At any cocktail party full of parents, conversation topics will vary based on the ages of their kids. For the infant set, it’s all about sleeping through the night; for toddlers, toilet training; for kindergartners, sharing. With middle school comes sullenness and skincare, until finally, with high school, arrives the dreaded, tension-laced topic of SAT prep.
“What program are you using?” “What was your daughter’s score?” “What colleges can she get in with that?”
As a dad, it can be hard to balance the various impulses surrounding the issue of SAT prep. You want to give your child the skills they need to get into the best college possible, but you don’t want to push him too hard. You want him to take initiative on his own—but you also want to keep tabs on his progress. And while you know that SAT prep is an important investment, let’s be honest: You’d rather take a well-earned vacation with your kid than drop $1200 to have him slouching in a stuffy strip-mall classroom every Saturday from now til eternity.
That’s why we’re so psyched to come across Knewton’s new SAT course. Knewton’s innovative, game-changing online course costs only $490. Students get world-class teachers; live, interactive video lessons (also available on-demand); and plenty of practice questions. Even better, Knewton’s adaptive learning engine customizes the course to your child’s individual strengths and weaknesses, allowing him to save time and raise his score by studying only the concepts he needs to improve.
What’s more, for worried parents (let’s face it, who isn’t?), the Knewton course offers peace of mind in the form of weekly email or text reports that track your child’s progress. Get reports on which classes he has attended, which assignments he’s completed, and how he’s faring on practice tests.
The only thing the Knewton course can’t help you with? Escaping all those overbearing helicopter parents at your next social gathering.
