Megaha Kori – RMIB
SAT 2330, Dec In the beginning of the summer, I had never given much thought to prepping for the SAT - I just assumed that I would take the test once, maybe twice, and settle with that score. Even though all my friends were telling me how great your camp was, I didn't really believe them. But your SAT camp helped me understand the nuances of the exam. The intensive study packets, accountability system and daily sessions made a huge difference. I think, honestly, what matters in the end is how much practice you get. Since we had weekly packets, chock-full with real SAT questions, I [...]
Michelle H, Blair HS, 2320 Oct, ’15
Name: Michelle HSchool: Blair HSGrade: Junior SAT: Oct 2015Critical Reading: 750Math: 800Grammar: 770Essay: 10 When I registered for Dr. Li’s SAT summer camp, I was skeptical about the outcome. I tested myself with SAT practice tests and my scores were consistently between 2100 and 2200. I thought a significant boost of my SAT score was not possible. However, after having heard from many of my friends that went to Dr. Li for SAT Prep generally improve their score by about 200 points, I decided to give it a try. I took two summer sessions of Dr. Li’s camp, one with both math [...]
Jonathan Z, River Hill, 2400, Oct15′
First Name: Jonathan Z. Grade: 11 School: River Hill HS 800 Math 800 Critical Reading 800 Writing 10 (out of 12) Essay Beeeepp beeeepp! It was the sound of my alarm clock startling me awake at 6:30 AM on the cold Thursday morning of October 22. I quickly ran downstairs and turned on my computer. My hands shaking nervously, I logged onto College Board website and hesitantly pressed “View Scores”. Suddenly time seemed to freeze; mere seconds seemed like a lifetime. A flood of emotions rushed into my brain like a cascading avalanche: fear, hope, nervousness, and curiosity. Finally, the three numbers [...]
Liz C, RM/IB, SAT 2330
Sorry this is so late but I didn't have much time before. My scores were 800 in math, 760 in writing, 770 in reading when I took it in May. Please let me know what the reward is. Thanks. Here is my personal journey: I always thought I was good at grammar simply because I was always correcting my parents’. However, after taking a diagnostic SAT writing section, I was clearly deluding myself. I was doubtful at how much I could learn under a professor at Dr. Li’s summer camp. I mean, how much could I really take in if I can [...]
Fransiska D, Centennial HS, 2350, Oct 15
Name: Fransiska DSchool: Centennial HS Test Date: Oct 2015 (Junior) SAT Math: 800SAT Reading: 800 SAT Writing:750 SAT Essay: 10 Since I was a child, I knew the SAT was a test I would eventually have to take. However, I never worried much about it, assuming that it was all in the future, and I could deal with it then. I kept this attitude until the end of sophomore year when I realized junior year was approaching, and with it, the SAT’s. One of my friends mentioned Dr. Li’s camp, and how amazing it was; so, we decided to sign up. For [...]
Ivy L, Centennial HS, 2340, Nov 2015
Name: Ivy LSchool: Centennial HSGrade: Junior SAT: 2340 (Nov 2015)Essay: 11 (out of 12) Like many other teenagers, I have an independent, “I-can-do-it-all-by-myself”, attitude that I thought would apply to the SAT just like it applied to my everyday school curriculum. I argued vehemently with my parents that I would take on every stereotypical SAT prep book under the sun, and achieve a “good” score on my own. Needless to say, one summer passed, and I had completed an insignificant amount of work—the prep books still sported spotless and unwritten on interiors. With this in mind, my parents immediately registered me [...]
1570/Aug 18’/CP/ Frederick HS/Junior
Dr. Li’s SAT Boot Camp was another great experience for me. Having already found much success with his SAT Math 2 class earlier that Spring, I knew that any of his classes would not only give me preparation for standardized exams but would also ameliorate my studying habits in my regular school as well. Just like his SAT Math 2 class, the mathematics was rigorous in both quantity and quality. Not only were there a lot of problems to solve prior to every single session, but the problems were also much more laborious compared to those seen on the actual SAT. Ultimately, [...]
1580/Aug 18’/LT/Blair/Junior
Skills are learned, not inherited. Nowhere was that apothegm proven more true than at Dr. Li’s math/english SAT summer camp. I went to it for the first time in July of 2016. High school was fast approaching, and the last thing I wanted to do was tell people I went to “math” camp over the summer. My fear was palpable as I entered Dr. Li’s classroom on that summer day, but as quickly as it came, it was gone. What was cringe-worthy, soon became fun; I eventually learned to love my sessions at Dr. Li’s over the next weeks and summers. His [...]
1600/Aug 17’/AS/RM IB
This past summer, I attended the SAT prep class Dr. Li's. I had done next to no research on the SAT before, so truthfully I didn't know what to expect. Once we started doing practice problems, I admit, I was a bit unnerved by how many I was getting wrong. Reading comprehension was just reading comprehension, so why was I making so many mistakes? Having taken the test two times now, what's become clear to me is that SAT is not only about your overall academic ability but also (and perhaps more importantly) how well you can cater to what Collegeboard wants [...]
1580/Aug 17’/KB/Centennial HS
It was Monday, June 19th. I went to the bus stop at around 7:25 am, and there was a silver Ford van that was our “bus” waiting for me. I got in, and there were a few other people already inside. There was barely any space. It was made worse when, at the next stop, 4 more people came in, making the van at capacity. It’s going to be a long two weeks, I thought. Once we arrived, I felt even more isolated. People seemed to know each other, and were talking, while I just sat there. But the instruction from the [...]