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The Study Loft Tutoring & test prep · Downtown Evanston
02 SAT & ACT prep

The plan comes from a diagnostic, not a brochure

Every prep program here starts with a full-length, properly timed practice test — free, one Saturday a month, no sales call attached. The score report decides the package, and sometimes it decides "you don't need one."

A quiet exam room during a timed practice test, students at separate desks and a proctor standing by
A The front door

Free proctored practice test — $0

Real timing, real bubble sheets, a real quiet room. Scored report emailed Monday with no sales call attached — book a free assessment if you want one.

  • One Saturday a month, 24 seats, SAT and ACT alternating
  • Real timing, real breaks, phones in the basket
  • Scored report emailed Monday — section by section, item by item
Reserve a seat (free)
B One-to-one packages

$95/hour, or less in a package

All packages are one-to-one with a test-prep specialist, include proctored practice tests, and run online for $6/hour less. Unused hours are refundable — if the target score arrives early, so does your money.

12-hour package

$1,080 $90/hr · 12 hours

A focused tune-up: one section that's dragging the composite, or a second pass before a retake.

Most families pick this

24-hour package

$2,040 $85/hr · 24 hours

The standard arc: full diagnostic, both sections, three proctored practice tests, 10–12 weeks.

36-hour package

$2,880 $80/hr · 36 hours

The long runway: starting junior fall, big target gaps, or test anxiety that needs unhurried reps.

SAT Saturday Sprint — $549

Six Saturdays, three hours each, eight students max. The strategy layer of our 1-on-1 program at a class price. 18 hours across 6 Saturdays, capped at 8 students. When a group section fills, we do not add a ninth chair — we add a section.

C When to start

Count backwards from the test date

  1. 14 – 16 weeks out

    Take the free proctored practice test. This is the entry diagnostic — everything else is planned from it.

  2. 10 – 12 weeks out

    Start the 24-hour package (or 36 if the diagnostic says so): two sessions a week, homework between, practice test every 3–4 weeks.

  3. 6 weeks out

    Latest sensible start for the 12-hour tune-up or the Saturday Sprint. Starting later than this? We'll usually suggest the next test date instead — and say so for free.

  4. Test week

    Nothing new. One light review session, sleep, and the logistics checklist we send every family (yes, it includes 'charge the calculator').

What we won't tell you

We won't quote a guaranteed point gain — nobody honest can. Our results page publishes the actual range from last year's cohort (median +110 on the 24-hour package, spread +40 to +210), including the part where students who skipped practice tests improved least. If a retake isn't worth your Saturday, Priya will say so at the diagnostic — she does it often.

The next step

Start with the free diagnostic

Book the free assessment and we'll reserve a seat at the next proctored practice test, then build the plan from the score report — package, section focus, and calendar, all at published prices.

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