Prior Education, worth the Ca$h? (1 Viewer)

[Yvan Zivkovic]

You know those Prior education courses? I was thinking of taken them but its about $30 an hour during the school holidays! I can afford it (barely) but I want to know if its worth it and what exactly you do, I'm not handing over my money then finding out i got ripped off.

 

[Harimau]

Originally posted by Yvan Zivkovic
You know those Prior education courses? I was thinking of taken them but its about $30 an hour during the school holidays! I can afford it (barely) but I want to know if its worth it and what exactly you do, I'm not handing over my money then finding out i got ripped off.

I went to the April Holiday ones and they were quite good... They teach you how to do all sorts of HSC type questions... But if you are doing 3 unit, or are very good at 2 unit, you can just buy the booklet and solutions...

 

[elizabethy]

Re: Re: Prior Education, worth the Ca$h?

Originally posted by Harimau


I went to the April Holiday ones and they were quite good... They teach you how to do all sorts of HSC type questions... But if you are doing 3 unit, or are very good at 2 unit, you can just buy the booklet and solutions...

how much does the booklet cost???? n from where can we buy them????

 

[rwehere]

I attended Prior for half a year and left. I really didn't think it was worth the money, it is the same as buying some simple work booklets and working through the solutions.
Other tuition colleges which are ALOT cheaper could give you the same learning experience, Prior just has fancy looking material which is pretty nice, but otherwise wouldn't help you with your HSC much. Also the homework load is MASSIVE and if you do not finish you are forced to pay more, which happens to many students as they just don't have the time to finish the homework and correct it, along with coping with assessments.
I really don't think it's that worth it, asking parents to pay thousands of dollars, in the end it's all up to you, i'm sure you've heard that heaps haha but yeh, if I were you, I wouldn't attend Prior.
:burn:

 

[random-1006]

I attended Prior for half a year and left. I really didn't think it was worth the money, it is the same as buying some simple work booklets and working through the solutions.
Other tuition colleges which are ALOT cheaper could give you the same learning experience, Prior just has fancy looking material which is pretty nice, but otherwise wouldn't help you with your HSC much. Also the homework load is MASSIVE and if you do not finish you are forced to pay more, which happens to many students as they just don't have the time to finish the homework and correct it, along with coping with assessments.
I really don't think it's that worth it, asking parents to pay thousands of dollars, in the end it's all up to you, i'm sure you've heard that heaps haha but yeh, if I were you, I wouldn't attend Prior.
:burn:

do they charge you more if you dont do the questions

LOL

 

[rwehere]

LOL yehh >< even if you have like one little question left you have to pay for one hour $60, or minimum $30 for half an hour, and the question could be completed in like 1 minute lol.

 

[random-1006]

LOL yehh >< even if you have like one little question left you have to pay for one hour $60, or minimum $30 for half an hour, and the question could be completed in like 1 minute lol.

no, you mean if they go through a question, i thought you meant that if you didnt do all the homework questions they would charge you more as a like a penalty sort of thing lol

 

[rwehere]

do they charge you more if you dont do the questions

LOL

I attended Prior 2 years ago and when i left I could do fine myself lol. And yeh you have to pay extra =/

 

[rwehere]

no, you mean if they go through a question, i thought you meant that if you didnt do all the homework questions they would charge you more as a like a penalty sort of thing lol

ohh aha, I don't think any tutor would do that lol, but yeh just saying everyone could do the same without paying so much =)

 

[rundotop]

hey I go to prior and absolutely love it.
seriously without it I would be failing all my courses. sure it's expensive, but it's deffinately worth the money. you can always request endless hours of maths assistence within a school term. and there's supervised study once a week and all the work is consistently marked so there's no slacking of involved.

 

[random-1006]

hey I go to prior and absolutely love it.
seriously without it I would be failing all my courses. sure it's expensive, but it's deffinately worth the money. you can always request endless hours of maths assistence within a school term. and there's supervised study once a week and all the work is consistently marked so there's no slacking of involved.

dont all places do that lol

its not very hard to mark maths work, it doesnt take very long to mark

 

[rundotop]

no way! I used to go to matrix for english, and I would hand inthe weekly homework essay's every week and not get them back till 8 weeks later.

prior marks it within 2hrs after you hand it in. You get it back on the same day during the class you hand it in at.

 

[random-1006]

no way! I used to go to matrix for english, and I would hand inthe weekly homework essay's every week and not get them back till 8 weeks later.

prior marks it within 2hrs after you hand it in. You get it back on the same day during the class you hand it in at.

english and maths are completely different in marking, you can mark a maths exam in like 20mins ( absolute max)

i think you mean 8 days lol, if an english essay took 8wks to be marked theres something seriously wrong

 

[rundotop]

no eight weeks is eight weeks
you read it right.

And I did/do english at prior too, and the mark the english essay's within a week.

 

[random-1006]

no eight weeks is eight weeks
you read it right.

And I did/do english at prior too, and the mark the english essay's within a week.

8 weeks, thats shit, pretty much useless by the time you get it back, you have already failed.

maths ( assuming they are marking questions they gave you the week before) is just a matter going through the answers ( which tutoring places would have done the working out beforehand) and giving ticks or crosses, and writting in the correct method if someone gets it wrong, its not hard to mark maths papers quick.

 

[rwehere]

hey I go to prior and absolutely love it.
seriously without it I would be failing all my courses. sure it's expensive, but it's deffinately worth the money. you can always request endless hours of maths assistence within a school term. and there's supervised study once a week and all the work is consistently marked so there's no slacking of involved.

Yeah, Prior is alrite, but it just makes u feel bad that other people who are paying one fifth of your amount is getting atars of 98+ :burn: It would make your parents happy if u could do good without paying so much and wow 8 weeks thats seriously screwed..