Why Ivy Insiders SAT Prep?
Over the last five years, Ivy Insiders has turned the SAT prep industry upside down, raising thousands of students' scores by over 250 points on average. Our unmatched score improvements are no accident. Ivy Insiders programs produce superior results by teaching a more effective curriculum and hiring more talented instructors than any competitor.
Superior Curriculum
Superior SAT score improvements don't come from learning the broad content areas that the test-makers claim the test measures. These are the things that every high school student studies – and any test prep company can teach.
At Ivy Insiders, our SAT curriculum team has gone straight to the test itself, reverse-engineering every section in order to identify the narrow concepts and specific strategies that consistently influence scores. By leveraging the predictability of the SAT to teach only targeted content areas and proven test-taking techniques, we deliver maximum score improvements in minimum time and with minimum frustration.
99th Percentile Instructors
Ivy Insiders SAT instructors are the world’s top SAT test-takers. They are hired from the country’s most selective academic institutions, hold 99th percentile scores on the test, and are chosen not only for their subject-matter expertise, but their dynamic interpersonal skills and proven mentorship abilities.
We attract the planet’s most talented SAT teachers by treating them differently than at other test prep companies. That starts with higher base pay and heavy bonuses based on student score improvements. But we don’t stop there. Over 90 percent of our instructors participate in ongoing training programs and profit-sharing plans that directly improve their classroom effectiveness and align their incentives squarely with yours.
Compare Ivy Insiders SAT Programs
Different students learn differently. Whether you prefer the customization of one-on-one tutoring or the energy of a group course, the convenience of online prep or the immediacy of in-person, Ivy Insiders has an SAT program to fit your learning style, score improvement goals, and family budget.
| In-Person SAT Classroom | Live Online SAT Classroom | In-Person SAT Private Tutoring | Live Online SAT Private Tutoring | |
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| Price | $499 | $399 | $999-$2,399 | $799-$1,999 |
| Setting | Live In-Person | Live Online | Live In-Person | Live Online |
| Live instruction hours | 18 | 18 | 10-30 | 10-30 |
| Private tutoring hours | 0 | 0 | 10-30 | 10-30 |
| Practice tests | 4 | 4 (self-proctored) | 4 | 4 (self-proctored) |
| Hybrid upgrade price | +$300 | +$240 | NA | NA |
| Hybrid tutoring hours | 4 | 4 | NA | NA |
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Unmatched Results
We measure the success of our SAT programs on one thing: your score improvements. As an Ivy Insiders student, you will have access to an online interface for tracking your score progress in real-time from the beginning until the end of your program. That means that you, your parents, and your instructor will know at right where your scores stand at every point in your course.
As a company, we aggregate score improvement data from all of our SAT courses, parse it along every concept tested on the exam, and use the results to continually refine the strategies and content we teach. Coupled with outstanding instructors and superior curriculum, our commitment to rigorous results measurement has enabled Ivy Insiders programs to consistently produce the largest SAT score improvements in the test prep industry.
By the Numbers
Below are actual statistics collected between 2007 and 2009 through student exit surveys in our SAT programs.
- 2290: Average SAT I score of Ivy Insiders tutors
- 310: Average SAT I score improvement of Ivy Insiders 30-hour tutoring students
- 267: Average SAT I score improvement of Ivy Insiders 20-hour tutoring students
- 255: Average SAT I score improvement of Ivy Insiders classroom students
- 96: Percentage of Ivy Insiders students who say they’d recommend Ivy Insiders to their friends
- 85: Percentage of Ivy Insiders students who rate their tutor a perfect 5 out of 5
- 77: Percentage of Ivy Insiders students who gain admissions to their top-choice college
- 64: Percentage of Ivy Insiders tutors with one or more perfect SAT section scores
- 4.87: Average student rating of Ivy Insiders tutors on a 5-point scale