Is Your College-Bound Student Ready for College Math? The ALEKS PPL Can Tell You Now
Parents, here is a question that too many families never think to ask until the tuition bills start arriving: does your college-bound student need a specific math class for their intended major, and will they actually be placed into it?
If your student is heading toward engineering, nursing, business, computer science, the sciences, or any number of other majors, there is almost always a required math course waiting for them on the other side of high school. The catch is that colleges do not simply take your student’s word that they are ready. They place students based on a test. And if your student lands in a preparatory or remedial math class instead of the one their major requires, the cost can be real. We are talking about added semesters, extra tuition, and a graduation date that quietly slips further and further away.
Here is the good news. You do not have to wait and hope. While your student is still in high school, you can find out exactly where they stand and whether they are prepared for the math placement their major demands. The tool that makes this possible is the ALEKS PPL, and at Success Tutoring Online we are authorized to administer it.
What Is the ALEKS PPL?
The ALEKS PPL is a diagnostic and placement assessment used by more than 350 colleges and universities across the country to decide which math class a student is ready for. It is not a practice quiz or a guessing game. It is the same instrument these schools rely on to make a real placement decision.
When your student takes it, two things happen. First, they get a clear, honest picture of where their math skills stand right now. Second, the test generates a personalized learning path built specifically for them, mapping out the exact topics they need to learn or review.
Watch the short video below to see exactly how the ALEKS PPL works and how it can benefit your student.
What is the ALEKS PPL? It is a diagnostic and placement test used by over 350 colleges and universities to determine appropriate math class placement.
Click below to watch a short video that explains what the ALEKS PPL is and how it can benefit students:
A Learning Path Built for One Student: Yours
After the exam, ALEKS produces a study path that is unique to the student who took it. No two are identical. It outlines the precise math topics that need to be learned or reviewed, and it presents them in the most efficient sequence possible so that each new skill builds on the one before it.
Every topic comes with practice problems, so your student can gradually build skill and confidence rather than cramming. That learning path stays available for one full year after the exam, and your student can move through it at their own pace, on their own schedule.
This is the part I love most, because it speaks to the families who come to us wanting their student to genuinely learn. There is no shortcut being sold here. There is a clear, sequenced road map that turns “I am behind in math” into “here is exactly what I need to work on, in exactly the right order.”
The Real Cost of the Wrong Math Placement
Now let me speak to the families who come to us wanting results, because the ALEKS PPL delivers there too.
A single semester of remedial or preparatory math can add hundreds or even thousands of dollars to the cost of a degree, and that is before you account for the time lost. Finding out during junior or senior year of high school, rather than during freshman orientation, changes everything. If your student is ready, you walk into college with confidence. If they are not quite there yet, you have months to close the gap while they are still at home, instead of paying college prices to catch up.
This is preparation that pays for itself many times over. Knowing now, while there is still time to act, is one of the smartest moves a college-bound family can make.
Why Take the ALEKS PPL With Success Tutoring Online?
Normally, a student would have to apply, get accepted, and pay to enroll at a college or university before they could ever sit for the ALEKS PPL. We changed that for our families.
Success Tutoring Online is authorized to provide the ALEKS PPL directly. I want to be precise about this, because it matters: this is not something “similar to” or “like” the ALEKS PPL. It is the exact same exam. We are one of the very few select businesses authorized to administer it outside of a college or university.
So what does that mean for you? It means that for a single flat fee, far less than the cost of one college class, your high school student can take the official ALEKS PPL and find out whether they are qualified for, or on track toward, the math course their chosen major requires. That fee also includes the personalized one-year learning path described above. There are no hidden charges and no surprises.
Want Results, or Want to Learn? With the ALEKS PPL, You Get Both
After more than 20 years of working with families, I have learned that parents tend to come to us for one of two reasons. Some want results: the right placement, the saved tuition, a clear and confident path forward. Others want their student to truly learn, to fill in the gaps and build lasting confidence in math. The ALEKS PPL is one of the rare tools that serves both goals at the same time.
If your student wants to follow their learning path on their own, they can. Everything is laid out and sequenced for them, with all the practice problems they could need. If they would rather have a tutor walk through the tougher topics alongside them, one of our experienced Success Tutoring Online tutors can do exactly that for a separate cost. The choice is yours and your student’s. There is no wrong way to use the path.
Built Right Here for Burbank Families
We are an online tutoring company, but our roots run deep in this community. For more than 20 years we have helped students from Burbank and the surrounding San Fernando Valley, including families from Burbank High, John Burroughs High, and schools across BUSD, reach their academic goals. As a charter school approved vendor, we are proud to be a trusted name that local parents already know.
That local relationship is exactly why we want Burbank families to have access to the ALEKS PPL before their students ever set foot on a college campus. Your student deserves to walk in prepared, and you deserve the peace of mind that comes with knowing they are.
Schedule Your Student’s ALEKS PPL Today
If you have a high school junior or senior who is college bound, school breaks are the ideal time to take the ALEKS PPL. There is room to focus, time to start the learning path, and no competing deadlines.
Call Success Tutoring Online today to schedule your student’s exam and give them a head start on college math.
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