Using College Essays to Address Your Weaknesses Bad grades, low test scores, tardiness, unexcused absences, disciplinary infractions—nobody’s perfect. Chances are your shortcomings can be explained. If you’re worried about how prospective colleges might perceive your...
Tips to raise last-minute cash for college Looking to raise some last-minute cash for college? Why take more loans or pay more out of pocket than you absolutely have to? Here are some tips on how to get quick cash for college, even if you’ve procrastinated thus far....
You’ve made up your mind where you want to go to college and you’re preparing to apply under the Early Decision admission plan. Great idea, right? Possibly–just be sure you’ve weighed the pros and cons. Here are some questions to ask yourself...
Now that the SAT has undergone a redesign, it looks more like the ACT than ever before. It’s always been a good idea to practice and prepare for both tests, but now that’s especially true. Here, I’ll cover all the reasons it makes sense to prep for...
College has, it seems, become the new high school, and most companies aren’t struggling to attract highly talented applicants. Now more than ever, it’s important to stand out and be more than just a résumé and transcript–and that means networking....
Most families can’t afford the “sticker price” of a college, and with good reason: college costs are continually rising. (By the way, if you are interested in going deeper on multiple elements of paying for college and winning scholarships, now would...
For students who suffer from test anxiety, taking the SAT and ACT can be excruciating. While this article can’t cure anxiety, it will hopefully serve as a reminder to students and parents that you’re not alone. Beating test anxiety isn’t easy, but...
Last week, we wrote about 10 books you won’t believe were banned. Unfortunately, the number of books that are or have been regularly banned in American schools is staggeringly high. So many books that are lauded as classics today were once banned. To get you in...
It may be hard to believe, but many classic works of literature were once banned! Here are 10 classic books people tried to suppress: 1) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain Published in 1884, Mark Twain’s novel satirizes racism in the...
As we cover in our Conquer SAT Vocabulary video course, when you come across a vocab word you don’t know on the SAT, there are a few ways to deal with it. The first involves checking for context clues, and the second involves taking the word apart, so to speak,...
