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Kaplan Princeton Review Minimum Tutor SAT Percentile 95th No Minimum Required No Minimum Required Materials included with multi-hour tutoring package? Yes Yes Yes Access to comprehensive Online Student Center? Yes Yes Yes Open Tutoring Per Hour Rate $100/hr Requires Negotiation* No Set Cost* Lowest Per Hour Rate for Private Tutoring $80/hr $105/hr No Set Cost*

Table Notes

Minimum SAT Tutor Percentile: The Minimum SAT Tutor Percentile is determined by the results of a College Board-administered SAT and corresponding percentile. All PowerScore instructors have taken an actual College Board-administered SAT and scored in the 95th percentile. Some other companies, including Kaplan and Princeton Review, allow instructor applicants to come to their offices to take a pre-hiring SAT. However, since these SATs are not administered by the College Board, and therefore do not produce national score percentiles, these companies have no minimum national standard.

Open Tutoring Per Hour Rate: The Open Tutoring Rate is the cost of one hour of tutoring at each company, assuming no package deals. For Kaplan, in order to receive open-ended tutoring you must negotiate a specific price with each individual Kaplan center. For the Princeton Review, the cost of tutoring is subject to change depending on your location and the type of tutor you request*. We encourage you to contact each company and inquire about pricing and instructor qualifications.

Lowest Per Hour Rate for Private Tutoring: Students interested in more than a few hours of tutoring can sign up for multi-hour packages that reduce the hourly tutoring rate. PowerScore and Kaplan both offer programs with fixed national pricing. For the Princeton Review, the cost of tutoring is subject to change depending on your location and the type of tutor you request*. Princeton Review rates can be as high as $300 per hour.

*Some companies, like the Princeton Review, classify their tutors based on their level of experience. PowerScore tutors are drawn from the pool of regular instructors who teach our SAT courses and who have completed our training program. PowerScore only uses tutors who are of the highest quality level and effectiveness, and we do not permit individuals to teach or tutor unless we are fully satisfied that they have mastered our methods and techniques.