Victory Step Scholarships: A Focus on Affordability for Every Student

If you are considering Victory Step for your student’s test preparation, you have probably checked out the prices available from a number of companies in the area. With prices ranging from merely expensive (You’ll only need to take out a second mortgage!) to outright absurd (Please sign over your second-born child to pay for the first-born.), Victory Step already has the competition beat as far as pricing goes. Add in an awesome referral program that pays you for introducing your friends to our program, as well as some amazing instructors, and Victory Step seems like the obvious choice for any parent concerned about score improvement and affordability.

However, for some students, the costs of preparing for their tests can still seem insurmountable. At Victory Step, though, we pride ourselves on sticking to all of our founding principles, especially our financial principles. We strive to ensure that every student has the opportunity to prepare for the SAT and ACT with the best instructors, regardless of ability to pay. With this in mind, we offer qualifying students scholarships to cover the costs of preparing for their exams. This way, students who otherwise could not afford adequate test preparation have the chance to show their best work on the test and get the recognition they deserve from colleges and scholarship-giving organizations.

If you are interested in seeking one of these scholarships, you will need to get some basic financial information in order. Once you have done that, give us a call (855-773-7744) and let us know that you are interested in Victory Step’s scholarship program. We would love to have the chance to help your child become one of our new students.

With the economy still struggling and the costs of a college education ever on the rise, parents and teenagers across the country are seeking ways to save up for an education. Saving on your test preparation without sacrificing quality can be just a few dollars more to put towards your dream school!

Study Skills and The Wall Street Journal

Toni Whalen is an instructor with Victory Step.


A recent Wall Street Journal article addressed a pressing question that most students have, especially with their SAT’s and ACT’s coming up. The article, “Toughest Exam Question: What is the best way to study?” does not specifically outline how you should prepare for each and every test. It does, however, give some good, general advice to young scholars that can help them to retain information.

The article touches, directly and indirectly, on two main parts of Victory Step’s test preparation strategy. First, the article covers how repetitive studying helps students best retain information. Of course, studying for the SAT is not quite like studying for a history exam. You cannot simply memorize names, dates and facts in order to pass this sort of exam. What you can do, though, is practice the same sorts of skills over and over in order to build them up so that you will be ready for any question they throw your way. It’s a bit like building up your muscles by weight-lifting, except instead of working on your skeletal muscles, you work on a different kind of muscle: your brain.

Certainly this information is not new; yet many students still skim through a test prep book once and expect that will help their scores. Thankfully, Victory Step’s founder, Varun Tewari, recognized the importance of repetition in test preparation and based our classroom program off of this idea. Students do not simply memorize formulas for a few hours and then take their exam. They learn the skills in class at least once, practice the skills on their homework and on their four practice exams, and cover the skills one more time with the instructor in a review class. This way, each student has the chance to cover each type of question a number of times before facing down the real test.

Second, the article implicitly addresses how preparation for tests must be long-term. This means in the weeks before a major exam, students should study diligently piece by piece so that they are prepared the day of the exam. Students should also prepare by developing good eating and sleeping habits, especially in the days before a big test, in order to get their minds working in top form.
Of course, some students still think cramming can help them do better on a test. Victory Step holds a different opinion on that. Students in our classroom program spend six weeks learning our strategies and implementing them on practice exams before they ever have to face the real thing. This gives students the chance to absorb, process, and comprehend the information rather than trying to squeeze it in all at once. After all, it takes time to build up a muscle; you can’t just do it all at once.

While both of these strategies should be common sense to students, many students still ignore these strategies backed by wisdom and science. This is where Victory Step comes into play, giving students a structured classroom environment in which to prepare for their exams, where students cannot simply say, “I don’t feel like studying today.” That is why Victory Step has helped so many students achieve their goals on standardized testing.

Victory Step's SAT Test Prep has made a difference!

Victory Step’s SAT test preparation has made a difference in the lives of hundreds of students in the Dallas Metropolitan Area. Recently, Victory Step has expanded to include ACT preparation and Academic tutoring that students can take advantage of. This blog shares the impact of the Victory Step difference with some of its students, who benefitted from Victory Step’s innovative, affordable and personal instruction.

Mrs. Nguyen from Mansfield, TX wrote:

“My son took your private tutoring course this past August-September. He had scored a 1780 when he took the SAT test in May 2010. He took the SAT test this past October, and scored a 2090!!!!! He increased his score by 310 points!!! We are both so happy that your course was available to him. He really liked the instruction, and scored a 750 on the math portion.”

She also asked, “Will you be offering your course before this May’s SAT? My daughter will be taking that test, and I would like to sign her up for your class. Please let me know if there is a class available.”

I’m really excited to see her score go up by a few more points!

Mr. Kumar from Lewisville, TX:

“Many thanks to you for offering this private tutoring package. As a parent, I must tell you that this SAT preparation option made a huge difference for us, in view of our scheduling needs and transportation constraints. The timing of this program was precisely what we needed, as well. Kudos on a well planned, affordable service.”

Adam N, Student from Plano West High School wrote:

“I just wanted to say thank you for the SAT prep class. It really helped me a lot. Because of your help, I received a score of 1860 on my SAT. This is a lot higher than I expected on my first attempt at the SAT.”

With the addition of ACT preparation and Academic Tutoring, the impact of the Victory Step difference continues to grow!