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The Princeton Review (TPR) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 educational preparation company. It offers test preparation for standardized aptitude tests such as the SAT
SAT

The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized testing for college admissions in the Education in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States, and was once developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service ....
 and advice regarding college admissions. Approximately 70% of the company's revenue comes from test preparation. The company was founded in 1981 by John Katzman
John Katzman

John Katzman is the founder of The Princeton Review. A graduate of Princeton University, Katzman founded The Princeton Review in 1981, initially teaching SAT preparation to high-school students in New York City....
, after graduating from Princeton University
Princeton University

Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
, and is based in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. It is not affiliated with Princeton University or the Educational Testing Service
Educational Testing Service

Educational Testing Service is the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization, operating on an annual budget of approximately $1.1 billion on a proforma basis in 2007....
.

Princeton Review offers test preparation courses in various tests:

The company offers courses world-wide through company-owned and third-party franchise
Franchising

Franchising refers to the methods of practicing and using another person's philosophy of business. The franchisor grants the independent operator the right to distribute its products, techniques, and trademarks for a percentage of gross monthly sales and a royalty fee....
s.






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The Princeton Review (TPR) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 educational preparation company. It offers test preparation for standardized aptitude tests such as the SAT
SAT

The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized testing for college admissions in the Education in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States, and was once developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service ....
 and advice regarding college admissions. Approximately 70% of the company's revenue comes from test preparation. The company was founded in 1981 by John Katzman
John Katzman

John Katzman is the founder of The Princeton Review. A graduate of Princeton University, Katzman founded The Princeton Review in 1981, initially teaching SAT preparation to high-school students in New York City....
, after graduating from Princeton University
Princeton University

Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
, and is based in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. It is not affiliated with Princeton University or the Educational Testing Service
Educational Testing Service

Educational Testing Service is the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization, operating on an annual budget of approximately $1.1 billion on a proforma basis in 2007....
.

Test preparation

The Princeton Review offers test preparation courses in various tests:
  • SAT
    SAT

    The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized testing for college admissions in the Education in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States, and was once developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service ....
  • SAT Subject Tests
    SAT Subject Tests

    The SAT Subject Tests is the collective name for 20 multiple choice standardized tests given on individual subjects. A student typically chooses which tests to take depending upon college entrance requirements for the schools in which he or she is planning to apply....
  • PSAT
    PSAT/NMSQT

    The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test is a multiple choice standardized test administered by the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation in the United States....
  • Advanced Placement Exams
    Advanced Placement Exams

    Advanced Placement examinations are taken each May by students at participating Canadian, American, and international educational institutions. The tests are the culmination of year-long AP courses....
     (AP Exams)
  • ACT
    ACT (examination)

    The ACT is a standardized test Achievement test examination for University and college admissionss in the Education in the United States produced by ACT, Inc....
  • Graduate Record Examination
    Graduate Record Examination

    Graduate Record Examination or GRE is a commercially-run standardized test that is an admissions requirement for many graduate schools principally in the United States, but also in other English speaking countries....
     (GRE)
  • Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)
  • Graduate Management Admission Test
    Graduate Management Admission Test

    The Graduate Management Admission Test is a computer adaptive standardized test in the English language for measuring aptitude to succeed academically in graduate business studies....
     (GMAT)
  • Medical College Admission Test
    Medical College Admission Test

    The Medical College Admission Test, commonly known as the MCAT, is a Computer-based testing standardized examination for prospective medical students in the United States and Canada....
     (MCAT)
  • United States Medical Licensing Examination
  • TOEFL
    TOEFL

    The Test of English as a Foreign Language evaluates the potential success of an individual to use and understand academic English at a college level....
  • Secondary School Admission Test
    Secondary School Admission Test

    The Secondary School Admission Test, or SSAT, is an admissions test administered to students in grades 5-11 to help determine placement into independent school or private school junior high and high schools....
  • ISEE
    Independent School Entrance Examination

    The Independent School Entrance Examination, or ISEE, is an entrance exam used by many independent schools and magnet schools in the United States....
  • NCLEX-RN
    NCLEX-RN

    The NCLEX-RN is a computer-adaptive test of entry-level nursing competence. Passing the exam is required of candidates for licensure as a Registered Nurse by all US state and territorial Board of Nursing....
  • SHSAT
    Specialized High Schools Admissions Test

    The Specialized High Schools Admissions Test is an examination administered to eighth and ninth grade students residing in New York City and used to determine admission to all but one of the city's Specialized High Schools of New York City....


The company offers courses world-wide through company-owned and third-party franchise
Franchising

Franchising refers to the methods of practicing and using another person's philosophy of business. The franchisor grants the independent operator the right to distribute its products, techniques, and trademarks for a percentage of gross monthly sales and a royalty fee....
s. Countries with Princeton Review franchises include China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, Korea
Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
, Kuwait
Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west....
, Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
, Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
, Qatar
Qatar

Qatar , officially the State of Qatar , is an Arab emirate in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula....
, Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
, Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
, Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
, Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
, and the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia....
.

The Princeton Review offers both private tutoring and classroom courses. SAT courses guarantee an improvement in scores.

College admissions

The Princeton Review Bookstore publishes various guides to colleges, including The Best 366 Colleges, the Complete Book of Colleges, and the Parents' Guide to College Life. It also publishes test preparation books for various exams.

The Princeton Review website provides free advice and tools for college admissions. It also provides the rankings from The Best 366 Colleges, including "Top 20" lists in categories such as "Professors Get High Marks", "Happiest Students", and "Dorms Like Dungeons".

The admissions division also offers services to high school guidance departments and colleges.

K–12

The Princeton Review's K–12 and Admissions Services division provides assessment, intervention and professional development programs to school districts.

August 2008 Data Exposure


In August 2008, the New York Times reported that a flaw in the company's web site exposed data about 34,000 Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota, Florida

Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County, Florida on the Southwest Florida coast of the state of Florida in the United States. Its current official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico....
 students to the web, including FCAT
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test

The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or the FCAT, is the standardized test used in the primary and secondary public schools of Florida....
 test scores. In addition, names and birthdates of 74,000 Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County is a County in Northern Virginia Virginia, in the United States. , the estimated population of the county is 1,077,000, making it by far the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
 students were exposed, as well as some documents regarding Princeton Review's internal procedures. After being notified of the problem, the company shut off access to the data and conducted a review of procedures.

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