Binciken PrepScholar: Shin Ya Dace don Shirye-shiryen ACT & SAT?

Read time: 7 min  ·  Last updated: May 20, 2026

Kafin ku karanta ko da kalma ɗaya na wannan binciken, ga abu ɗaya da ke canza yadda ake karanta duk sauran abubuwa: PrepScholar kamfani ne na kwas na kan layi, ba kamfanin koyarwa ba. Koyarwa wani abu ne mai tsada da ake ƙarawa. Babban samfurin shine manhajar karatu ta dijital ta kan ku — $397 na tsawon shekara ɗaya na shiga. Da zarar kun fahimci haka, farashi, garantii, da ƙorafe-ƙorafe duk za su fi ma'ana.

Menene PrepScholar yake nufi

An kafa PrepScholar a cikin 2013 a Cambridge, Massachusetts, ta Allen Cheng da Fred Zhang — tsofaffin ɗaliban Harvard guda biyu waɗanda duka biyun suka sami maki mafi kyau a SAT. Adireshin wasiƙarsu shine 625 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139. Ƙungiyar tana da ƙanƙanta, kusan ma'aikata 10, kuma kasuwancin ya haɓaka musamman ta hynar tallan abun ciki: idan kun bincika kowane abu mai alaƙa da ACT ko SAT a Google a cikin shekaru goman da suka gabata, kusan tabbas kun sauka akan rubutun blog na PrepScholar.

Blog ɗinsu yana da kyau kwarai da gaske. Kyauta ne, cikakke, kuma yana da ingantattun tushe. Shi ya sa sunan kamfanin ya shahara. Amma blog ɗin ba shine samfurin ba — samfurin shine kwas ɗin, kuma kwas ɗin shine abin da kuke buƙatar aunawa kafin ku kashe kuɗi.

Kwas ɗin: Abin da $397 yake ba ku gaske

Babban samfurin shine Complete Online Prep — akwai na SAT ko ACT, $397 na shekara ɗaya na shiga. Shekara ta biyu tana kusan $180, kuma akwai tsarin biyan kuɗi na kowane wata ($36/wata).

Don wannan farashin, kuna samun:

• Fiye da awanni 60 na darussan bidiyo
• Fiye da 4,300 na tambayoyin gwaji
• Cikakkun gwaje-gwaje 6 na gaske
• Gwajin bincike mai daidaitawa wanda ke tura ku zuwa ga raunin ku
• Gwaninta 49 da ake biye da su tare da matakan kwarewa

Injin daidaitawa (adaptive engine) shine ainihin abin da ke bambanta su. Maimakon tursasa ku akan abubuwan da kuka riga kuka sani, tsarin yana gano inda makin ku yake raguwa sannan ya tura ku can. Masu bincike masu zaman kansu waɗanda suka ɗauki darussan gaske — gami da Lara DerManuelian a TestPrepInsight, wacce ta kammala duka hanyoyin SAT+ACT — sun ƙididdige ingancin tambayoyin gwaji da bayanan a matsayin masu gaba da Khan Academy kuma sun fi ƙarfi a wasu sassan.

Wani tattaunawar iyaye na College Confidential ya haɗa da ɗalibi ɗaya wanda ya tashi dari 1300 zuwa 1500 a SAT ta amfani da kwas ɗin. Wani ɗalibin kuma ya sami maki 36 a duk sassan ACT guda huɗu a zama ɗaya bayan amfani da PrepScholar. Waɗannan sakamakon gaske ne. Su ne kuma mafi girman iyaka na tsarin, ba matsakaici ba.

Kimantawa na gaskiya: $397 na shekara ɗaya na shiri mai tsari, mai daidaitawa tare da wannan yawan kayan gwaji yana da ma'ana. Ya cancanci kuɗin ga ɗaliban da ke jagorantar kansu, suna amsa darussan bidiyo da kyau, kuma suna da ladabi don yin aiki akan kayan ba tare da wani ya bincike su ba. Ga ɗaliban da ke buƙatar bayani ta wata hynar daban, bayyani na lokaci-da-lokaci akan tunaninsu, ko kowane irin tsarin lissafi — kwas ɗin kaɗai ba zai kai ku can ba.

Ƙarin Koyarwa: $249 kowace awa

Anan ne lissafin yake da wuyar karewa. PrepScholar yana ba da koyarwa ta mutum-da-mutum azaman ƙari ga kwas ɗin, wanda ake bayarwa ta nesa. Mafi ƙarancin siye shine awanni 4 — $995, ko $249 kowace awa. Idan kuna son babban tsarin shiri:

Masu bincike masu zaman kansu a PrepMaven sun nuna wata takamaiman damuwa da ta dace a sake fada: wasu malaman PrepScholar ɗaliban kwaleji ne. A kan $249 kowace awa, wannan bayani ne mai mahimmanci. Kamfanin ba ya buga takaddun shaidar kowane malami a rukuninsa na sirri, kuma ana gudanar da zaman ta bidiyo — ba za ku kasance a daki ɗaya da wanda zai iya karanta yaren jikin ɗalibin ku ba ko daidaitawa a tsakiyar zama dangane da alamun da ba su da yawa.

Don kwatantawa: ƙwararrun ACT masu zaman kansu da yawa — gami da kaina — suna cajin ƙasa da mafi ƙarancin farashin awa na PrepScholar, suna da ƙarin shekaru na ƙwarewa na musamman na jarrabawa, kuma suna ba ku alaƙa kai tsaye da mutum ɗaya a kowane zama, ba duk wanda tsarin ya sanya ba. Kunshin PrepScholar na awanni 20 akan $2,995 yana ɗaukar ƙarancin zama idan aka kwatanta da babban tsari makamancin haka tare da yawancin malamai masu zaman kansu akan farashin awa mafi ƙanƙanta.

Garantin maki: Menene ainihin ma'anarsa

Garantin maki na PrepScholar shine ainihin dalilin da yasa iyaye ke zaɓar su fiye da sauran zaɓuɓɓukan shiri. Alƙawarin: ƙarin maki 160 akan SAT ko ƙarin maki 4 akan ACT, in ba haka ba za a dawo muku da kuɗin ku. Kafin ku dogara ga hakan, ga abin da yake haɗawa gaske.

Abin da mayar da kuɗi yake ɗauka

Garantin yana ɗaukar farashin kwas na $397 — ba koyarwa ba, ba azuzuwan rukuni ba. Idan kun biya $6,995 don kunshin Maximum Tutoring Prep kuma makin ku bai kai abin da kuke seeking ba, kuɗin da za a mayar muku shine $397.

Sharɗi

Don samun cancantar garantin, dole ne ku:

• Kasance kuna da maki na hukuma na SAT ko PSAT na baya a cikin tsarin kafin farawa
• Kammala kowane darasi da aka sanya da jarrabawar gwaji a cikin kwas ɗin
• Sami "kwarewa" a duk faɗin fasahar 49 da ake biye da su — har guda 10 ana iya dakatar da su, sauran dole ne a kammala su

Bukatar kwarewa shine sharɗin da ke hana yawancin iyaye da ke ƙoƙarin amfani da garantin cancanta. Ga yadda wani mahaifi ya bayyana shi a ComplaintsBoard:

"Talla na garantin dawo da kuɗi yana da ruɗani kuma yana ɓoye muhimman sharɗi a cikin shafuka 18 na ƙananan haruffa na sharuɗɗa da ƙa'idodi, wanda kusan ba zai yiwu ga ɗalibi na yau da kullun ya cimma ba… ɗana ya kasance dole ya kware a duk fasahohi 49, wanda babu shi a cikin tallansu ko ina… Ba mu san ma'aunin kwarewar ba."

Wasu shari'o'in da aka rubuta kutoka tushe ɗaya: ɗalibin da makin sa ya ragu gaske an hana shi dawo da kuɗin saboda ba a cika buƙatun manhajar ba. Ɗalibin da ya rasa damar shiga lokacin kulle-kulle na COVID bai sami tsawaita lokacin shekara ɗaya ba.

Babu ɗayan waɗannan abubuwan da ke ɓoye — yana cikin sharuɗɗan sabis. Amma rata tsakanin tallace-tallace ("tabbacin ƙarin maki ko dawo da kuɗin ku") da abin da garantin ke bayarwa gaske yana da girma sosai wanda ke buƙatar karantawa da kyau kafin ku saya. Garantin dabarar talla ce kawai. Bai kamata ya zama dalilin da zai sa ku zaɓi PrepScholar ba.

Takaitaccen bayani na gaskiya

Kwas na $397 samfur ne na halal. Idan ɗalibin ku yana jagorantar kansa kuma yana aiki da kyau tare da tsara bidiyo na abun ciki, yana iya ba da gudummawa ga ingantaccen maki na gaske. Yawan gwaji na gaske ne, hynar daidaitawa tana da amfani, kuma bayanan tambayoyin suna da ƙarfi gaske.

Koyarwa tana da tsada sosai idan aka kwatanta da abin da ke akwai a wani wuri. Biyan $249/awa don malami wanda zai iya zama ɗalibin kwaleji ba tare da garantin ci gaba ba a duk faɗin zaman, kuna biyan kuɗin sunan kamfani ne, ba don koyarwar ba.

Ya kamata a ɗauki garantin azaman tallace-tallace kawai. Karanta sharuɗɗan kafin ka saya, ba bayan ka riga ka gama aikin ba kuma makin bai motsa ba.

Idan za ku yi amfani da PrepScholar: yi amfani da kwas ɗin. Tsallake ƙarin tallan koyarwa. Kuma idan ɗalibin ku yana buƙatar wanda ya san takamaiman rahoton makin su, yana bayyana abubuwa daban lokacin da ba a fahimci ra'ayi ba, kuma yana samuwa don tambayoyi tsakanin zaman — wannan wani nau'in shiri ne na daban wanda tsarin ba zai iya bayarwa ba.

Yi magana game da makin ɗalibin ku

Farashin da cikakken bayani na samfura suna nuna bayanan da jama'a za su iya samu a lokacin rubutawa kuma suna iya canzawa. Kwatancen koyarwa na ACT yana nufin malamai masu zaman kansu gami da marubucin; farashin kowane mutum ya bambanta.