SAT Fame

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 [...]

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 [...]

Last Summer, I could attend Dr. Li’s SAT Prep class for only two weeks due to my distance. This past August, about one year after I took the class, I took the SAT and received a 1590, with a 800 on math and a 790 on English. I got a 8/6/8 on the essay portion. I wish I could have a longer exposure as the learning impact goes well beyond the SAT score.   Dr. Li’s SAT Summer Session was my first real look at the SAT and my first time encountering many of the test’s formatting details and instructions. From the [...]

A Shortcut for a Big Jump: from 1460 to 1580My Experience with a True SAT PrepKatie G.Centennial HS To be honest, I don't crave for the test, but I need to brave it. My experience with Dr. Li’s SAT prep camp was undoubtedly a life-changer for my academic career. My summer internship made it impossible to keep up the SAT Prep that I need to ace the test. Fortunately, the Weekend Intensive Prep help me out my scheduling dilemma. The curriculum was fundamentally the same; however, the instructions were more concentrated into a shorter period of time. As someone with a packed [...]

Thanks to Dr. Li’s prep class, I scored a 1580 on the November 2016 SAT, with a 790 in reading/writing, a 790 in math, and a 7/7/7 on the essay.Before I signed up to attend Dr. Li’s summer SAT prep class, I was not confident about my ability to score well on the new SAT. I mainly struggled with the Math section—although the questions required math skills that I had learned in previous years, I lacked experience in seeing past the “tricks” and visualizing the best strategy to use to arrive at the answer. Also, whereas English has generally been one of [...]

With the restructuring of the SAT and my lack of improvement to begin with, I thought I could not possibly score well. I knew I didn’t need a perfect score to enter my dream school of UC Berkeley, but I was not going to score even a 1560, the equivalent of a 2300. Dr. Li’s class gave me the motivation and strategies I needed to improve on the SAT. Since the start of that school year, I had been practicing with prep books, but I always scored poorly on the reading and writing sections. I knew that I was still familiarizing myself [...]

Name: Anuhya P. School: Centennial High School SAT Score: 2300 SAT Math: 770 SAT Writing:  780 SAT Critical Reading: 750 Essay Score: 11   Like many students throughout the nation, I have always been apprehensive about the SAT. Apprehensive might be a euphemism, actually. Terrified, stressed, worried- these emotions are more accurate. The SAT, I’ve been told, is, arguably, the most important test I will ever take in my life. No pressure right? Overwhelmed, and suddenly bombarded by the fact that I was going to have face this dreaded test, I had no idea where to begin my preparation. My parents wanted [...]

Hi Doctor Li, Like you said good SAT score worth a lot. My daughter has weight GPA of 4.75 (7 APs) like most students you have. But her SAT 2400 and recommendation from U Penn due to her Gold keys on writing cracks the door open. She got $49,800 scholarship plus $5,000 financial aid from U Penn yesterday. U Penn is her early decision school and it is her dream school. She only applied one and she got it. She also wins National Merit and my employer's scholarships. SAT score 2400 worth total over $240,000 on scholarships and aids alone. It is [...]

Dear Dr. Li, My name is Angela. I took your 2019 Summer SAT Weekend Intensive Camp. After I got training from your school, I got a big improvement on my SAT and achieved a score of 1560. I have been accepted into the University of Maryland Honors College with a major in Computer Science and got the Dean’s Scholarship. Attached please find my SAT score report. Thank you very much for helping me prepare for the SAT. Best regards, Angela

Dear Dr. Li,   Just got SAT score last week, here is my son's SAT Score, 1560.   We really can not believe that high , since his PSAT is 1400 in last year.   I am so happy that he was in your SAT class, I called it as : SAT 磨刀班，are so powerful, he got so big improvement from the six Saturdays, I would to say thanks so much for your big help.