Test Day Checklist You’ve done your ACT prep lessons, looked over your homework, drilled yourself on grammar rules and mathematical formulas and concepts, and now you’re finally ready to take the ACT. Have you checked to make sure you have everything ready for...
What to Bring to the SAT on Test Day Are you ready for test day? You’ve done hours and hours of SAT prep, tons of homework, have revisited, reviewed, and redone past missed problems, drilled yourself on important rules, concepts, and formulas, and now it’s time to...
One of the most frequent complaints I get from students about the SAT’s math sections — both the No Calculator and Calculator sections — is that they have difficulty finishing the section. “I’m running out of time!” they say, exasperated. This article aims to offer...
Not Improving on the SAT or ACT? Ask Yourself These 10 Questions Have you taken the SAT or ACT more than once—before and after doing a bit of SAT or ACT prep, perhaps—and been disappointed with your results each time? It happens more often than you would think....
Independent and Dependent Variables Explained Students taking the SAT and ACT should be prepared for the tests to mention independent and dependent variables. It’s important, therefore, to know the difference between the two. In this article, we’ll...
SAT / ACT Grammar in Focus: Essential vs. Non-Essential Clauses When people speak, they often stop midway through their sentences to interject little bits of parenthetical information, sometimes even whole sentences, before finishing their original thought. Such...
Colleges with Automatic Admission (and the Scores You Need to Get In) In the rat race of college admissions, it can sometimes feel like there are no guarantees. While that’s true when you’re applying to some of the most selective colleges in the nation...
Want higher SAT Math scores? Learn more about the best SAT Math prep book ever written! As an SAT and ACT prep tutor with several years’ experience working one-on-one and in small groups with high school students, I’m often shocked to note how little students know...
Are You Falling for This Common SAT Reading Trick? Having scored a perfect 800 on SAT Reading and perfect 5s on the English Language and Literature AP tests, I know my way around passage-based reading exams for high school students. During several years’ time...
SAT Geometry Problems: Tips and Tricks Having been an SAT and ACT prep tutor for several years now, I’ve noticed a recurring comment among my students whenever they encounter difficult geometry problems on the SAT math test (in both the no-calculator and...
