PSAT 2-Week Bootcamp

The PSAT 2-Week Bootcamp is an intensive, strategy-packed course designed for high school students who want to walk into test day with a concrete game plan — not just crossed fingers. Across 8 sessions, students tackle every section of the digital PSAT: reading comprehension, writing and grammar, and math. You'll learn field-tested techniques like the ICE elimination method for reading, grammar rules that appear again and again on the test, and math shortcuts like backsolving and picking numbers that cut through even the trickiest problems. Whether you're aiming to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship or simply want a strong foundation before the SAT, this bootcamp gives you the tools, practice, and confidence to perform at your best.

What This Course Is — and Why It Works

The PSAT 2-Week Bootcamp is built around one core idea: the PSAT is a learnable test. Every question type follows predictable patterns, and every wrong answer choice is wrong for a reason. Over 8 focused sessions, students learn to recognize those patterns, exploit those wrong answers, and move through the test with speed and accuracy. This isn't a passive review course — it's active, strategic test prep that treats students like smart problem-solvers who just need the right toolkit.

Reading: Stop Guessing, Start Eliminating

The reading section rewards students who know how to work against wrong answers, not just toward right ones. Students in this bootcamp master the ICE method — a systematic elimination framework that flags answer choices as Irrelevant, Contradictory, or Extreme. They also learn to read strategically: checking the question before diving deep into a passage so they know exactly what information to hunt for. The course covers every major reading question type students will encounter:

• Main point questions — identifying the central argument or theme of a passage
• Function and structure questions — explaining why an author includes specific details or how a passage is organized
• Evidence-based questions — pinpointing the exact lines that support an answer
• Organization and synthesis questions — understanding how different parts of a passage relate to each other

Writing & Grammar: Know the Rules, Spot the Traps

The writing section tests a specific, repeatable set of grammar rules — and students who know those rules have a massive advantage. This bootcamp covers all the high-frequency grammar concepts on the PSAT: subject-verb agreement, verb tense consistency, pronoun-antecedent agreement, apostrophe usage, and how to correctly punctuate independent and dependent clauses. Equally important, students learn to distinguish grammar questions from vocabulary-in-context questions — two question types that look similar but require completely different approaches. Treating a vocabulary question like a grammar question (or vice versa) is a common, costly mistake this course helps students avoid.

Math: Smarter Strategies for Every Problem Type

The math section of this bootcamp is built around a powerful mindset shift: answer choices are tools, not just options to guess from. Students learn backsolving (plugging answer choices back into the problem to find what works) and number-picking (substituting simple values to test abstract expressions) — techniques that can turn confusing algebra problems into straightforward arithmetic. Beyond strategy, the course covers the full range of PSAT math content:

• Algebra — distributing, factoring, solving equations, simplifying multi-denominator expressions, ratios and proportions
• Advanced math — evaluating functions, solving quadratic equations by factoring and the quadratic formula, analyzing parabolas
• Statistics and geometry — interpreting data displays, calculating area, perimeter, and volume, and applying key geometric theorems

What You'll Walk Away With

By the end of the bootcamp, students leave with more than test knowledge — they leave with a system. Every section of the PSAT has a clear strategy, every question type has a reliable approach, and every student has a personalized prep notebook organized by section for continued review. Whether your PSAT date is right around the corner or you're getting an early start, this bootcamp compresses weeks of scattered prep into two focused, high-impact weeks of real skill-building.