For many students, choosing which colleges to apply to can be a daunting task—but it doesn’t have to be! In this article, I’ll share my recommendations on generating a long-list of schools, which can then be whittled down into a short-list. By the way, similar...
When should you start planning your college applications? Whether you’re a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior in high school, it isn’t too late! Take a look at this list to help keep yourself on track. COLLEGE APPLICATION TIMELINE 9th Grade Start...
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3 Reasons to Love the New SAT Reading Section Some will hate the new SAT Reading section when the 2016 test is administered—but others, like me, will rejoice. Here, I’ll go over what’s changed and why those changes me make me happy as a tutor. 1) It Teaches and...
When it comes to preparing and taking the SAT, as well as on the ACT, smart time management is crucial when it comes to reading passages and answering questions. The test is designed in such a way that a student who makes his or her way through the entire reading...
As soon as the redesigned 2016 SAT Guide was released, I grabbed a copy and made my way through all four tests. The College Board has raised the bar—significantly. Here are my impressions! The SAT is Even Harder Than It Was Overall, the test is much harder than both...
Good English teachers often tell students to “avoid clichés like the plague,” but avoiding a reliance on hackneyed stock phrases is easier said than done. Did you catch that? I just used a cliché. Whether you’re writing an essay for the SAT, ACT, a college...
Logarithms tend to scare many students who take the ACT, but they’re actually not as bad as they might first appear! Logs are basically just the opposite of exponents. The standard format for an exponent expressions looks like this: a = bc A logarithm that...
On both the SAT and ACT, you’ll be required to know whether to use a subject pronoun or an object pronoun in a sentence. This article will teach you what those are and how to use them properly. You probably know a pronoun replaces a noun, but do you know the...
