"I went from a 790 to a 1010 in 8 weeks."
Aiden, in the family's video interview
| Starting score | 790 (his freshman-year PSAT) |
| Score now | 1010 (his first SAT, fall 2026) |
| Improvement | +220 points in about 8 weeks (started August 6) |
| Who | A junior in Miami. Varsity basketball, a travel team, DECA. |
| What was costing points | Not knowing how to start a question, especially in math. |
| Program | 1-on-1 sessions with his tutor Caleb, booked week by week around his schedule |
| Typical result | Florida Test Prep students average a +172 point improvement (all program cohorts, reviewed August 2026). |
Aiden, a junior in Miami who plays varsity and travel basketball, went from a 790 on his freshman-year PSAT to a 1010 on his first SAT, about eight weeks after starting with Florida Test Prep on August 6. His one-on-one sessions with his tutor Caleb fit around practice, and the biggest change came in math, where he learned how to read what a problem was asking.
On this page
Step 2, Master: what Aiden drilled
Step 3, Mock: rehearsal to test day
The result, and what it unlocked
What Aiden's story says about SAT prep for an athlete with a packed schedule
Where Aiden started
Aiden's last official score was a 790 on the PSAT his freshman year. He skipped it sophomore year because he was traveling for basketball. His worry going in was "having, like, a low SAT score and not being able to, like, build it up."
His mom Alicia's worry was the calendar: "because he's involved in so many things, how are we gonna make this work?" She also saw what the test did to him on his own. "When he first went into this, he was super stressed out."
"I knew he could do a lot better, I just knew that he needed some guidance."
Aiden's mom, Alicia
Step 1 of 3 · Map
The diagnostic, and what it found
Aiden described the problem the way many students who start near 800 do. Effort was not the issue. He did not know where to begin on a question, and his sessions started from there.
| Section | What was leaking points | Why it cost Aiden |
|---|---|---|
| Math | Not knowing how to analyze a problem or which method it called for | Questions he could solve went unanswered because he did not know where to start. |
| Both sections | No plan for each question type | Every question started from scratch, which cost time and confidence. |
"Just knowing, like, what to do on each question."
Aiden
Step 2 of 3 · Master
What Aiden drilled, week by week
Aiden never attended a class; his schedule would not allow it. He booked one-on-one sessions with Caleb on whichever weeknights were open and moved them when a game got in the way.
| When | Focus | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| The pairing | Matched with Caleb, a tutor Aiden could relate to | "You're very good at interviewing the kids and seeing what type of person they need to be with." |
| Math | How to analyze a problem and pick a method | "Oh, my math, my math, by a thousand percent." |
| The schedule | Sessions booked week to week around varsity and travel basketball | "If I needed to reschedule, it would be, like, really quick to reschedule it. It was easy." |
| The updates | Open communication between Caleb, Aiden and Alicia | "So I always know what's going on." |
The change Alicia noticed most was in how he felt about it. "He actually looked forward to it."
"I'm still his parent, and I want to understand and know where he's at, and how he's learning, and what he's learning."
Aiden's mom, Alicia
Step 3 of 3 · Mock
Rehearsal, then test day
Along the way Aiden took full-length practice tests with us, so his first official SAT was not his first time through the whole test under time. He sits it again in December.
"Like, I feel confident that I can build it up more, with more practice."
Aiden
The result, and what it unlocked
Aiden scored a 1010 on his first SAT, 220 points above his freshman-year PSAT of 790, and above the +172 our students average. The two numbers come from two different tests, so we label both.
He is a junior, still working with Caleb, and testing again in December. Alicia's view: "I've seen a huge growth in a short duration."
| Score | 1010 on his first SAT, up from a 790 freshman-year PSAT |
| Next test | December, as a junior with time to keep building |
| Schedule | All of it done in one-on-one sessions, alongside varsity and travel basketball and DECA |
What Aiden's story says about SAT prep for an athlete with a packed schedule
A packed schedule is a scheduling problem, not a reason to skip prep, and one-on-one sessions solve it. Aiden plays varsity and travel basketball and is in DECA, never made a single class, and still went from a 790 PSAT to a 1010 on his first SAT in about eight weeks, above the +172 our students average. He booked sessions on open weeknights and moved them when games moved. His mom's verdict on the worry she started with: the scheduling was the easiest part.
The misconception: my athlete has no time for SAT prep
Families of athletes often wait for the off season, and then the off season fills up too. What athletes usually lack is a fixed slot, not time. Prep that books week by week and moves when practice moves removes that problem.
Quick answers
Can a varsity athlete fit in SAT prep during the season?
Yes. Aiden played varsity and travel basketball, was in DECA, and did all of his prep in one-on-one sessions booked around his schedule. In his words: "if I needed to reschedule, it would be, like, really quick to reschedule it. It was easy."
Is a 790 on the PSAT a bad starting point?
It is a starting point, not a ceiling. Aiden scored a 790 on the PSAT as a freshman and a 1010 on his first SAT about eight weeks after starting prep as a junior.
How does a parent know how SAT prep is going?
Alicia stayed in the loop through open communication with Aiden's tutor. As she put it: "So I always know what's going on."
More Florida families, same method
Every student on this page started with a diagnostic, drilled only what it found, and rehearsed under real timing before test day. Aiden's numbers sit next to theirs, not above them. Florida Test Prep students average a +172 point improvement (all program cohorts, reviewed August 2026).
| +172average SAT point increase | $5.1M+in Bright Futures scholarships earned | All 12Florida public universities our students attend |
| Jonathan · football | 1020 to 1220 in 8 weeks |
| Kira · Plant High School, swim team and water polo | 1270 to 1400 in 10 weeks |
| Amanda | 1280 to 1390 in 3 weeks |
| EJ · Riverview High School, football | 950 to 1090 in 8 weeks |
| Alex · Plant High School, extracurriculars and AP classes | 1310 to 1400 in 10 weeks |
| Sindhu · track | 790 to 1000 in 8 weeks |
| Daniel | 1300 to 1410 superscore |
| Zoey · sports | +220 points in 8 weeks |
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Sources
Aiden's scores are his own figures, stated on camera in the interview above (the 790 is his freshman-year PSAT, the 1010 his first SAT); his start date is from our records. Reviewed October 2026. Florida Test Prep students average a +172 point improvement (all program cohorts, reviewed August 2026). Ranges move every cycle, so confirm current figures with each school and the state before relying on any summary, ours included.
If your student's schedule is the reason you have not started, one-on-one sessions are built for exactly that.
Full transcript
Aiden: I went from a 790 to a 1010 in eight weeks. I was probably worried about just, like, having a, like a low SAT score and not being able to, like, build it up.
Alicia (Aiden's mom): and I was also worried, you know, because he's involved in so many things, how are we gonna make this work? But really the scheduling was the easiest part.
Aiden: just knowing, like, what to do on each question.
Alicia (Aiden's mom): Because when he first went into this, he was super stressed out just taking it without any, without any help. And then once he received help from you guys and his tutor, Caleb, it was, it was like, it was so much easier, and it wasn't a chore anymore. It was, it was... He actually looked forward to it, and he knew-
Aiden: Math, my math by 1000%. Like, I just, I knew, like, how to analyze the problems. like the, the program was able to work around, like, my schedule, like with the one-on-one sessions. if I needed to reschedule it, it would be like really quick to reschedule it. It was easy.
Alicia (Aiden's mom): A lot of open communication with the tutor and, and Aiden, and the tutor and myself also. So I always know what's going on.
Aiden: And then my newest score that I recently got was a 1010 on my first SAT.
Alicia (Aiden's mom): Or I've seen, I've seen a huge growth in a short duration, and he's going to take it again in December and, you know, he's only a junior, so we still have time. Don't be on the fence. Jump in. It's worth it. It's worth every penny.
Aiden: Do it. Do it. Like you're, you're gonna see results