Karen Dillard's College Prep.

Jamie Life.

Plano, TX

I do not know the full SAT lessons in KD, but I know the 1-to-1 private tutoring lessons does not worth the money. My son had been in the program. First, it costs a lot, and he did not get much(he scored -/+2200 before the lessons, after the lessons he was in lower 2200. second, The teacher who does the tutoring is the person who makes the teaching plan. Before we started the lessons, we were told that the teacher will make a plan to adapt to my son's case(we only asked for reading tutoring)according to my son's PSAT score(225). For the first 2 lessons, my son were given level 1 and 2 reading materials, of cause he got 100% right. When my son asked the teacher to get more difficult materials, the teacher said she could not do it because she could only teach what were put in my son's folder by a manager. By that time we just knew someone else made the teaching plan for my son. even so, it is ok if the teacher can modify the teaching content according to my son's need. But it was not the case. Just like you receiving a treatment plan from a doctor who never really talked to you.When we talked to one of the key staff, he said they wanted to make sure my son know those basic stuff. Who is going pay $$99/hr to review what you already knew?? Then we talked the director, his explain is the teacher needs sometime to know my son. I was surprised that SAT expert in KD Plano did not know a kid does not need to practice on level 1 or 2 reading questions if he already scored more than 2100 in SAT. Either the teacher who made the plan is not qualified, or the KD just wants money. After 4 useless lessons(4x$$99) and talking to KD several times, they modified the plan, still the tutoring teacher can only teach what manager put in his folder.

I really want the KD can provide better and closer relation ship between teacher and students