Scholarship Offer

Dear Ivy Bound Student (and Parents),

For 2009 Ivy Bound is offering three $1200 college scholarships to the two students who show the greatest percentage improvement from pre-Ivy Bound to post-Ivy Bound test scores.*

Awards will be determined in January 2010 based on surveys received by January 15, 2010, and winners will be presented with their checks at the time of graduation.

Additionally, regardless of improvement, all students who submit the ending survey, copies of their scores, and have called Help Line at least once a month, are entered into a quarterly pool for a FREE I-POD. We draw these in February, May, August, and November based on surveys received prior to the first of day of those months.

Our very best to you on the SAT.

The Ivy Bound Team

* Award is for current high school students based on best pre-Ivy Bound SAT to best post-Ivy Bound SAT through December 2009. Where no SAT was taken prior to starting the Ivy Bound course, we’ll use results from the October 2008 PSAT. “Percentage Improvement” is the additional points divided by the points separating your best pre-Ivy Bound score from 2000. Thus a 1000 score that improved to a 1250 (250 points out of a possible 1000) will have a 25.00% improvement. A 1200 score that improved to 1400 (200 points out of a possible 800) will have a 25.00% improvement. An 850 score that improved to 1160 (310 points out of a possible 1150) will have a 26.96% improvement. A 1420 score that improved to 1560 (140 points out of a possible 580) will have a 24.14% improvement. In case of a three-or-more way tie, the $3600 will be split. Where two or more tests are taken after the start of the Ivy Bound course, the percentage improvement will be based on the BEST math combined with the BEST verbal.

This does not apply to students whose pre-Ivy Bound SATs were all prior to 2008. Should these rules not cover all nuances of the awards, a discretionary decision will be made by Ivy Bound that is final.