At Catalyst, we realize students face a daunting array of SAT prep options. From online courses to private tutors, the alternatives facing today’s college-bound students can be as bewildering as the very test itself. How do you know whom to choose, when everyone claims to be the best?

The Catalyst Advantage

Catalyst is uniquely poised to help students succeed because its tutors take the actual SAT every time it's offered to gain a greater understanding of the test. When you choose Catalyst, you can be confident your son or daughter will learn a reliable and effective strategy for every question he or she will face on the day of the test. Catalyst’s systematic approach, developed by an instructor with numerous perfect scores on the new SAT, contains resources that simply aren’t available anywhere else: dozens of essays that have earned perfect scores on actual exams, and comprehensive analysis of hundreds of reading, writing, and math questions that have appeared on the SAT as recently as last month.

Flexibility of Course Options

For years, students seeking to prepare for the SAT or ACT have had to decide between taking a course in an overcrowded classroom or soliciting the help of a private, in-home tutor. Now, with Catalyst’s popular Prep With A Friend programs, students can pursue private in-home tutoring at the same cost as a course in a classroom. Catalyst students can choose to Prep Individually, Prep With A Friend, or Prep With Two Friends.

Tutor Incentives

Catalyst attracts Los Angeles’s highest caliber tutors for one simple reason: we pay our tutors more than every other major test prep firm in Southern California. Paying more gives Catalyst two advantages: the freedom to be twice as selective when evaluating potential tutors, and the ability to motivate the young men and women with whom we work to work equally hard for you.

Time Management

At Catalyst, we devote a lot of time to analyzing why some students perform better on standardized tests than others. Over the years, we have witnessed far too many students fall short of maximizing their potential because they were unable to balance their extracurricular activities with their academic courses and test preparation. Catalyst recognizes the mounting pressure high school students face, and believes effective time management is a major component of successful test preparation. Our students provide us with a list of their courses and activities, so we can help them balance their schedules and alleviate any stress they may be experiencing. We talk to students openly and honestly about the importance of homework, and teach them to apportion their time so they can avoid feeling overwhelmed in the weeks and months leading up to the test.

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