How does the Self-Paced course Score Improvement Guarantee work?

Starting score and Follow-up score for course.

Prep Expert is so confident in our SAT/ACT/GMAT prep methodology, we backup our Self-Paced Video SAT/ACT/GMAT Prep Courses with a Score Improvement Guarantee℠! Our Score Improvement Guarantee℠ guarantees that You will improve an SAT score by at least ten (10) points, an ACT score by at least one (1) point, or a GMAT score by at least ten (10) points subject to You qualifying as follows:

  1. You have an official SAT/PSAT/ACT/GMAT score before enrolling in a Self-Paced Video SAT/ACT/GMAT Prep Course (“Starting Score”). An official SAT or PSAT score is one received after taking an official SAT exam administered by the College Board. Because the PSAT and SAT are scored on different scales, official PSAT scores will be converted to SAT scores to determine the Starting Score. An official ACT score is one received after taking an official ACT exam administered by the ACT. An official GMAT score is one received after taking an official GMAT exam administered by the Graduate Management Admission Council.
  2. You have a Starting Score of 1440 or less (SAT), and/or 31 or less (ACT), and/or 700 or less (GMAT). If Your Starting Score is 1450 (SAT), and/or 32 (ACT), and/or 700 (GMAT), and above, You do not qualify for Our Score Improvement Guarantee℠.
  3. You take another official SAT/ACT/GMAT exam administered by the College Board, ACT, or Graduate Management Admission Council, respectively, within sixty (60) days after the last official lesson (Lesson 12) of Your course. Prep Expert will only accept the first official SAT exam taken after the last official lesson (Lesson 12) of Your course.
  4. You fully Complete our Self-Paced Video SAT/ACT Prep Course. To complete our Self-Paced Video SAT/ACT Prep Course:
    • Attendance Completion. (SAT/ACT/GMAT): Attend 100%, or watch every prerecorded lesson in full prior to taking an official SAT/ACT/GMAT.
    • Homework Completion. (SAT/ACT): Turn in 90%, a minimum of eighteen (18) of twenty (20) homework assignments, in full prior to taking an official SAT/ACT. Homework assignments must represent a good faith effort on Your part. Prep Expert actively will review homework submissions to verify that each assignment represents a good faith effort on the part of the student, and You will not receive credit for homework assignments that do not represent a good faith effort. PLEASE NOTE: Homework Completion also includes completing each essay section (also known as the writing section on the ACT and the analytical writing assessment on the GMAT) according to Prep Expert’s essay submission requirements and submitting the completed essay in Your dashboard on time. All students are required to complete the essay sections.
    • Practice Test Completion. (SAT/ACT): Complete 100%, a minimum of all six (6) assigned practice tests, in full prior to taking an official SAT/ACT. Practice tests must represent a good faith effort on Your part. Prep Expert actively will review practice test submissions to verify that each practice test represents a good faith effort on Your part, and You will not receive credit for practice tests that do not represent a good faith effort. Because practice tests must be very strictly timed to serve as effective test preparation, each practice test must be completed and submitted within a window of time totaling no more than six (6) hours. If more than six (6) hours elapse between the submission of the first section of a practice test and any other section (including the essay section) of that practice test, that practice test will be considered incomplete. PLEASE NOTE: Practice Test Completion also includes completing each test’s essay section (also known as the writing section on the ACT and the analytical writing assessment on the GMAT) according to Prep Expert’s essay submission requirements and submitting the completed essay in Your dashboard on time as part of the full test. All students are required to complete all essay sections.

Please note: If you have a starting SAT/ACT score of 1450 or above/32 or above, the 10-point/1-point score improvement guarantee does not apply to you for the course being taken. 

If you haven't taken an official PSAT /SAT/ACT prior to the start of the course, the score improvement guarantee does not apply to you for the course being taken.