PrepMe in Maine year 3!
We're excited to announce the launch of the 2009 PrepMe for Maine SAT Program! Today kicks off our third year of working with Maine public high schools to help 11th graders raise their scores on the SAT and improve their chances of winning scholarships and getting into college.
As part of our partnership, every public high school 11th grader in the State of Maine is enrolled, at no cost to the student, into PrepMe's SAT Gold Course (which generally retails for $299.99 per student). This course, which offers personalized curriculum and over 60 hours of lessons, quizzes, and full-length practice tests, has been shown to dramatically improve SAT scores.
How can Maine 11th graders get started?
1. Visit the PrepMe Maine Page at: http://www.prepme.com/maine.
2. Click "Claim Account" and follow the instructions to verify that you are a Maine public high school 11th grader.
3. Create a Username and Password.
It's that easy! To login, students should visit the PrepMe Login Page at: http://www.prepme.com/classroom.
Students begin by completing their Diagnostic Exam, which allows our system to analyze the student's individual strengths and weaknesses. Following the Diagnostic, students select "Saturday May 2, 2009" in the drop-down box and click "Update Test Date". This will allow our system to create a personalized study plan for the student to follow week to week. After that, students simply follow their schedule en route to a higher score on the May 2, 2009 exam.
PrepMe Partner Program
This year, we are also launching a new initiative called the PrepMe Partner Program. This program is an opportunity for Maine high schools to work closely with us to integrate the PrepMe program into the classroom and to drive tremendous results. Partner Schools receive extra support, training, and access to online tutors. If your school wants to become a Partner School, please call us at 312-265-6446 or email us at maine@prepme.com.
Special thanks goes out to the Maine Department of Education for their continued support.
Good luck Maine 11th graders! We are excited about the opportunity to play a valuable role in your academic and professional success.
Best,
The PrepMe Team
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PrepMe SAT prep for every public school junior in Maine!
Today is a big day for both PrepMe and the State of Maine. We just announced that in conjunction with a philanthropist, we will be making $4.5 million per year in PrepMe test preparation available to Maine's public high school juniors for the next three years. Maine took the bold step of replacing its state assessment test with the SAT because it believed that every student deserves to have access to a college education and with the partnership announced today, PrepMe hopes to play a substantial role in making college accessible to Maine's students.
We made the announcement today at Portland High School in Portland, Maine with Maine's Governor, John Baldacci, and Maine's Deputy Commissioner of Education, Angela Faherty. One of our advisors, Rick Bolton, spent much of Wednesday afternoon walking students through PrepMe's SAT program and helping them understand how our adaptive learning technology works. The students and the principal of the school all have had extremely positive things to say (hear what they have to say on a video from NBC News - Portland, ME) and we look forward to working with Maine's public schools to make test prep available for their students. There is also a Boston Globe story on our substantial donation.
We will keep you posted on all of the press and the success of these wonderful students.
We are thrilled about this opportunity and hope to announce many more equally exciting initiatives here in the coming months. A big thanks to our advisor Rick Bolton without whom none of this would be possible. Thanks Rick!
Best,
Karan
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