Customer Reviews

futureU

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I bought this last week without doing much research, but knowing that it looked like a fun way for my son try and get some SAT prep under his belt since he isn't really into the "traditional" software or the class instruction. Well..I am pleasently surprised on how great this thing is! he is been goign through this game for the past couple days and really is enjyoing the way the questions and the game is presented. He said, "I don't feel like im just doing prep, but its actually pretty fun". So all and all this was a great purchase! Plus, its been really fun for me and my wife to sit down and actually try to answer the questions and play with the game to see how we would do if we were to sit down and take the test! Not so good! :0 HIGHLY recommend this product and really think you should invest in this title for your kids and for some plain old family fun because its def. a lot of fun and very beneficial!

I picked this up on Mac and Nintendo DS after seeing the game discussed on the Today Show. My son loves video games and doesn't love prepping for the SAT so I figured I'd give anything a shot to help him get that prepping in. I have to say so far so good! He's spent actual TIME STUDYING which is more than I can usually say and I've enjoyed playing it a little bit to get familiar with the questions all over again. The game looks really good - it's not the typical drilling offered in other test prep. There is a light story line that keeps you motivated to continue playing and a fun character you can customize. So overall, a super way to prep for the SAT at a great price when you consider how much all the other stuff costs!

Getting kids to do SAT Prep is about as easy as getting them to like brussels sprouts. It's just not too easy. I found future U to be an easy way to get my teenage son to prepare for the SAT. Although this certainly will not substitute as a crash course, it's good kids who like to use the computer a lot and have some time to prepare for the test, at least 90 days or so.

My son uses this program for about 15 minutes a day, which is far more than I can get him to do on his other SAT program, Kaplan SAT/ACT/PSAT Gold Edition. He also has a book, still in pristine condition hidden somewhere in his room that goes unused.

One drawback of this program is that the CD must be inserted each time. I wish the program was stored on the hard drive for ease of use.

We got this program within a month of it's release date and he's about 50% through the program. The program does let you create your own stick character by selecting color scheme and facial expressions. I think that's a lot better than having a geeky character forced upon your child. The music is incredibly annoying though. Don't be surprised if you child turns off the music and puts on Playlist. I think the developers here could have come up with far better music.

At the beginning of every session your child is quizzed on the SAT format, so it's a nice & easy way to learn the format without just reading a list of rules.

Overall the program is useful, but certainly not the best one out there. The best thing about this program though is I get no argument or resistance from my son about using future U. It's just a normal part of his homework routine by now.

Depending upon your child, you might want to invest in additional resources to assist them with overcoming their most troubling areas.

I teach an SAT/ACT prep class for high school juniors. I was looking for a way to provide a little relief from the grind. This was a great last minute review for my students after several months of really boring prep. First of all, this is not what I would call a FUN game really, it is definitely educational and sort of intriguing due to the graphics. So don't be thrown by the fact that it is a video game. It was a great SUPPORT to traditional SAT prep, however it should not be a replacement in any way. It gives students some good strategies to question answering, but if the strategy is not pointed out to the student, I'm not sure they would know to apply what they learned when taking the multiple choice test. The game provided several hours of entertainment and review for my students, however I don't see the it provides any sort of a prep program that could be worked upon over a longer period of time. As it advertises, it is a game, not a learning program. I recommend the game and I also recommend getting a good SAT prep book and using the game as a supplement (College Board's book is the best in my opinion).

I bought this product for my granddaughter and found that while this product may help in preparing for the SAT, it is only amateurishly entertaining. The graphics are primitive and seem more suited for elementary age students--not high school. B+ for content, D for graphics/entertainment value.

This is a good program but it didn't install on our new thinkpad xp (December, 2008). It does work on the macbook, circa 2007 .

I tried to get this program running on two different computers and it has a video card error. The only tech support number available is not a toll-free number and it says in the "ReadMe" document that if you have an issue with minumum hardware requirements, they can not help you.

I bought this game to help my kids study for the SAT. The description says it works with Windows, but after I installed it and tried to play it, it said it did not support my video card. I have other video games on this computer, and they play just fine. I'm a little disgusted that I would need to buy a special video card to make this work on my pc. I'm going to sell it on Marketplace.