SAT Prep – FutureU™ Video Game Available from Aspyr Media

While nearly 800 schools have made the decision to eliminate the SAT from its entrance criteria, the majority of colleges are still using test results in the admissions process. That means that students must continue to seek opportunities to further their testing skills if they want to place themselves in the best of positions.

In the past, the one place to secure additional support for test preparation involved registering for private tutorial sessions. However, not only would these ongoing sessions be relatively expensive, they often meant traveling quite a distance while giving up some much valued time during the evening or on a Saturday morning.

All that has changed thanks to Aspyr Media. The video gaming company that has given students such popular games as NeverWinter Nights, Call of Duty, Civilization, and Guitar Hero recently announced its latest video game creation, FutureU – SAT Prep Video Game for Teens.

FutureU is essentially an SAT Prep course but the context of the material has been embedded into a video game format. The prep course is available for the PC, Mac and Nintendo DS. Versions for both PC and MAC may be downloaded directly from the Aspyr site. Hard copy disk versions may be purchased from dealers like Amazon and GameStop.

FutureU is a result of the collaboration of Aspyr and one of the educational companies well-known for their SAT prep classes, Kaplan, Inc. Game design features the same study methods used in the Kaplan courses. Offering six distinctive mini-games, FutureU includes prep materials for the three major test areas, reading, math, and writing, as well as test-taking skills.

With experts agreeing that test preparation can be a big factor to improving one’s score, students may want to give consideration to this new, relatively low cost option. Disk versions run $29.99 at Amazon or Game Spot. The downloadable Internet version for PC or MAC runs $33.99.