the slightest effort into preparing, I would have done much better. Then I decided to start tutoring and discovered that I was quite good at it and got good results with my students. The analogy I would use is that in sports, it’s often the case that the best coaches were not the star players, but the ones who had to work very hard to be even decent players. I would guess that my score now would be somewhere in the 700′s in each of the three areas. I personally don’t think the tutor’s score is as important as the tutor’s ability to help the student with his/her score. It’s probably not a great analogy, but I don’t expect Bill Belichik to do what Tom Brady does. I do, however, expect him to teach Brady so that Brady can have results that are more in line with his abilities. I don’t have to take the test to know that my skills are up to par; I spend at least some block of time almost everyday working SAT problems. Thanks for your question.

By: Skeptic

Skeptic — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:09:33 +0000

I’m just curious to know what the both of you scored on the SAT, MIchael and Preston. You talk a lot about your experience tutoring and proctoring, but it seems strange that you don’t mention your own score. I know that some other tutors retake the SAT yearly to make sure their skills are up to par.

By: AndrewBoldman

AndrewBoldman — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:04:44 +0000

Hi, cool post. I have been wondering about this topic,so thanks for writing.

By: KrisBelucci

KrisBelucci — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:38:52 +0000

Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me!

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