SAT/ACT PREP POLICIES

In order to ensure the best possible experience for our students, families, educational groups and staff, we enforce the below policies.*

Registration

  • A student's enrollment in a particular SAT batch is only guaranteed when we receive the initial deposit. Registering your student through MyPortal simply informs us of your interest in the program and allows us to keep you up to date on relevant information regarding upcoming batches.
  • In situations where there is a high demand for a particular batch (for example, in February and March when students applying to the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) and are in need to take SAT by December), we will automatically move registrants who are not interested in the same, to a different batch.
  • Registrants who prefer a specific batch that is full at the time of enrollment may request to be placed on a waiting list. As space becomes available, we will contact waiting list registrants in the order that we received their MyPortal registration.
  • While we will follow up with prospects who have expressed interest in our program, we cannot reserve or guarantee spaces for prospects who have not officially registered in MyPortal or who have registered in MyPortal , but have not submitted their deposit after three (3) payment reminders.

Fee Structure, Payments and Discounts

  • Total program fees must be paid in full within the first three months of the program. A 50% initial deposit is due within 30 days of your SAT batch start date. We will call all parents to confirm their interest in a particular batch before sending the invoice. Thirty days after the course begins, the second payment of 25% is due. Thirty days after that, we will issue the final invoice for the remaining 25%, minus any discounts.
  • We accept payments by ACH (debit authorization from checking or savings account), check and cash only. ACH payments can be made directly online by clicking on the link in your invoice email if you are making the full payment. We automatically disable the bank payment and credit card payment option, as we add your payment details to our recurring payment plan system for us to process the tuition fees every month. The credit card company's processing fee of 3% is added if the payment is to be made by credit card. Checks should be made payable to Ramana Coaching Center. Please Note: Checks returned to RCC as a result of insufficient funds are subject to a fee of $25 as allowed by the State of North Carolina.
  • For parents/guardians of remote students, we encourage you to submit your initial deposit no later than one week before class begins to ensure that your students receive all of their course materials before the first day of class. We will mail the materials to remote students upon receipt of the deposit.
  • Discounts and Referral Programs cannot be combined. We will apply the largest discount to your final invoice. If you participate in our Referral Program, then please remember that referral discounts will only apply to new families/groups. For example, if you refer a Stay-Ahead student to our SAT program, then the Referral Program discount will no longer apply. If you refer a student who has never fully enrolled in any of our programs, then the discount will apply.
  • If you are a new registrant who was referred to our program by a friend, colleague or family member who is currently enrolled, then you may enter in their referral code when prompted during your registration process.
  • A non-negotiable $20 late payment fee will be billed to ALL accounts when payments are received after the indicated due date.
  • A full refund of SAT program fees can ONLY be issued before a student has been approved to a batch.

Scheduling

  • Our SAT program schedules are separate and independent of academic calendar schedules. While we do observe major US holidays, we do not observe spring breaks and similar academic holidays. A full schedule, including any weekends off, will be shared with registrants before class begins.
  • We align our standard prep course with the College Board's SAT Test dates, so we cannot move classes in order to accommodate someone who did not attend class. However, the student may login into their MyPortal and view the recordings. For test practice days, we will email the test taken on that day.
  • Generally, we accept between 10 - 15 students for each SAT batch. This is to ensure that we maintain our small class size so that students get the most value out of their prep experience. If the numbers for a particular batch are either too low or too high, we may encourage those registrants to join a different batch.

Cancellation

  • If a parent cancels a students' assigned class after the RCC approval process, but before the session begins, there will be a $100 cancellation fee.
  • If a parent cancels a students' assigned class after the first week of class, there will be a charge of the $100 cancellation fee plus the cost of the first two weeks.
  • If a parent chooses to completely end their students' participation after the first two weeks of classes, there is no refund. However, the parent has the option to place the student "on a break" status and then have the student reassigned to a batch at a later date.
  • Ramana Coaching Center has the right to cancel SAT Enrollment if a student:
    • Disrupts classroom operations
    • Disrespects teacher and/or peers
    • Is caught cheating
    • Misses too many sessions
* We reserve the right to change our policies at any time for any reason. We encourage you to periodically visit this page for updates.
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